Re: [Killietalk] Killies in an apartment

[Debunix <debunix at well_com>]

I started with one tiny tank in my old apartment and have moved up to 9 
tanks, plus numerous live food cultures.  My water change 'system' is 
to have separate hoses for draining and filling, so I can fill one as 
another drains.  I've had more problems with water leaks from A/C 
drains and bathtubs and ceilings than from my tanks.  I am careful to 
carpet the area around the tanks with towels when I do my major water 
changes and prune the plants.

I have 3 29G tanks each on their own stands, and a bookcase-tower that 
holds 3 12G nanocubes, plus a smaller shelf unit for 3 3G tanks.  The 3 
solo tanks and the nanocube towers put a load of about 300lbs on the 
floor, which hasn't been a problem in any of my apartments.  I haven't 
bred that many different killie species yet--F gardneri, A loennbergii, 
C fontinalis, and I have eggs on peat from R maculopinnis and R brevis, 
but I've also bred mollies, Endlers, Thorichthys cichlids and now 
rainbows from those same tanks.

One of my leases, BTW, did have a clause stating that aquariums were 
limited to 20G max, but I already had the three 29G by then, and no one 
complained.

Diane Brown in St. Louis

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