Aquarists, UNITE!!!

[infernalis]

Sounds fascinating Loren.

Blue gills, sunfish and pumpkin seeds all look very pretty in a tank.

A 55 or larger can support a couple but like Oscars, with steady food and no predation, they will get big enough to outgrow a 55 quickly.

About the only way to keep healthy bass in captivity is a pond, they like big territory.

Sort of like the pike I once mentioned.

[Snake lover 3-25]

OMG!!! i oficially hate these fish!!!! they are causing SOOOOO many problems!!!!

first their filters are dumb so the tank turns completely yellow about every 5 DAYS.....

SECOND they love to eat and torture eachother

third their cage is death


ok so i go upstairs to check on them and make sure they haven't all died yet and notice that there is a small line of water underneath the cage.... so i go around back because a few days earlier i had accidentally chipped the corner.... it didn't go all the way through so i had thought nothing of it.... so i go around to the back of the tank and there is a HUGE crack going all the way up the side of the cage and it was spewing out water!!!!!! so i try to tape it up..... dumb idea.... now the water starts to spray out.... everywhere..... so i have to catch all the stupid fish with a cup because i can't find the net while trying to not break the tank because by this time the crack was about a cm from both the top and the bottom edges.... so finally i get out all of the fish and start to empty out the water which i had JUST replaced 2 days earlier!!!!!! i hate these fish!!!!!!!!!!! so now i have no tank for them and they are sitting in two small 2 gal tanks..... there are 7 gf, 2 minnows, one sucker fish.... 4" one big GF 4" and a snail..... all in 4 gallons of water..... omg i hate fish!!!!!

[kurtnagel]

Shanley,

I can't tell you how many times I have had to rescue my fish from a rapidly draining tank. Usually from my own stupidity. The worst was when I was younger, I had just moved/refilled my 20G tank, with ~15 assorted tropicals only to find I had pinned a jar between the back of the tank and the wall. So not realizing the tension involved, I just grabbed the bottle and pulled, thinking it would just slip out. WRONG, CRACK ! The water drained so fast, It was down to a couple of inches when I was catching the last fish. Since I had just transferred the tank and fish, I had a bucket near by, but I was not able to capture any of the draining water, so I had a bucket of tropical fish, no tank and a floor covered in water (thankfully basement linoleum)

[drache]

OMG!!! i oficially hate these fish!!!! they are causing SOOOOO many problems!!!!

totally with you there - so sorry about your disaster
I'm hating my fish right now and they're very close to being fed off

[Lori P]

Shanley, do some reading on how to properly cycle a tank. Until you get it cycled, you'll be fighting bacteria blooms and loosing. I'm not an expert, so that's why I'm suggesting you read up from some good sites. Good luck!!!

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol thanks but first i have to find a tank lol

[mtolypetsupply]

Here's pics of my baby and her tank.

[Snake lover 3-25]

awwwww cute kid lol nice tank!!!!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

God, what a beauty. Your daughter's GOREOUS, too!

Sorry! Couldn't help that old joke!

What's her name? I can see 'rents around here doing arranged marriages! LOL!!! Give her a kiss for me.

[jitami]

OMG, Stephi, make sure that tank and dresser are bolted to the wall! I have very faint memories of little fishies flopping all over the floor when my baby sister, at about that age, climbed up on our dresser to reach the fish tank. What I remember is my mom crawling all over the floor, soaking wet, trying to catch flopping fish with her hands... my sister must have been ok.... I guess.... lol

Ok, now that I've recovered, pick up that snuggly, footed pj wearin, baby shampoo smellin, little angel of yours and give her a big snuggle for me Man I miss those days!