Ok, I'm curious. How many people who answer these questions actually have/have had fish?

Question

And what size tank do you have/did you have them in?

I'm really interested in seeing the answers I get. And feel free to comment on your fellow poster's answers, as well.

Alright - thanks for the answers so far. How bout telling me what fish you have in those tanks? And while you're at it, how often you do water changes on those tanks?

Thanks!

Last question (for now) - how much water do you change when you do your water changes? Come on - if you already answered, edit it one last time. For me? *puppy dog eyes* *lower lip quivers*

Thanks again!

Sorry guys, I can't actually vote. There are too many good answers here. And so many bad ones, too. I was just really curious as to how many people on here who answer actually have fish... And I have to tell you, I'm surprised by some of you.

Answer 1

I have a 45g for 3 goldies. I also have a 10g for a platy and a molly. Going to get a bigger tank soon and get them some friends so they can have a nice school. I also have a 2.5g that was being used to house a sick guppy. The 2.5g was given to me by a well meaning friend. I don't like it because it is waaaay to small to house a fish.

My tanks get a 20% water change weekly with a 50% every two weeks. I have fun and vacuum the gravel too. I do chem level checks periodically and monitor nitrites, nitrates, PH, ammonia, etc.

I did have a 20g tank but my Pa broke it while he was watching it for me. Luckily it was cycling and no fish were harmed! That is why I have the 10g. It was my "hospital" if I ever needed it.

Answer 2

22 tanks up and running at this time. They are all on racks in the basement. Mostly African rift lake cichlids but some West African riverine ciclids. Also have some South American cichlids, about 6 different types of South American catfish, and 1 type of African catfish.

Three 55's, 1 45, 2 29's, 2 30's, 3 20L's, 3 15's and 8 10's.

I have sucessfully spawned most of the fish I keep right now and many of the fish I have kept in the past.

I do 20-30% water changes on ALL my tanks every week to 10 days or whenever I get around to it. Never longer than 2 weeks. Tanks with babies in them get changes every 4th day. If a tank is crowded, every 4-5th day. Always use De-Chlor in the fresh water. Chlorine will kill off the beneficial bacteria that help your tank stay clear by eating the ammonia and nitrates.

I try not to comment on other posters unless they are giving info that might harm your fish or cause you problems.

Answer 3

Yes, I have fish and I like answer questions in the fish category. I started my tank earlier this year and spent a lot of time reading up before I purchased fish.

I have a 10 G tank which I hope to replace with larger tanks as money allows.

I currently have 6 Cherry Barbs. Since they grow to 2 inches long I am at capacity. One of my barbs was born in the tank and another one is full size and is probably older.

I do water changes at least once a week. Although I've been struggling with some algae lately so I am trying to do water changes 2 times a week. Typically I take about 8 Litres out for water changes.

Answer 4

I have many tanks and many fish. I've been keeping tanks off and on since I was probably around 10.

Tanks that I currently have:
5 gallon==a baby betta and 6 baby mollies and an albino pleco.
10 gallon==4 dwarf puffers and a bulldog cat.(rubber nose pleco)
15 gallon==two male bettas and 2 bristle nose plecos
20 gallon==breeding tank for bettas
25 gallon==Brackish, a figure eight puffer, 5 flounders(still trying to ID them correctly) and 2 bumblee gobies
29 gallon==on hold waiting for the angel fish to lay eggs again
29 gallon==saltwater, no fish yet, 20 punds live rock, 6 snails 4 hermit crabs and many misc. critters. I'm leaving it that way just to see what all is living in it.
44 gallon==saltwater with 2 yellow damsles, 2 firefish, a coral beauty angel, a dwarf angel, a neon goby, a scooter blenny, a red scooter blenny, 2 condylactys anemonies, many snails and hermits, and about 60 pounds of live rock
50 gallon==4 neons, 4 silver dollars, 3 female bettas, 1 male betta, 2 glofish, 3 blue rams, 3 bumblee bee catfish, 5 corys, chinese algae eater, bulldog cat, 2 fish that I'm not sure of(came with the tank when I bought it)
55 gallon==6 angel fish(2 are a mating pair) one cuvier's bichir, 2 corys, 2 chocolate doradids(one is REALLY fat lol), 1 chinese algae eater, one pleco
65 gallon==2 jack dempsy's, 1 cuvier's bichir, 1 midas cichlid, 1 pleco and 3 forgotten feeder goldfish.

Lol. I know, it's alot of fish, but they all need something different or can't be with the others, so they're all there.

