My Tanks

Ten Gallon A
This is the one that started it all. A ten gallon regular dimension aquarium. It was a Marineland kit with a Biowheel filter. The hood came with screw-on incandescents, and I replaced those with "Daylight" compact fluorescents. I've changed a lot with this tank over the course of its life. For a long time it was a planted tank, but now it's a puffer system with synthetic coral and plastic sea algaes, but that could change at any time, given this system's history of evolution.

Ten Gallon B
My second aquarium, originally bought to fill in the void my iron tank stand which holds up tank A. The stand came with two places for tanks, one at the top and one at ankle level. I started this tank originally designed for bala sharks, but I quickly learned they get too big. Update 3/27/05: this tank is now a nano reef.

Fifty-Five Gallon
I keep a black ghost knife, bala sharks, a pleco, and a couple other large fish in this living room tank. I use two Whisper 60 filters which are cleaned often due to the high bioload and waste production. Read about keeping large fish in 55 gallon tanks and watch me ramble about fish gurus and other nay-sayers. You'll also learn how this tank damn near defeated me when I first set it up.

The Frog Tank
A custom designed 5 gallon system that's totally round. This tank was made with frogs in mind. Update: This tank was junked and the frogs now live in the Eclipse below.

Three Gallon Eclipse
This tank holds guppies and a fiddler crab. The beauty of small tanks is you can keep them anywhere. I keep mine in the bathroom atop the toilet.

The Planted Vase
A fully planted glass vase. Learn how you can set one up too.