Ok, this is basically going to become a stocking question at the end, but the whole situation has me really upset. This is going to be long post, but I need to vent.
First, our apartment complex has had plumbing problems from the first day we moved in here. It's been owned and managed by three different companies since then, and they finally just now fixed the pipes. So there's the good news.
The bad news. When we signed our lease with our new landlady, the only stipulations it made on pets was that they must be fish, birds, hamsters, or "other various animals capable of living in an aquarium or cage." No where did it specify a maximum aquarium size, weight, etc.
Currently, in our apartment, we have a 30 gallon bowfront, a ten gallon qt, and a 55 gallon. Our landlady comes with a maintenance guy once a month to inspect the units. They have always been fine with my tanks. Today, the lady even brought her little boy along (who, for some ungodly reason she named Herman) to see my oscar. I let annoying, little Herman hand feed my Oswald some market shrimp.
We were talking about the fish and how big Oswald has gotten since I rescued him in December, and I mentioned that soon I'd be getting him a new 125 gallon home because he was outgrowing my 55. She looked all surprised and was like "Oh no, you can't do that, it's not allowed. No tanks over 75 gallons."
We're on the first floor, on a six inch concrete slab. This is ridiculous, especially since we were never prohibited from having a tank over 75 gallons by our lease. But whatever, I don't feel like getting kicked out over a fish tank. I just wish it would have been in dang lease, otherwise I would have known I couldn't keep my little guys and I wouldn't have gotten attached.
So here's my problem. I have a five and half to six inch Oscar, a four inch albino red-tailed/rainbow shark, two small blood parrots and two medium sized tinfoil barbs. I was pretty close to having a bigger tank for them (found a 125 gallon tank and stand for $150 on cl, was going to call on it today). I know the barbs and the O will outgrow the tank for sure. Is there anything I can keep?
I was thinking that if I couldn't keep any of it, I could throw in the inhabitants of my 30 gallon community and get a few discus. With the upkeep I do on the tank with the oscar, I know I can handle the discus. But that's only as a last resort, I really love my oscar. If anything, I hope to find him an awesome home, maybe with one of you guys?
First, our apartment complex has had plumbing problems from the first day we moved in here. It's been owned and managed by three different companies since then, and they finally just now fixed the pipes. So there's the good news.
The bad news. When we signed our lease with our new landlady, the only stipulations it made on pets was that they must be fish, birds, hamsters, or "other various animals capable of living in an aquarium or cage." No where did it specify a maximum aquarium size, weight, etc.
Currently, in our apartment, we have a 30 gallon bowfront, a ten gallon qt, and a 55 gallon. Our landlady comes with a maintenance guy once a month to inspect the units. They have always been fine with my tanks. Today, the lady even brought her little boy along (who, for some ungodly reason she named Herman) to see my oscar. I let annoying, little Herman hand feed my Oswald some market shrimp.
We were talking about the fish and how big Oswald has gotten since I rescued him in December, and I mentioned that soon I'd be getting him a new 125 gallon home because he was outgrowing my 55. She looked all surprised and was like "Oh no, you can't do that, it's not allowed. No tanks over 75 gallons."
We're on the first floor, on a six inch concrete slab. This is ridiculous, especially since we were never prohibited from having a tank over 75 gallons by our lease. But whatever, I don't feel like getting kicked out over a fish tank. I just wish it would have been in dang lease, otherwise I would have known I couldn't keep my little guys and I wouldn't have gotten attached.
So here's my problem. I have a five and half to six inch Oscar, a four inch albino red-tailed/rainbow shark, two small blood parrots and two medium sized tinfoil barbs. I was pretty close to having a bigger tank for them (found a 125 gallon tank and stand for $150 on cl, was going to call on it today). I know the barbs and the O will outgrow the tank for sure. Is there anything I can keep?
I was thinking that if I couldn't keep any of it, I could throw in the inhabitants of my 30 gallon community and get a few discus. With the upkeep I do on the tank with the oscar, I know I can handle the discus. But that's only as a last resort, I really love my oscar. If anything, I hope to find him an awesome home, maybe with one of you guys?
