So Many Fish, Too Few Aquariums.. What Would Your Dream Aquarium Be?

Hey! You might be referring to guppies. I have tequila sunrise guppies, their tails are large and fan out, and they are brightly colored orange and yellow. Guppies are really pretty fish. Aquariums aren't as hard to maintain as you might think. When I was setting up my first one, I didn't feel like I had a clue what I was doing. By the time I set up my third, I didn't need directions! LOL To get them ready, most of the time you just need to let the water cycle for 24 to 48 hours (if you're impatient like me and can't wait to get the fish in them LOL), and bring the water temperature to about 76 to 78 degrees. Blue tetras are good fish for a new aquarium. They are hardy and they help build up the "good bacteria" that fish need. I have one that jumped out of my little tank and fell to the floor, about a 5 foot drop, three or four times, and he's fine! Hard headed little guys! LOL You really only have to change the water, about 20 to 25 percent, once every one to two weeks, depending on how quickly the tank gets dirty. A gravel vacuum does it all, it scoops up the food, etc, out of the gravel and drains some water out. Then all you have to is replace the water. That's it! It's a lot easier than people make it sound. :-)

Hi! Yes, you're right, once a week is the best way to do it. :-) I don't keep plants because of my cat. He eats plants and it's hard to know which ones are toxic to cats. Otherwise, that would be a great use for water that ends up getting thrown out onto the lawn! :-)

I like to do a 10% to 20% water change each week. You can use this water to water your plants (as long as it is a freshwater aquarium).

Hi! Wow, that sounds amazing! Would you go into business then, selling the fish? I would love to find a female tequila sunrise guppy. I have two males and I've been told that the breeders don't sell the females (it's a market control thing). I think you'd have a big market if you made it into a business.

See if you can find some albino female guppies that have not been bred, You will then get the typeof guppies from these albino that you are looking for.Yes you will possible get some albinos but those would be good for breeding to get certain traits that you are looking for.

Hi! That was actually suggested to me, that I could try to breed the TS guppies with other guppy females. Maybe I should seriously consider that, since the pet store hasn't had TS guppies in since I bought these two. It just irks me that breeders control certain fish by not allowing the rest of us to breed them! :-)

Hi! I would love to post a picture of my blood parrots if I can get a good enough one! :-)

Hi! I haven't been brave enough to try to keep a salt water tank. I would love to have one with picasso triggers (such unusual looking fish) and tangs. My largest tank is 30 gallons and I have two blood parrots, two angelfish, and a pleco in that tank. I just set up an african cichlid tank. I guess I gravitate toward cichlids - such amazing fish! :-)

To own any sea horses they have to be captive bred and sea dragons have not been bred comercially yet, plus they are a cold water species that do not do well with other species of fishes. Even public aquariums have a hard time obtaining the sea dragons.

Hi! That would be incredible. I would love to see that done more - aquariums that can be built into housing designs. I think you'd really enjoy having clownfish (nemos LOL). I've heard you don't necessarily have to have the anenome to go with them, either. :-)

Hi! Wouldn't that be so awesome! I've seen those in a catalog from That Fish Place. You can set them up to go from tank to tank or just in the hood, so the fish can have a little tunnel in the hood of the tank to swim up into. The local pet store here has an acrylic aquarium with "tunnels" leading from one tank to the next, but the owners told me that the company that made it went out of business.