Ok, it is official. I'm Smilingfish and I am a tankaholic.

Began cycling our new 125 Sunday.
Transferred water from one of our 75 gallons & the rest conditioned water. Unfortunately our new RO arrived Monday & hasn't been installed. A single comet is in the tank as the sacrificial ammonia supplier. He was a feeder fish bought @ 6 months ago. He has already helped cycle a 65 gallon. He looks so lost in such a large empty tank. I keep wondering what he must be thinking.

I'll post pics once I get the photos uploaded tonight.

ooohhh you are going to be in a whole lotta trouble for not having pics .....your comet probably thinks you released him into a lake!!!

that's funny.

i can't wait to see pictures!!

Whew, finally got the pictures from the camera to the computer of our new 125. Jeez, like pulling teeth to get things done around here! (pun intended)
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Congrats on your new tank! You comet looks so tiny in there!

wow I want a big tank !!!....very nice !!..I had to squint to see the fish

That tank looks great, and huge! My comet is only in a 20 gallon. He would go crazy for that much swimming space.

The fish look tiny in that last picture, and we are only seeing part of the tank!

Wow!! That's a big'n!! At first, the size of the stand that it's on is misleading! It looks like a 55 on a long counter. (to me, but probably not to everyone ) Then I saw the other things around it.. Gee whiz that's huge!
I almost didn't see the li'l fishy down in the shadows there! Is he in the other pics? I didn't see him.
I love the columns! It's going to be a beauty!! (The tank as well as the fish )
Oh! I just saw another fish!! How many are in there? Actually, I saw the shadow first, then the fish that it came from. You'll be "filling" that tank up in now time! (okay - not as funny as your pun... but I tried. )

Thank you for sharing!!

Debbie

It is sickly huge...but we got it cycled within 6 days. Well, we had some help with added water from a fully cycled 75 gallon.

Wow - 6 days with just water from an established tank? Kinda puts a damper on the theory that the cycle is in the filter, not the water... Did you use any media from the other tank as well?

So just how many li'l fella's do you have in the big tank?

Debbie

That's a huge GAZONKER of a tank! That would be so fun to plan out and stock.....

Good luck!

Actually you are correct. We had an used" filter in the tank so it had a kickstart although we plan to seriously upgrade it once we are truely up & running. Right now we are still debating what to put in it since we have several established tanks we do not want to divide or combine, 14 tanks now total. Upstairs in our den we have a empty 210 waiting for our floor to be reinforced. Yes, we have serious tank addiction issues...

This photo probably best shows its true size. I am 5'7".


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Cheers!

Holy moley!! Are you SURE that' you're 5'7"??? That sucker is even huger... (more huge...?) than I imagined!!
You're going to need a ladder to clean it! No, wait... just some scuba gear! And you have a FISH TANK ROOM!! Wow... that's some serious fish obsession. Can you post more pics of all of your tanks? Or do you have a thread somewhere that I haven't seen.

Wow... I'll be in awe of that picture all day! Wait!! You have a bigger one yet! I just remembered that you said that! Jeez... Are you putting in cement columns for support?? 210 gallons... Yes - scuba gear is in order here!!

Did I mention... Wow....????

Debbie

Oh Debbie thanks for the laughs!
Yep, I am really only 5 foot 7, maybe a 1/2 inch more. And yes we have an aquarium room which is still a work in progress. On the right side we have 3-75 gallon tanks and on the left is the 125 with the cabinet not completely finished. The tank in the back of the room is our only marine tank @ 55 gallons, its counter top for its soon to be cabinet is propped up in front of it. The 4 smaller tanks pushed to the side include a hospital/QT, a very heavily planted tank with breeding guppies, a 20 gallon long with an electric blue jack dempsey, 5 corys my second behind goldfish, & a weirdo catfish. My goldies tanks are upstairs in my study & and we have a built in 65 gallon tank in our den next to the fireplace for ying/yang--and of course it has a built in fan for needing cooling when the fireplace is going. The steel floor joists are on order for our home to help support the several ton 210 plus cabinet. Like my dad says..."When you get that monster up are you gonna watch those fish or swim with 'em?"
Somewhere on the computers I have pics of all the tanks. Maybe I can pull them together & do a photo spread. mr. smilingfish began the aquariums years ago as he was studying ichthyology(**insert "nerd" icon**). We made it our mutual hobby last year and its been extremely rewarding for both of us.

Pardon me for repeating myself..

Wow!!!
But how wonderful that it's a hobby that you BOTH share!! I love that!! You don't have to do all of the work yourself, and you get to do it together!

Isn't that a slang... to "swim with the fishies"??? We don't want that!!! Yes - just enjoy them! And I'm sure you'll do just that!!

Now... where are those pictures...???

Debbie

nice tank! U have alot of big ones!!! And wow, ur little fishie is ssoo small, my guys used to look like that in the 125 too but now they've all grown lol, i got mine cycled in 4 days! lol i always thought the big ones would take longer lol

I luv your fish room...

how many fish are in the 125?

Thanks!
2 comets & 10 Glo Lite Tetras. The tetras swim mid to high level, the comets stay closer to the bottom. The comets on the left...and tetras on the right.

He looks so small compared to the tank