Hi! It's always nice to make new friends. My name is Matt, I live in Virgina, and have been off and on keeping fish my whole life. My father had tons of guppy tanks in his office when I was young and I was always fascinated by the little guys swimming around just being fish. he always kept a bunch of plants floating in his tanks, hornwort I think, or something similar. After I got married I convinced my wife to let me set up a tank, and, as you can guess, now we have three. She's got a 5 gal tank on her desk with a beautiful betta, and I'm keeping cherry shrimp in a 10 gallon on the kitchen counter. my 54g corner tank is kind of a mishmash of fish (fishmash?). Mainly keeping Endlers, and a few other buddies. no particular theme, just your typical fairly laid back aquarium. I'm real lazy with my water changes so plants and not overloading were a must. I've got an fx6 stocked with biohome ultimate, and a ton of easy no ferts no co2 plants in the tank to help with nitrate. It's doing quite well. A few weeks into the pandemic I finally picked up a pathos plant and suddenly realized I had no way to keep it connected to the side of my tank. I designed something with my 3d printer and it came out so cool I shared it with a fb group. long story short, that became my Poth-O-Carry side hustle. It's worth all the time I spend just to read the reviews of the things that came out of my head that make people's tanks a happier place.
I'm looking for ideas of what kind of larger centerpiece fish to get for my 54g corner tank. something easy. eeeaaasy. Father, two kids, full time job and aforementioned side hustle, not a ton of time for maintenance. maybe I'll move some cherries to the other tank and see how they fare. Anyway. I saw the theme of this forum and knew I had to be a part of it. I'm so tired of the animosity on the internet. I want to be friends. โค๏ธ