Tony's Non-Cichlid Tanks

[Tony]

Like most folks here, before I got into the cichlids (believe it or not) I kept other fish. While I've had some cichlids since 2000, I was really into planted community tanks for a while and also reefs for a stint. Here's some pics of our non-cichlid tanks.

ENJOY!

-6 Gallon Desktop Reef (at work): Mixed easy corals, Yasha Hasa Goby, Candy Cane pistol shrimp. Super low maintenence.

-26 Bowfront Reef (basement): Mixed easy corals (LPS, shrooms), Pair ocellaris clowns, Royal Grama, 6-Line wrasse - Yeah, it needs a bit of cleaning, sorry.

-45 Planted (kitchen): Easy plants, Rainbow fish, tetras, Siamese Algae Eater, lots of Ottos. (Moderately) High Tech; CO2, undergravel heater, fluorite onyx, but have become a bit slack on adding the fertilizers lately.

-20 Gallon Long Turtle Wet/Dry (basement): Red Eared Sliders... procured illegally small from the streets of NYC China Town.

They are about 6 years apart, the older being about 8 years old. They love meal worms and the occasional moth that is foolish enough to intrude into our casa.

Anyway, Sorry for the dirty glass and out of focus and/or poorly lit shots. I'm still learning.

We have a couple of other cichlid-related tanks that aren't on the rack or the 110. I'll post pics of them in the appropriate sections on the forum.

Thanks for looking.

 

[fischfan13]

Wow, love the planted tank and the Rainbows!

Bought the sliders in Chinatown, eh?
There isn't a thing that you can't buy there!:lol:

 

[iamzrad]

Niceee!
I've always wanted to do a Nano S/W tank...

 

[Andrew]

Love the shrimp/goby combo!

 

[F8LBITE]

Nice man! I love rainbows, I need to get some more again soon.

 

[SubMariner]

A true Fishaholic:angel2:

Very nice Tony! A phenomenal array of tanks I must say.:happy0144:

Thanx for sharing,


RM

P.S. Love the turtles Dude

 

[Tony]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Yeah, love the rainbow fish. I used to have more at one point, but about 6 years ago, most got some weird bacterial infection and kicked it. Just found this pic I took a little while back of the bosmani.

EDIT: I know they should be kept in a 4' tank and them being in a heavily planted 3' tank is a bit rough..tall tank or not. I'd love to move them into a 55 some day, but 4' won't fit in the kitchen and I can't bear pulling out all those plants and start their roots over. That's also why I'm not buying any more (other than Mike Barber's dithers that is.

 

[Billy Rocket]

Very nice. Love the planted tank!!

 

[Jumbie]

I like the plant tank bro.

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

VERY NICE TONY

 

[Link]

Awesome tanks man! Thanks for sharing pictures!

 

[minifoot77]

very nice man

 

[Cartel]

Nice setups!

 

[crazyclowntang]

Love your tanks bro!

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

Non-cichlid tanks? What are you thinking? Just kidding, those are some awesome pictures man. What are you going to do when you post pics of your 30+ cichlid tanks?

 

[Tony]

Non-cichlid tanks? What are you thinking? Just kidding, those are some awesome pictures man. What are you going to do when you post pics of your 30+ cichlid tanks?

Nah, only 21 tanks with cichlids for now.

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

for now.

Key part of that response.

 

[TheWire]

Tony

Is the anemone in that 6g tank?