Do any of you ponders also have aquariums?

[timelessr1]

Nice work!

Thanks1 The only way my wife would let me have a fish tank in the main room was if the tank and stand looked like furniture...so I had to make it look like our exsisting furniture, including stain color and all...took forever to finish that project...lol:yikesu:

 

[j.w]

And you did a lovely job as it's beautiful. I bet your wife loves it :squint:

 

[koidaddy]

Thanks1 The only way my wife would let me have a fish tank in the main room was if the tank and stand looked like furniture...so I had to make it look like our exsisting furniture, including stain color and all...took forever to finish that project...lol:yikesu:

MAN! Your stand make mine look like the piece of crap it is. Very nice timelessr1!

 

[Steve knight]

the fish seem happier outside anyway.

 

[addy1]

Beautiful work!

 

[davidr2340]

Reef tanks are so much easier than this whole 'pond' thing!!! :regular_waving_emot
Now if I could only take decent pictures!!!

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[fishin4cars]

Nice tanks! Kind of hate to post mine but I've been trying for a hout to get some decent pics, lots harder getting good pics inside a fish tank vs a pond.

 

[fishin4cars]

Here are some pics of my 75 gallon, Green terror, Red hook silver dollars, Syndontis Angelicus, synodontis brichardi, and my white oscar I recently got as a feeder goldfish.

 

[fishin4cars]

A couple of pics of my 30 gallon fancy goldfish.

 

[ididntdoit99]

I couldnt get good pics of mine, but there is my oscar and green terror.

 

[LuLu]

Oh... My... Goodness!!!!! They're all so beautiful, and well... I'm SOOOOO jealous! LOL

I'd love to be able to leave my fishies in the pond over the winter, but I just HAD to have a Moor (which aren't for over wintering) and my pond is ITSY. Even though it's RIGHT UP AGAINST my house, and UNDER a deck... it's not really deep enough for me to be comfortable enough chance, and I'd need a heater, all the plants I worked so hard for would probably die, etc... so, yeah... now I NEED an aquarium! :lol: Been searching CraigsList daily for the perfect cheap/used aquarium in my area so I can just move the contents of my mini pond into it for the winter, and vice versa for spring. PLUS... like I said... I'm think I'm gonna need more than just my Betta to keep me entertained this winter. :lol:

Especially since as far as my other hobbies go... It won't be summer, a.k.a. Rock & Roll "Tour Season" = no roadtrips... most of my Bonsai trees will be dormant = little to no maintenance required... and I'd rather NOT wear off every bit of skin on my left fingertips by ONLY practicing/teaching myself guitar.

I didn't realize that a simple, "Uh oh... I need an aquarium. Hmmm, I wonder how many of the ponders over at the GPF have aquariums..." would not only answer my question, but also yield such beautiful tank photos. Now that I've been privvy to photos of your aquariums, I have a TON of new ideas re: tank decor!! Thankies! Pretty sure I'm about to go through this thread and thank every dang one of y'all...

 

[CountryEscape]

LuLu you will get all sorts of info here, just ask, as you found out! I had aquariums since I was young, both fresh and salt. Always dreamed for something larger than 29 gal, and found a 55 gal setup really cheap on CraigsList! It came with 5 goldies, which was I was interested in, thus began the quest for information on a koi/goldfish pond! So, my "free" goldfish are now living in my 4,000 gal pond. It's deep enough to leave everyone outside. Have added koi just recently (last weekend), and thoroughly enjoy going out on my deck every chance I get to sit and watch them.
Oh, and I have the 55 filled with "community" fish, and another 29 gal with Blue Rams and Gourami's ... so far.
Keep searching CraigsList. Even if you have to travel a little, it's well worth the trip, and often the tanks come with fish, but be prepared to carry the water back with you in buckets with tight lids. Good luck!!!

 

[addy1]

I used to have fish tanks, fresh and salt, now just sticking with ponds. Always enjoyed them.

 

[HARO]

I got my first fish when I was 5 years old. A neighbour boy gave me a bunch of baby guppies in a jam jar, and I haven't been fishless for the last 56 years. When we started building our house 25 years ago, I sold all my aquariums (about 30 or so, from 5 to 65 gallons) and started on "real" ponds. Prior to that I had tried used bathtubs, vapour barrier lining a hole in the ground, anything that would hold water! Thank God for rubber liner!!! John

 

[peavs]

I have 6 aquariums as well as my pond. I have a 6 gallon, 10 gallon, 15 gallon, 20 gallon, 30 gallon, 75 gallon, and 750 gallon pond. My 6 gallon is a shrimp tank. My 10 is home to my betta. My 15 is a community tank. My 20 is a german blue ram and cory tank. My 30 and 75 arent set up at the moment due to lack of space for them. All my aquariums are also heavily planted with live plants.