where is your Tank in your house?

bobparker · 05/08/2010, 08:54 PM

Just curious to where every one keeps them, and what the stress level inside the tank is accordingly. Do your fish run and hide. Have you paid a price in buying a fish that didnt care for the traffic?

Myself, my 55 is in our foyer and we bring our dogs in and out through that door. Keeping easily frighten fish is out of the question. I picked up a small sailfin tang a few weeks ago, and found him stuck between my HOB overflow dead. you could tell he had been frightened into a tight spot that he could not have gotten himself out of.

Koddie Doo · 05/08/2010, 09:01 PM

75 gallon in the living room, nobody is scared of our 4 lb yorkie poo..

dannyd711 · 05/08/2010, 09:06 PM

My 29 is in the livingroom the clowns love the attention but my splended dotty back hides in his spot so i dont get to see him to often unless its feeding time. Hopefully things change when I start the next tank.

jeepguy242 · 05/08/2010, 09:09 PM

125 right next to my couch in the living room

bobparker · 05/08/2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Koddie Doo

75 gallon in the living room, nobody is scared of our 4 lb yorkie poo..

our dogs are rat terriers that are in transition from alpha dog dominance

and have been out and out going at it tonight

right in front of the tank. when I upgrade to my 125 in a few months it is going into the bedroom.

Lowrah · 05/08/2010, 09:20 PM

living room. a focal point in the room with the tv

sdc19982002 · 05/08/2010, 09:22 PM

56 and 40 breeder in living room, Only fish that gets spooked is blue spot goby.

Metal Man 1221 · 05/08/2010, 09:26 PM

125 in my bedroom, my tangs come out when people are around

but only because they want food lol

Eric the half-bee · 05/08/2010, 09:28 PM

Family/living room. My fish are out 99% of the time. They don't scare easily.

raiderob · 05/08/2010, 09:37 PM

Our 125g is in the living room about 5' from the TV. We usually don't walk close past it due to the layout of the room. If we get close enough to spook the fish it is usually for feeding or to more closely observe the tank.

dmack · 05/08/2010, 09:38 PM

90g in the kitchen. It too is a focal point as it is next to the table where we eat. I like it there because the floor is tiled underneath. Can't tell you how many times I have mopped up messes (small and large).

fstar25 · 05/08/2010, 09:40 PM

29g biocube in the living room next to the entertainment center

bobparker · 05/08/2010, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dmack

90g in the kitchen. It too is a focal point as it is next to the table where we eat. I like it there because the floor is tiled underneath. Can't tell you how many times I have mopped up messes (small and large).

I think if our kitchen was big enough that would definitely be a deciding factor. I love the peninsula tanks

dmack · 05/08/2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bobparker

I think if our kitchen was big enough that would definitely be a deciding factor. I love the peninsula tanks

:

I'm considering upgrading to a 180 peninsula to divide my kitchen and family room. I'm getting that familiar manic feeling. It's usually followed by massive spending!

bmooney31 · 05/08/2010, 09:57 PM

55 gallon in living room. No problems with fish at all

mastershake93 · 05/08/2010, 10:00 PM

my 55 is in my bed room, a couple feet from the foot of my bed and the only fish that scares a little easly is my blue tang

Johnny C · 05/08/2010, 10:00 PM

57G in my bedroom across from my California King... I love waking up to my fishes waiting at the front pane!

musicalrebellion · 05/08/2010, 10:26 PM

can anyone tall me if they have had any trouble with a tank being near the tv.
i have two brothers and they and i combined watch pretty much a full 12 hrs of tv.

tkeracer619 · 05/08/2010, 10:39 PM

Tank is in the living room.

Fish that are interacted with on a regular basic will not run from things.

Plenty of tanks are in high traffic areas and the fish are out against the glass hoping every passer by has food.

In tanks with reclusive fish I would look more to bullies inside the tank or improper stocking.

jbird69 · 05/08/2010, 10:39 PM

Living room....SE corner

goochesfish · 05/08/2010, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jbird69

Living room....SE corner

Hay you moved the halogen lamp. Much nicer!

My tank is in the living room/music room with acoustic drums, electric guitar, and grand piano

The fish seem to like the music or banging whatever you wanna call it

saleen2881 · 05/08/2010, 11:07 PM

in the dining room! love to look atit when we eat!!

sedor · 05/08/2010, 11:28 PM

My current 72 is in my office right behind my computer, but my new 125 is the first thing you see when you walk in my house!

nickandkara · 05/08/2010, 11:33 PM

In the living room, I try to control the ambient light when the tank lights go out but I think they have gotten used to my tv and kitchen lights on every now and again. My orange spot goby does get mad when I approach the tank at night and starts swimming erratically almost jumping out of the tank.

Mr.Kook · 05/09/2010, 05:22 AM

Mine is in the living room the fish dont mind the tv. My watchman goby is a lil skitich of people unless its feeding time. But loves to tease the cats ........lol the funny thing is my male cat loves the goby the femal loves my GBM.

05/08/2010, 08:54 PM	#1
bobparker Independent thinker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: fletcher, n.c. Posts: 273	where is your Tank in your house? Just curious to where every one keeps them, and what the stress level inside the tank is accordingly. Do your fish run and hide. Have you paid a price in buying a fish that didnt care for the traffic? Myself, my 55 is in our foyer and we bring our dogs in and out through that door. Keeping easily frighten fish is out of the question. I picked up a small sailfin tang a few weeks ago, and found him stuck between my HOB overflow dead. you could tell he had been frightened into a tight spot that he could not have gotten himself out of.

