I'm glad to find this forum.
As you can tell from my name, I'm a fan of orandas. I have a red and black oranda (Yiorgos) and a red cap (Maddie). Their newest aquarium mate is a black moor (Mary Tyler - snicker snicker). They are my babies. They currently live in a 20 gallon tank, but though they're small now, I'm upgrading them to a 32 gallon hex when I get it out of layaway, along with their apple snail, Old Mr. Grace. After, I'm getting a panda oranda to put in the 20 gallon with a new snail. In a 10 gallon, I have eight neon tetras, four head and tail light tetras, three zebra danios (okay, I admit it - they're Glofish), and a smaller apple snail, Young Mr. Grace. My first aquarium was a gift and is 2.65 gallons - falsely advertised as being a goldfish kit. After studying more about the care of fish, I got the 20 gallon for my first oranda, the red and black. I'm considering a betta for that tank, but I have to wonder if that's really a good idea, despite what you see in pet stores. Any advice?
Also on layaway is a 40 gallon tank. If all goes well, I will very carefully build my first saltwater tank. I'm planning that out even now, though it'll be months before I set it up. Eventually, I want to get one of those all-in-one cube tanks like the BioCube and make it into a reef tank. I've heard they're good for that. At some point, I'd also like to set up another 10 gallon for guppies and maybe one or two others that might be able to coexist with them (I know, at least two females for every male).
The scary thing is that I'm not sure I'm going to stop there, lol.
But I *will* stop here.
As you can tell from my name, I'm a fan of orandas. I have a red and black oranda (Yiorgos) and a red cap (Maddie). Their newest aquarium mate is a black moor (Mary Tyler - snicker snicker). They are my babies. They currently live in a 20 gallon tank, but though they're small now, I'm upgrading them to a 32 gallon hex when I get it out of layaway, along with their apple snail, Old Mr. Grace. After, I'm getting a panda oranda to put in the 20 gallon with a new snail. In a 10 gallon, I have eight neon tetras, four head and tail light tetras, three zebra danios (okay, I admit it - they're Glofish), and a smaller apple snail, Young Mr. Grace. My first aquarium was a gift and is 2.65 gallons - falsely advertised as being a goldfish kit. After studying more about the care of fish, I got the 20 gallon for my first oranda, the red and black. I'm considering a betta for that tank, but I have to wonder if that's really a good idea, despite what you see in pet stores. Any advice?
Also on layaway is a 40 gallon tank. If all goes well, I will very carefully build my first saltwater tank. I'm planning that out even now, though it'll be months before I set it up. Eventually, I want to get one of those all-in-one cube tanks like the BioCube and make it into a reef tank. I've heard they're good for that. At some point, I'd also like to set up another 10 gallon for guppies and maybe one or two others that might be able to coexist with them (I know, at least two females for every male).
The scary thing is that I'm not sure I'm going to stop there, lol.
But I *will* stop here.
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