How many reefers also have freshwater tanks?

[Sharkbait19]

FW snuggles

Wow you can see your Raphael too!
I thought mine was the only one…

 

[Karen00]

FW snuggles

Are those plecos?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Are those plecos?

Striped Raphael on top, pleco below
@LiveFreeAndReef would know the specifics for the pleco

 

[ccole]

I also keep African cichlids and a couple smaller freshwater tanks! I do love the colors of my cichlids.

 

[Jedi1199]

I have to ask... How did you get baby goldfish in your canister filter? Did you buy it used from someone with water still in it?

HAHA!! No, My 55g tank was a goldfish tank until I made the move to a mixed reef earlier this year. Check out my build thread and you will see.

 

[Karen00]

HAHA!! No, My 55g tank was a goldfish tank until I made the move to a mixed reef earlier this year. Check out my build thread and you will see.

LOL, now that makes sense! Haha. I will definitely check out your thread!

 

[Karen00]

Striped Raphael on top, pleco below
@LiveFreeAndReef would know the specifics for the pleco

They're beautiful... Well their back halves are at least!

 

[shadow_k]

I had a 10 gallon betta tank but upgraded to 15 and a 3 gallon shrimp tank. Had to start somewhere ! My betta tank is 3 years old !

 

[Duncan62]

I’ve never had a FW tank unless you count goldfish bowl when I was a kido

It counts. Lol

 

[Sharkbait19]

They're beautiful... Well their back halves are at least!

Old pic of my Raphael cat:

Just about the only one I can get

 

[Charley]

FW snuggles

Get them a hotel room!

 

[Lyss]

I have a 10g FW that’s home to a trio of dwarf puffers. I had it first, and kept it after I set up the SW tank. I’m a plant person so the FW tank began as an extension of that — I started branching out into keeping and growing aquatic plants.

I honestly think I favor the SW tank now tho!

 

[Karen00]

Old pic of my Raphael cat:

Just about the only one I can get

Wow, I have never seen this type before!! Beautiful!! I've been trying to get pics of my neon loaches but they're cryptic x10! The only way I know they're still alive is when they launch themselves out of the sand to grab food before disappearing again! It's like a scene out of that movie Tremors. They still make me jump back each time they do that!! Haha.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Wow, I have never seen this type before!! Beautiful!! I've been trying to get pics of my neon loaches but they're cryptic x10! The only way I know they're still alive is when they launch themselves out of the sand to grab food before disappearing again! It's like a scene out of that movie Tremors. They still make me jump back each time they do that!! Haha.

I know what you mean…my skunk loach is always out but I just about never see my sun loaches (Y. Eos). They have recently started popping back up though.

 

[Nemo&Friends]

I started with rescued FW goldfish, graduated to tropical FW, then FW planted tank, then FOWLR salt and now I want to start macro algae. Recently, I caught one of my young mollies, captive bred in my FW tank and transferred it to a new SW in which I try grow macro algae, so the molly would eat the undesirable algae. So far the molly seem to eat what I want her too, and not the macro, but I will watch carefully.
So why should I stop FW ? I also use the water from my FW to water my plants, especially my 15 orchids.
And I also have a pond...

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Are those plecos?

@Sharkbait19 nailed it, striped raphael on top and a normal bristlenose pleco on the bottom. I funded my saltwater tanks (partially anyway) by selling bristlenose plecos and bosemani rainbowfish that I bred.

 

[Jubei2006]

Started with freshwater as a kid, Oscar, and fish I caught from the local lake (bass, bluegill, sunfish and such) My favorite tank was a 55gallon planted. Rummynosed tetras are beautiful fish. Had them as the centerpiece along with cloudy danios and neon tetras. Of course the plecos, and an otocinclus or two. Got rid of that tank for saltwater. Now my son has a planted 10 gallon with glofish and a rosey barb.

 

[EugeneVan]

+1. I have freshwater plant tank, discus and reef tank. I love them all.

 

[MNFish]

At one time I had about 15 aquariums but now I am done to:
75 salt
55 salt
13.5 salt
75 fresh
60 fresh
10 Fresh

I would like to turn the 60 fresh into a saltwater, but my kids like that as an angle fish tank.....

 

[Jubei2006]

+1. I have freshwater plant tank, discus and reef tank. I love them all.

That is a stunning display, always loved the rummynoses