The Official Asylum Freshwater Tank Thread

LookAtBigErn82 · 02-13-2009, 02:15 PM

Here are some pics of my tank. Started it back in August. I love the live plants that are growing in there. I constantly have to trim those down.

Just a couple Tiger Barbs in there right now.

shaggy · 02-13-2009, 07:57 PM

nice setup
i am gonna go planted on the next tank i get

LookAtBigErn82 · 02-14-2009, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by shaggy

nice setup
i am gonna go planted on the next tank i get

Thanks, the plants actually started out as roots that you can buy from a pet store. I paid a couple bucks for like six of them. Only two started growing but they're huge.

Tikihut27 · 02-17-2009, 10:34 AM

I have two tanks up right now. Since I was overseas for 2008, they started out a little shabby this year, but here is how they are right now. (My wife says they die when I am on military duty because they "miss me".)

First tank, 55 long. Use this for schoolers and to grow predators for the big tank. Once they eat the schoolers, they are ready to move! Has in it right now:

2 Red Rainbow (Glossolepis incisus)
1 Bosemani Rainbow (Melanotaenia boesemani)
2 Madagascar Rainbow (Bedotia geayi)
2 Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
2 Red Eye Tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
1 Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
2 Flagtail Porthole Catfish (dianema urostriatum)
2 Bumblebee Catfish (Pseudopimelodus raninus)
1 Banjo Catfish (Bunocephalus coracoideus)
1 Clown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
1 Green Tiger Botia (Botia hymenophysa)
1 Striped Headstander (Anostomus anostomus)
And probably a few I missed

The big tank is a 150 that used to be an Amazonian tank but has morphed a little. Big predators and cats mostly, but I lost the really good ones last year. Currently:

1 Leopard Ctenopoma (Ctenopoma acutirostre) 4"
1 Flagtail Prochilodus (Semaprochilodus insignis) 6"
1 Rhino Pleco (Pterygoplichthys scrophus) 8"
1 Black-Banded Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) 10"
1 Lima Shovel Nose Catfish (Sorubim lima) 5"
1 Upside-down Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) 6"
1 Twig Catfish (Farlowella acus) 5"
1 Hujeta Gar (Ctenolucius hujeta) 5"
2 Red Bellied Pacu (Piaractus brachypomum) 2" just got this weekend

Ctenopoma acutirostre

Leporinus fasciatus

Pterygoplichthys scrophus

02-13-2009, 02:15 PM	#1
LookAtBigErn82 Munson, Roy E.?? Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Steve Location: Kenosha, WI Posts: 178 Trading: (12)	Re: The Official Asylum Freshwater Tank Thread Here are some pics of my tank. Started it back in August. I love the live plants that are growing in there. I constantly have to trim those down. Just a couple Tiger Barbs in there right now. __________________ Finally, Big Ern is above the law!!

02-13-2009, 07:57 PM	#2
shaggy just pokin around..... Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 505 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Freshwater Tank Thread nice setup i am gonna go planted on the next tank i get

02-17-2009, 10:34 AM	#4
Tikihut27 Learned to Love the Bomb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 818 Trading: (3)	Re: The Official Asylum Freshwater Tank Thread I have two tanks up right now. Since I was overseas for 2008, they started out a little shabby this year, but here is how they are right now. (My wife says they die when I am on military duty because they "miss me".) First tank, 55 long. Use this for schoolers and to grow predators for the big tank. Once they eat the schoolers, they are ready to move! Has in it right now: 2 Red Rainbow (Glossolepis incisus) 1 Bosemani Rainbow (Melanotaenia boesemani) 2 Madagascar Rainbow (Bedotia geayi) 2 Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri) 2 Red Eye Tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae) 1 Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri) 2 Flagtail Porthole Catfish (dianema urostriatum) 2 Bumblebee Catfish (Pseudopimelodus raninus) 1 Banjo Catfish (Bunocephalus coracoideus) 1 Clown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 1 Green Tiger Botia (Botia hymenophysa) 1 Striped Headstander (Anostomus anostomus) And probably a few I missed The big tank is a 150 that used to be an Amazonian tank but has morphed a little. Big predators and cats mostly, but I lost the really good ones last year. Currently: 1 Leopard Ctenopoma (Ctenopoma acutirostre) 4" 1 Flagtail Prochilodus (Semaprochilodus insignis) 6" 1 Rhino Pleco (Pterygoplichthys scrophus) 8" 1 Black-Banded Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) 10" 1 Lima Shovel Nose Catfish (Sorubim lima) 5" 1 Upside-down Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) 6" 1 Twig Catfish (Farlowella acus) 5" 1 Hujeta Gar (Ctenolucius hujeta) 5" 2 Red Bellied Pacu (Piaractus brachypomum) 2" just got this weekend *Ctenopoma acutirostre* *Leporinus fasciatus* *Pterygoplichthys scrophus* Last edited by Tikihut27; 02-17-2009 at 10:40 AM.