Someone please yell at me

[tttnjfttt]

I"m looking at my quarentine tank (5 gal) which is now empty since i added my tiger barbs into my main tank, and starting to think "Hmmm, what can I put in there? I'd love to have two tanks running in my room" I think multiple tank syndrome is setting in, and I can't afford any more right now

 

[Tolak]

Keep it as a quar tank. If you use it, you will get a sick fish & have no tank to medicate it in, or get an incredible fish deal & have no quar tank. For some reason the world works that way.

Tolak

 

[SPLiSH]

Think of it this way: if you have your main tank AND your quarantine tank running normally, where are you going to isolate sick fish?

If ever you get tempted, ask yourself: would I rather have one healthy tank, with a quarantine tank just in case? Or two sick tanks?

 

[Sky042]

MTS is tough to kick.
I've got the tanks in my sig plus two more.
I'm actually cutting back I used to have another 2 5g tanks and a 29G tank that I tore down.

 

[ncjharris]

lol.

we had the same problem - got a 5 gall and thought hmmmm, what shall we do with this. Luckily we still had our q tank so we had free rein - kind of.

Anyhow, its now home to some guppies and they look mighty fine!

 

[GSD]

yuo could put a betta in it but if your fish get sick you will have nowhere to keep them.Or you could just get another 5gal.one for quar the other for afew fish!

 

[sinistral]

The worst part of multiple tank syndrome is that you tend to overestimate how much you enjoy tank maintenance. Sure, you can enjoy dozens of new fish; setting up a new tank is interesting and fun, particularly if you've gone through a tough time with your first tank and you want another go at it to do it the "right" way.

{note, in rereading this it sounds rather harsh. I didn't direct these next comments at the original poster...just some thoughts about MTS after having gone through it myself }

However, 6 months down the road, are you really going to keep up with regular water changes on multiple tanks? Is it going to be as fun if a mystery disease that you can't seem to eradicate wipes out an entire tanks worth of inhabitants? Do you have enough money, space and time to accommodate a new tank? How much time and enjoyment are you getting out of your current tank? It's important to be honest with yourself about these facts. Would it be better to get a larger primary tank instead of multiple smaller tanks?

Fish are living things. An aquarium isn't like furniture-- you just can't return it (and all the living things inside it) when you're tired of how it looks or bored of the maintenance.
Would you buy multiple dogs or cats without thinking about all these things? HTH~

 

[Katchan]

or you could use that quarantine tank as a betta tank or similar and have a small betta tank on stand by if you get a sick fish plop the betta in the betta tank till sick fishie better then do big water change add betta back to hospital tank to keep it cycling

or

AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

did I yel lound enough

Katchan

 

[tttnjfttt]

I think I found a solution! I've been living at home while goiong to college, and my parents were discussing what to do with this empty wall. I throw out the idea of how about a BIG aquarium? My mom JUMPS on the idea (possibly so she won't be in as much trouble over the new parakeets when my dad finds them), and my dad says, well, it will have to be a tropical fresh water tank. I think this might cure MTS, atleast for a while

 

[guppygirl]

Very good point sinistral!!
I should post this on my wall!!


(along with my bank statement with 100 bucks in my account now!! )

 

[mlee0332]

or you could use that quarantine tank as a betta tank or similar and have a small betta tank on stand by if you get a sick fish plop the betta in the betta tank till sick fishie better then do big water change add betta back to hospital tank to keep it cycling

Sorry, but I don't like that idea. You would be causing un needed stress for the betta. Just looking out for you!

Also, I don't think you can get a big enough tank to satisfy your "wants". When I was used to a 10g, the29 looked HUGE!!! And I thought, wow i'll never want a bigger one... Well not even a month down the line, I've been looking at bigger. I don't care for having lots of tanks, but I'd love to have a small 2.5 or so for a betta, along with my 29g community. I would have gone ahead and gotten a 55g, but I didn't like its proportions. It was the same width and highth as a 29, but alittl longer. It just didn't suit me. Now I wish i'd not wasted my money on a 29 and went for the 55. But, being a teenage, I don't have much money, and my mom would have freaked out, probably when the tank went through the floor!

 

[jaywings19]

The worst part of multiple tank syndrome is that you tend to overestimate how much you enjoy tank maintenance. Sure, you can enjoy dozens of new fish; setting up a new tank is interesting and fun, particularly if you've gone through a tough time with your first tank and you want another go at it to do it the "right" way.

{note, in rereading this it sounds rather harsh. I didn't direct these next comments at the original poster...just some thoughts about MTS after having gone through it myself }

However, 6 months down the road, are you really going to keep up with regular water changes on multiple tanks? Is it going to be as fun if a mystery disease that you can't seem to eradicate wipes out an entire tanks worth of inhabitants? Do you have enough money, space and time to accommodate a new tank? How much time and enjoyment are you getting out of your current tank? It's important to be honest with yourself about these facts. Would it be better to get a larger primary tank instead of multiple smaller tanks?

Fish are living things. An aquarium isn't like furniture-- you just can't return it (and all the living things inside it) when you're tired of how it looks or bored of the maintenance.
Would you buy multiple dogs or cats without thinking about all these things? HTH~

This is the best advice I've seen in this thread.

I recently went through a round of multiple tank syndrome. I already had 72G (Discus), 16G (Angel/Cory), and 5G (Betta) tanks set up.

Then, I decided to convert my 12G (supposedly hospital) tank into a tetra/cory tank. Well, I already had my hands full on weekly tank maintenance... and adding a 4th tank to the mix just made it unbearable. Last weekend, I had enough of it and move the Corys/Tetras over to the 16G tank... then subsequently tore down the 12G tank for future emergency usage.

Trust me... looking at the tanks is awesome... but the work involved in maintaining them makes life a lot less enjoyable.

Don't bite off more than you can chew just because you have an extra tank lying around.

 

[MegTheFish]

I have 9 tanks (4 filtered, 5 not filtered) and I actually enjoy doing tank maintenance, and don't find it hard. But thats probably not going to help you with your situation....

 

[WeeMan]

It's therapeutic isnt it?

Or an excuse not to do homework I guess.

 

[MegTheFish]

Or an excuse not to do homework I guess.

EXACTLY!!! LoL