I recently aquired an 84 gallon "free" tank, with an enormous amount of fish in it. I didn't know the amount of fish until they were at my house, because all I heard was "free tank" before I agreed to take it.
I'm trying to alleviate some of the overstock in this tank while I determine just what to do with them. The more I don't have any takers to pick up these fish, and not really wanting to learn how to ship them, the more I think about keeping these guys while I work on some diy tank projects that could potentially house them in the future, but I need help on determining if I'm being more cruel keeping them than say, donating the ones I can to the fish stores when they have room (are they going to be in a better place at the store, and is the store going to sell them to people with big enough tanks?) Decisions decisions.
Current inhabitants of this tank (sizes are aproximate):
1- 10" tiger oscar
1- 10-12" male red devil
1-8-9" female red revil
3-4-6"juv red devils (offspring)
2-12-14" red bellied pacus
1-3" blood parrot
1-4-5" jack dempsey
2 adult convicts
1-3" jewel cichlid
2 - 10-12"+ common plecos
So, yeah, yikes right? Here is what I'm thinking. I'd really like to keep everything but the pacus, plecos and juv red devils. I plunked the blood parrot in an 84gal with six 2-3" juv frontosa and two 4" common plecs (also donated by someone who no longer wanted thier fish), and 20-30 baby cons in with my stingrays, after two days, I felt bad for the pathetic little things, so I fished out the five survivors and put them in a 60gal currently housing a female giant betta, a cory cat and a lot of snails.
First of all, can any of these fish be placed in yet another 84gal holding two 8-10" motoro stingrays? Take in mind, we don't want free fish killing expensive fish, so I'm perfectly happy keeping them AWAY from the stingrays. This tank is filtered with an aquaclear 500 and a fluval 404.
I just filled up two 55gallon tanks I had empty out in the garage. I have aquaclear 500s for them both. Oscar and male convict in one 55gal. and the jewel, dempsey and female con in the other.
I still might have to fry up the pacus (if the water's been nasty all their life, whats the likihood they'd be good eats?) if I can't find suitable homes for them. That would leave them, the large devil pair and three juv devil dithers in the 84gal. Minus the two pacus and upgrade the filtration and I'd at least have healthier params than they've been in. With the small devils acting as dithers, I'm likely to lose them, but I do have 300 and 900 gallon tanks in the diy plans. They'll be stuck for the next 3-6months unless I run across a cheap tank in the paper.
Huh. I'm not sure what to do about the common plecos either. I already called around to all the LFS and NO ONE wants pacus or plecs this big.
Oh, and is anyone familiar with these filters http://cgi.ebay.com/Aquarium-350-G-...740281952QQcategoryZ46310QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ?
I'm learning one can never have enough filters lying around.
Still cruel?
To think, a year ago I only had one tank. Then I bought a house. Now look at me.
I'm trying to alleviate some of the overstock in this tank while I determine just what to do with them. The more I don't have any takers to pick up these fish, and not really wanting to learn how to ship them, the more I think about keeping these guys while I work on some diy tank projects that could potentially house them in the future, but I need help on determining if I'm being more cruel keeping them than say, donating the ones I can to the fish stores when they have room (are they going to be in a better place at the store, and is the store going to sell them to people with big enough tanks?) Decisions decisions.
Current inhabitants of this tank (sizes are aproximate):
1- 10" tiger oscar
1- 10-12" male red devil
1-8-9" female red revil
3-4-6"juv red devils (offspring)
2-12-14" red bellied pacus
1-3" blood parrot
1-4-5" jack dempsey
2 adult convicts
1-3" jewel cichlid
2 - 10-12"+ common plecos
So, yeah, yikes right? Here is what I'm thinking. I'd really like to keep everything but the pacus, plecos and juv red devils. I plunked the blood parrot in an 84gal with six 2-3" juv frontosa and two 4" common plecs (also donated by someone who no longer wanted thier fish), and 20-30 baby cons in with my stingrays, after two days, I felt bad for the pathetic little things, so I fished out the five survivors and put them in a 60gal currently housing a female giant betta, a cory cat and a lot of snails.
First of all, can any of these fish be placed in yet another 84gal holding two 8-10" motoro stingrays? Take in mind, we don't want free fish killing expensive fish, so I'm perfectly happy keeping them AWAY from the stingrays. This tank is filtered with an aquaclear 500 and a fluval 404.
I just filled up two 55gallon tanks I had empty out in the garage. I have aquaclear 500s for them both. Oscar and male convict in one 55gal. and the jewel, dempsey and female con in the other.
I still might have to fry up the pacus (if the water's been nasty all their life, whats the likihood they'd be good eats?) if I can't find suitable homes for them. That would leave them, the large devil pair and three juv devil dithers in the 84gal. Minus the two pacus and upgrade the filtration and I'd at least have healthier params than they've been in. With the small devils acting as dithers, I'm likely to lose them, but I do have 300 and 900 gallon tanks in the diy plans. They'll be stuck for the next 3-6months unless I run across a cheap tank in the paper.
Huh. I'm not sure what to do about the common plecos either. I already called around to all the LFS and NO ONE wants pacus or plecs this big.
Oh, and is anyone familiar with these filters http://cgi.ebay.com/Aquarium-350-G-...740281952QQcategoryZ46310QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ?
I'm learning one can never have enough filters lying around.
Still cruel?
To think, a year ago I only had one tank. Then I bought a house. Now look at me.
