how many of you guys were tropical fish keepers before you became herps ?
what'd 'ya keep ?
ck

I still am a little involved in cichlids. I have a 55 gallon with Lake Malawi Mbuna. They are breeding like crazy in there. I used to have several large tanks with cichlids. One was Lake Malawi Haplochromis and I had one that was South Americans. I sold most of my tanks to make time for my herp hobby.

But, some day when I retire will have a 300 gallon Haplochromis Tank.

I've had fishtanks pretty much continuously since I was seven. Right now, there are three - a seventy five mostly Malawi, a twenty gallon grow-out for the above, and a fourty breeder planted tank with tetras, dwarf gouramis and blue rams.

On weekends, I feed my fishy addictions by working part time at the local public aquarium.

~Bruce

I still am a little involved in cichlids. I have a 55 gallon with Lake Malawi Mbuna. They are breeding like crazy in there. I used to have several large tanks with cichlids. One was Lake Malawi Haplochromis and I had one that was South Americans. I sold most of my tanks to make time for my herp hobby.

But, some day when I retire will have a 300 gallon Haplochromis Tank.

don't know why, maybe i'm a sidekick !
haps are hot brotha. i had some rift lake action goin' way back when too.
but mostly bred s.americans in community tanks (one breeder pair of chics with lots of various tetras and such) great to watch the interraction between species.( great until the fins came off the bus ! )
gonna be tough to get back though, my kids are so into the herps,and there are so few hours in the day.
ck

Oh lets see... along the years I've kept tons of stuff...within the last few years I've had the following tanks up...

46 Gallon Planted tank:
Discus, Cardinal Tetras, Corydoras sterbae

then I switched up the 46 gallon to:
Cynotilapia afra "Cobue reef"
Lamprologus leleupi
Synodontis petricola

I have a 75 that started out 6 years ago as a reef tank...and crashed on me two years ago now, now it has:
1 Amphilophus hybrid
1 Barred Midas (Anyone familiar with Bighead, it's his progeny)
1 Texas Cichlid
2 Convicts

I have a 12 Gallon that started out as a coral only tank, with a single percula clown. Now it has a clownfish pair, and just some live rock.

For a while I did a nano planted tank in the 12 gallon, Amano style...
I kept a few Coral Red Pencilfish, Neon Tetras, otocinclus sp, and a German Blue Ram, and Crystal Shrimps.

I've always kept freshwater tanks for about a year before I'd change them out to try something new...but I'd keep my salt tanks running, as they get better with age. It worked out well because I worked at a friend's fish shop as the "saltwater reef guy", I got everything at cost, and could just trade out anything I wanted.

I'm a saltwater freak still, my big reef tank crashing was disheartening, and working with saltwater at work, I just decided to keep my home tanks low maintenance...just no time or money for the SPS tank of my dreams, but someday!!! :SAMHAIN:

i was i had 125 gallon tank but when i moved i got rid of it now i hav to get a new one

We used to have a few large tanks also, Scalares and Discus. We also enjoyed several different species of corydoras including the pygmies.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/chondrogal/oddball/FISH04.jpg

I have a 20 gallon reef tank right know. I mostly have soft corals. I have a few fish and a shrimp and some aquatic plants. Reef tanks are super easy as long as you keep up with them. Awsome addition to the house.

I have Oscars. They are just some really fun fish to keep.

So misleading...

I used to keep alot of freshwater fish mainly frontosa's then I tried my hand at discus. Breed the frontosa's for a few years before I got into some small saltwater setups.

Gave them all up to fill my house with reptiles :rockon:

We used to have a few large tanks also, Scalares and Discus. We also enjoyed several different species of corydoras including the pygmies.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/chondrogal/oddball/FISH04.jpg

nice tank

I kept fish many years ago. I dealt with salt water a little bit.

I have a 55g FOWLR stocked with the following;
Naso Tang
Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish
Lawnmower Blenny
Flame Hawkfish
Coral Beauty Angel
Maroon Clownfish
Humu Humu Trigger
3x Yellowtail Blue Damsels

Yup... My tank is pretty full... But it stays pretty clean and everyone gets along so it's all good :D

So misleading...

I used to keep alot of freshwater fish mainly frontosa's then I tried my hand at discus. Breed the frontosa's for a few years before I got into some small saltwater setups.

Gave them all up to fill my house with reptiles :rockon:

but i bet you miss' em at least a little.
watchin' chichlids care for their young is pretty incredible.
ck