Most of the tanks I change the 5 to 15 gallons every couple of weeks. This is new to me, because when I was growing up with them, all we ever did was add water to the tank to make up for the evaporation. The 50 gallon tank i have has been up and running for close to a year, and I haven't done any water changes on it yet. I haven't lost any fish out of it either. It always tests just fine too...

Answer 5

Have a 5 gallon fresh with some Endlers, a 55 gallon Thailand biotope(red-tailed shark, rasboras, Botia kubotai, a Saimese algae eater and some wood shrimp); a 5 gallon salt - more like a remote refugium with some of the things that didn't get along in the reef - urchin, crab); a 20 gallon reef with zooanthids, a few leathers and mushroom, fungia and candycane, and a damsel and blenny; a 35 gallon hex reef with a few cardinals and a clown and some more soft corals along with a neon green open brain; a 20 gallon brackish with some bumblebee gobies, a knight goby, some Celebes rainbows and a fiddler crab; a 30 gallon salt with a huge hermit crab, a flounder and some mollies acclimated to salt; and a 150 gallon with a 55 gallon display refugium I am setting up to be an aggressive reef. And a five gallon salt with dwarf seahorses.

Water changes - 10 to 30 % every week to 10 days. RO water with Instant Ocean mix on the marine tanks.

Answer 6

I have had 1.5, 5, 10 and 25 gallon tanks. Fish I've kept include Siamese fighting fish (in the 1.5), African Cichlids, Jewel Cichlids, Convict Cichlids (plain and pink), and Labryinth fish (Dwarf, Kissing, Snakeskin, Sunset, Pearl, and Giant Gouramies) - these are a particular favorite of mine. I've also kept butterfly fish, plecostomas and upsidedown catfish, and knifefish.

I have also kept native non-game fish as well. Some states have strict regulations on keeping native fish - when I lived in WI you could catch and keep anything that wasn't a game fish as long as it wasn't a threatened or endangered species. A permit is necessary to keep game fish like bass, perch, etc. Mainly I had Johnny and Iowa darters, Tadpole Catfish, Sticklebacks, Shiners, and a Mudminnow.

As for water changes, I usually change about 1/5-1/3 of the water . How often depends on the size of the tank. Smaller tanks like my 1.5 gal betta tank I change the water once a week. My 25 gallon tanks at least once a month.

Answer 7

We have a tank in every room.

10 gallon with one adopted Bumblee bee African Cichlid.
10 gallon with one adopted fantail goldfish
10 gallon with cichlid fry growing to be traded in
30 gallon with 3 angels, 1 blue ram, 1 pleco and 1 dwarf frog. We would have to upgrade for the angels but they will not be joining us when we move. They are too delicate to try it with.
55 gallon with Ms. Dempsey and 3 convicts- and fry
75 gallon with my ornamental goldie babies. 1 9" chocolate veiltail-gorgeous!! 1 4" perfect blue fantail, 1 4" oranda, 2 2" orandas and a black moor. I also have a pair of Dojo loaches who spawn occasionally- only two of the babies have survived life with the goldies- they are about 1.5"long (The lenghts are including the tail, my chocalate has a body the size of an orange with a 5" tail)

The 75 is the most up keep. I do 25% every wednesday and saturday. The other tanks we regularly monitor the water parameters and do changes when needed. The cichlid tank has such a small bio load that I only do a partial every month to six weeks.

I have had fish my whole life. When we move I am going to set up a discus tank with all live plants. Soooo excited.

Answer 8

I have 11 x 40 Gallon tanks, all housing discus (1 or 2 clown loaches and 2 sucker fish per tank), 6 of my tanks contain breeding pairs.

I'm a lazy person so i deliberately go for the overkill on the filter. Consequently I change maybe about 20% of the water once a month, they're all linked to a common filter which I designed using plastic trays.

Answer 9

44 gallon show tank (just sold because we're moving)
10 gallon guppy breeding tank (put the fish that I couldnt sell in there)

I now have just the 10 gallon tank with a light blue african cichlid, 2 bikers, and a pleco. They went to work on the breeders that I had in there. After we get settled in our new place, I'd like a 100-150 regular tank. I had fun with the show tank, but it's pretty hard to maintain because of the height.

Answer 10

Had fish...Tiger Barbs and some Algae eaters. 20 gallon tank. You want my comments on others? lol

Let me say this. I thought people who keep rats for pets are aggressive about their animals, based on responses to some of my answers. Holy cow, fish people are fighting mad! I need to browse around in this category more often.

EDIT:

My, my, you are needy. Change the water? I forget, it's been several years. I think every two weeks? No more than that anyways. Was that enough do you think, for 10 small sized fish in a 20 gallon tank? But not all the water, right? We changed about 75% of it each time, give or take.