My father passed away from the complications of lung and liver cancer on December 10th 2014 @ 10:13pm.
My father had always been an avid fish keeper since the late 50's during the days of steel framed tanks.
Nobody could breed fish like my father could. He did it for a living in our family's basement from 1989-1997 so he could be a stay at home dad.
26 - 40 gallon breeders on racks. (1994 or 1995?) He had a huge noisy blower. Air was on tap in most rooms of the house upstairs for his beautiful display tanks. He's the reason I'm into this wonderful hobby.
So I'm left now with a dozen or so small tanks full of his prized fish. Mostly common stuff. Albino corries, Guppys, mollies, albino bristlenose, zebra danios, gouramis. I live in an apartment with no room to accommodate his stock.
To this day was hella old school. Box / sponge filters exclusively. No power filters. Still rocking Under gravel filters too. He did monthly water changes and utilized duckweed to keep nitrates in check.
He often shook his head at my sumps, canisters, and high gph pumps.
My mother manages and runs a successful resale store which helps fund the nonprofit hospice where my father passed.
The best thing I can think of doing would be setting up a large tank in display at the store full of all of his fish as a memorial to my father.
Im Going to honor his wishes by keeping all that "fancy crap" out of the build. I'm planning on utilizing a 125g (if I can locate one used) running 3 whisper 60 power filters (the only power filter I ever saw him use) and jump starting the tank with his round green box filters that are older than I am.
Im sure most of these community fish he has will coexist in a 125 together just fine.
Im really excited to share this and start the build. I feel like this is the coolest parting gift I can give to my father.
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My father had always been an avid fish keeper since the late 50's during the days of steel framed tanks.
Nobody could breed fish like my father could. He did it for a living in our family's basement from 1989-1997 so he could be a stay at home dad.
26 - 40 gallon breeders on racks. (1994 or 1995?) He had a huge noisy blower. Air was on tap in most rooms of the house upstairs for his beautiful display tanks. He's the reason I'm into this wonderful hobby.
So I'm left now with a dozen or so small tanks full of his prized fish. Mostly common stuff. Albino corries, Guppys, mollies, albino bristlenose, zebra danios, gouramis. I live in an apartment with no room to accommodate his stock.
To this day was hella old school. Box / sponge filters exclusively. No power filters. Still rocking Under gravel filters too. He did monthly water changes and utilized duckweed to keep nitrates in check.
He often shook his head at my sumps, canisters, and high gph pumps.
My mother manages and runs a successful resale store which helps fund the nonprofit hospice where my father passed.
The best thing I can think of doing would be setting up a large tank in display at the store full of all of his fish as a memorial to my father.
Im Going to honor his wishes by keeping all that "fancy crap" out of the build. I'm planning on utilizing a 125g (if I can locate one used) running 3 whisper 60 power filters (the only power filter I ever saw him use) and jump starting the tank with his round green box filters that are older than I am.
Im sure most of these community fish he has will coexist in a 125 together just fine.
Im really excited to share this and start the build. I feel like this is the coolest parting gift I can give to my father.
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Well, RIP to your Dad. Dude I wish I had some of those oldschool steel frame tanks.. seriously man, really awesome back-in-the-day stuff.. collectors would be all over those tanks! You're lucky your Dad has passed them down to ya. 
