Hello from Chi-Town [Archive]

G8K33P3R

08-25-2009, 1:56 PM

My girlfriend and I are fairly new to larger tanks, but we have a 75 Gallon freshwater, and a 10 gallon freshwater. We're already wanting a bigger one.

75 Gallon
3 - Large Tin Foil Barbs
2 - Needle Nose Gars
3 - Larger Gold Gouramis
4 - Medium Opaline Gouramis
2 - Kissing Gouramis
2 - Silver Dollars
2 - Banded Leporinus
1 - Very Larger Pleco (8"-10")
2 - Clown Loaches
1 - Horseface Loach
1 - Yo-yo Loach
2 - Praecox Rainbows
1 - Pictus Cat
2 - Crayfish

10 Gallon
6 - Mollies (Black,Dalmation)
2 - Golden Platys
3 - Tiger Barbs
2 - Harlequin Rasboras
1 - Cherry Barb
1 - Small Albino Pleco
5 - Juvenile Crayfish

krytan

08-25-2009, 1:59 PM

Hello, :welcome: to AC.

That's a LOT of fish you have there.

G8K33P3R

08-25-2009, 2:01 PM

no kidding. i never really noticed until i counted them out. We're pretty impulsive.

krytan

08-25-2009, 2:33 PM

How big are your tin foils?

G8K33P3R

08-25-2009, 3:03 PM

The 2 bigger ones are about 6" and the smaller one is about 5". They are BEASTS! We were worried about the Gar's eating everything, but the Tin Foil's are much more aggressive when feeding. We'd throw in a dozen rosies and they would eat 3/4 of them. I moved to smaller comet goldfish for feeders and they still chow on those.

I'm going to TRY and get some good pics of our tank tonight. I'm really impressed in the care my girlfriend has put into it, she is definitely the "expert" of the household.

Unfortunately, we had what the place called a "spotted eel", but it didn't make it 24 hours in our tank. I was really dissappointed, because it was beautiful. The placed tested our water and came to the conclusion that our water had too high nitrate and nitrite.

krytan

08-25-2009, 3:38 PM

You know that the tin foils arn't even half their adult size at 5-6" don't you?

G8K33P3R

08-25-2009, 3:41 PM

yeah, we didn't realize that when we got them, but after some research we're WELL aware now. :jaw-dropping:

Rbishop

08-25-2009, 7:07 PM

Welcome to AC!

G8K33P3R

08-26-2009, 3:53 PM

thank you. i forgot the redtailed shark. lol

msjinkzd

08-26-2009, 4:03 PM

welcome to AC!

gotglock

08-26-2009, 4:46 PM

Hello! Theres a few people lurking around from Chi-town besides me :)

North sider or south sider?

Arturo

08-26-2009, 8:08 PM

Welcome to the forum.

G8K33P3R

08-31-2009, 9:40 AM

well, originally from the southwest burbs (Chicago Ridge), and now in the FARTHER southwest burbs (Plainfield)