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		Francisco Borrero, Jack Taylor and Tyler Sena
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		Here are some of Francisco's fish: JE: How many fish/tanks do you have at the moment? What is your setup like? Do you have or plan to set up a fishroom? What are your long term goals for the fish? Francisco: I have a makeshift fishroom. It is a carpeted family room in the first level of our Sharon home (no basement). I was given green light to it with the condition that any stands and things were to look nice and furniture-like. Thus, there are no racks, and the space is underutilized. 9 tanks ranging 29 to 150gal line the walls, some stacked 2-high, others single level. In addition, 7 more tanks (15-75gal) are in hallways and other such places. I only have 3 discus tanks at this time, a 150 orgy with 15 wilds, a 50 breeder with 2 Curipera, and a 30gal hospital with my two most recent rescues (a very skinny Itelvina Royal Blue, and a sickly looking Unini Heckel; I got them for free 2 weeks ago). This is because at this time I am not even attempting breeding. My water storage drums are in the garage. I had intended to make a real fishroom in my side of the garage, but now it seems that we may be moving later this year, so I am in a very frustrating limbo regarding construction and tanks, not to mention about my fish!! It appears that moving may take us to Cincinnati or the Carolinas, and will occur this summer. So…the fishroom will be somewhere else. Jack: As of this moment, I have 35 tanks running. I own 250 tanks.Why? Who knows !!! I did it just the opposite of most. I got the tanks first.No plans for 250, just bought them over the years. I have around 15 adult discus, 30 juveniles, and 40 fry at 5 weeks old. I also have angelfish. My basement is my fishroom. When we were looking for a house, I told my wife I only wanted two things in the house. She could have the rest!! What I wanted was a unfinished basement and a 3 car garage. I was able to get both. I worked 2 jobs and the reserves to help her get her part of the house. That was the expensive part !!!!!!! I have started building stands and getting tanks set up. My long term goal is just to be successful. Success to me is accomplishments, not anything else. Tyler: Currently I have around 10 tanks ranging in size from a 10 to a 125 gallon. I have a pair of kribs and a dozen angels I am growing out, but other than that I have all discus. Most are from Mike Wells of A Discus Dream, of which I have two pairs from, and they're still growing! Joe Szelesi then gave me a beautiful Leopard Snakeskin when I met him, thanks Joe! I have recently begun to setup my fishroom in the basement. Its got one rack containing a 125 and a couple other tanks, plus some more tanks sorrounding it on stands. I also have a 150 gallon holding tank which I use to age and heat water till I pump it into the tanks after w/cs. Hopefully I'll have all my tanks in the basement soon, so it should make for a nice little setup. Of course I am always expanding though, some plans for the future are an R/O system and some piping through the ceiling for changing water. Truth be told though, I'm not really all that sure what my long term plans for the fish are. Right now I'm just enjoying growing them, and hopefully I'll start to have a steady flow of fry in the next couple months. more...

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