More fish dreamin'!!!

Some other fish I would love to see in my future display................

Memories and Future

Today in New York it is pouring rain so I have the day of from work.  I am an organic tree doctor if anyone was wondering.  I used to run a fish room for years in my late teens and early twenties.  I really miss it but I can't stand to inside all the time.  Also I found that you don' enjoy the hobby as much if you do that for a living.  It's the like to old saying goes, the showmaker always has holes in his shoes.  Well thats probably not even close to how the old saying goes, but you get the idea.  

So I have continued to think about what I am going to do with my current display and going with something smaller.  Recently on a trip to the LFS, they had a 200 gallon FOWLR setup.  It was basically a perfect cube and really had an amazing look.  I really love the depth, and I am sure that the fish appreciated it as well, even though it was way overstocked.  So the story goes with fishtanks in LFS.  If you are familiar with the 40 gallon breeder than you get the idea.  So I am going to look into something cube like in the 70-80 gallon size.   The display I currently have I bought used for an amazing price.  I will never buy something new, though I would love too.  I just don't have the money to buy everything new, and if you look hard enough you can save a tremendous amount of money buying used.  There is always a person who spends a boat load of money on a display and then realizes they either don't want to spend the time for the upkeep or just get sick of it.  My current tank was only running for 10 months when I bought it.  I saved over $2,500.00 by buying used.  If you go the used route make sure you know everything is working and there are NO leaks.

So here are some pics of the fish I would like to keep in the display I am conjuring up in my mind.  So we will see.   I want smaller fish that are invertebrate safe and I may even do some hardy soft corals.  I really love Ricordia mushrooms and Zoas.  

Time for a change....

Hello all!  Well as our economy continues to go in the shitter.  It seems everyone is being affected negatively by it one way or another.  3 months ago I lost my job but was fortunate to get another within a month.  Thankfully I am very happy with the job and there seems to be a great deal of security with the job.  My fiance and I rent a house, as buying a house in the Hamptons on Long Island is VERY expensive!!!  A very simple 2 bedroom 2000sq' house easily starts at $750,000.  Yes it is crazy but this place is beautiful and we are happy to rent until we save money to buy.  So our landlord who lives in S. Africa stopped by out of the blue this past weekend.  Mind you I haven't seen or spoke to her in almost a year.  She said she needs to sell the house.  So my fiance and I have been looking for a new place.  Many of the places we have looked at won't accomodate my 180 gallon tank.  So here is what I envision......

Sorry about reminding you all about the crap our country has gotten us into.  I spoke earlier about having a display with only fish that get no larger than 4-5".  This equals many more fish but more importantly more opportunities to learn about fish behavior and interaction.  So as always, I was on RC and saw a thread from a local Long Islander and the start of his new display.  His screen name is KIGS and his display is exactly what I had in my head.  An added bonus that I had not thought of was the introduction of all the small inverts you can add because of having no predatory fish in the display.  He sparked my interest even further by adding a really deep sand bed and adding garden eels.  If you are not familiar with garden eels then you are missing out.  They are amazing fish to watch.  They need a sand bed of around 6"-10"  for them to dig their tunnels.  So I plan on selling my 180 FOWLR with the fish and plan on getting a display of around 75 gallons or so.  I want to concentrate on getting pairs, trios, and possibly harems of fish.   Here is the link to see KIGS display.  I love it.  I also really love the rimless display, but have my reservations because of fish jumping and I will most definately have wrasses, firefish, etc which are nortorious for carpet surfing.  Hope everyone is doing well.  Regards, Tim

Here is the link.