05/08/2010, 09:01 PM	#2
Koddie Doo Czar of All ThingsAwesome Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: O'Fallon, IL Posts: 2,578	75 gallon in the living room, nobody is scared of our 4 lb yorkie poo.. __________________ I like to superglue living creatures to rocks and suspend a crazy amount of light inches away from the surface of the water just to stare at it. Mostly Softies and Nems / Marineland 90 / RS-200 3rd

05/08/2010, 09:09 PM	#4
jeepguy242 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Winston Salem NC Posts: 370	125 right next to my couch in the living room __________________ Greensboro NC area reef club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef, 40 gallon sump, mag 9.5 return, quiet one 6000 closed loop, reef octo NWB-150 2010 model, diy kalkwasser reactor and ATO, 3 250 watt MH 14k

05/08/2010, 09:26 PM	#8
Metal Man 1221 FMMAS Executive Director Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Fargo ND Posts: 1,504	125 in my bedroom, my tangs come out when people are around but only because they want food lol __________________ "My advise is, always look at their aquarium before you take their advise. Because alot of people give advise and they havnt got a clue" ~David Saxby~ "Only after the last tree's cut and the last river poisoned only after the last fish is caught will you find that money cannot be eaten" ~Lamb of God~ Current Tank Info: 125g DT, 45g sump ---- 57g Illuminata, custom sump

05/08/2010, 09:28 PM	#9
Eric the half-bee Passer of gasses Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Space Coast, FL Posts: 837	Family/living room. My fish are out 99% of the time. They don't scare easily. __________________ MOLON LABE - King Leonidas I A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have. – Barry Goldwater Current Tank Info: Semi agressive reef-400 gal.-8 tangs,2 rabbit fish,zebra moray,blue ribbon eel,Janss' pipe,pair bangaiis,wrasse,tomato clown,maroon clown

05/08/2010, 09:06 PM	#3
dannyd711 Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: rosedale Posts: 47	My 29 is in the livingroom the clowns love the attention but my splended dotty back hides in his spot so i dont get to see him to often unless its feeding time. Hopefully things change when I start the next tank.

05/08/2010, 09:20 PM	#6
Lowrah Moved On Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 6	living room. a focal point in the room with the tv

05/08/2010, 09:22 PM	#7
sdc19982002 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wills Point,Texas Posts: 925	56 and 40 breeder in living room, Only fish that gets spooked is blue spot goby.

05/08/2010, 09:37 PM	#10
raiderob Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tracy, Ca Posts: 13	Our 125g is in the living room about 5' from the TV. We usually don't walk close past it due to the layout of the room. If we get close enough to spook the fish it is usually for feeding or to more closely observe the tank.

05/08/2010, 09:38 PM	#11
dmack Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 464	90g in the kitchen. It too is a focal point as it is next to the table where we eat. I like it there because the floor is tiled underneath. Can't tell you how many times I have mopped up messes (small and large).

05/08/2010, 09:40 PM	#12
fstar25 Getting there Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Friendswood, Tx Posts: 884	Re: where is your Tank in your house? 29g biocube in the living room next to the entertainment center __________________ The only thing I know for sure is nothing! Carrie, why do you want someone in need to die? -iCam Current Tank Info: 29G BioCube with LED lighting, media basket, fuge (chamber 2), MJ1200 return pump, K nano & K 1 power heads, 32# LR, ~2" SB

05/08/2010, 09:57 PM	#15
bmooney31 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 81	55 gallon in living room. No problems with fish at all

05/08/2010, 10:00 PM	#16
mastershake93 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: olympia wa Posts: 42	my 55 is in my bed room, a couple feet from the foot of my bed and the only fish that scares a little easly is my blue tang

05/08/2010, 10:00 PM	#17
Johnny C Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 4,140	57G in my bedroom across from my California King... I love waking up to my fishes waiting at the front pane! __________________ "...the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonders forever" -Jacques Cousteau

05/08/2010, 10:26 PM	#18
musicalrebellion Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 124	can anyone tall me if they have had any trouble with a tank being near the tv. i have two brothers and they and i combined watch pretty much a full 12 hrs of tv. __________________ Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.-winston churchill Current Tank Info: 20 Gallon Nano- Koralia two (with Koralia Nano propeller), Koralia one (JBJ Pulse Wave Maker), Eshopps PSK-75, 6 T5's, and a Bak-Pak converted into a refugium (in progress... looking for the light [pm me if you know of a good and inexpensive one])

05/08/2010, 10:39 PM	#19
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Tank is in the living room. Fish that are interacted with on a regular basic will not run from things. Plenty of tanks are in high traffic areas and the fish are out against the glass hoping every passer by has food. In tanks with reclusive fish I would look more to bullies inside the tank or improper stocking. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k. Last edited by tkeracer619; 05/08/2010 at 11:30 PM.

05/08/2010, 10:39 PM	#20
jbird69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The beautiful State of Jefferson Posts: 2,751	Living room....SE corner __________________ Broke Back Mountain is not a movie, its the pile of dead ninjas in Chuck Norris' back yard

05/08/2010, 11:07 PM	#22
saleen2881 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Beverly Hills, CA Posts: 416	in the dining room! love to look atit when we eat!!

05/08/2010, 11:28 PM	#23
sedor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,689	My current 72 is in my office right behind my computer, but my new 125 is the first thing you see when you walk in my house! __________________ Ryan

05/08/2010, 11:33 PM	#24
nickandkara Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 58	In the living room, I try to control the ambient light when the tank lights go out but I think they have gotten used to my tv and kitchen lights on every now and again. My orange spot goby does get mad when I approach the tank at night and starts swimming erratically almost jumping out of the tank.

05/09/2010, 05:22 AM	#25
Mr.Kook Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chuck-town, SC Posts: 140	Mine is in the living room the fish dont mind the tv. My watchman goby is a lil skitich of people unless its feeding time. But loves to tease the cats ........lol the funny thing is my male cat loves the goby the femal loves my GBM.

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