what was supposed to be a 200G with stand and filter thru a friend of a friend turned out to be a 80G Bow front with a Eheim pro 2, 3 tray, and a 4ft T5 system with 4 bulbs. it came fully set up with some africans between 2-5" inches. I spent 3 hours on friday tearing down the set up and getting it into my house. Spent at least 8 hours today cleaning the entire thing. went to big als to see what everything I got was worth and grab some fish. for awhile I didnt know what to do, I had thought so long about communities, salt, africans etc. the set up was eqipped for marine, it came with a full pail of salt, hydrometer, reef solutions, salt water test kit, PH balance etc etc but I cant afford the live rock right now so I decided against it at this point in time. The Eheim Pro 2 I got was going for $235 at Big Als and the T5 lights for $170 alone. The tank has a black wood stand with a black tint front glass opening. theres 60 lbs of rock that used to be live, full of dead corals, amoeba etc now that its a freshwater african tank. another 60 lbs of lavarock, I was debating between doing a SW tank, African tank or agressive community tank. I decided as mentioned I couldnt afford the live rock to go SW, I wasnt feeling a strictly african tank (I already hace a 55G full african set up) so I went with the couple africans I already have, added a silver aro 2.5", 4" green terror, a couple pim cats, spotted raphaels, gibb plecos,apple snails and 4 (1"+) big black tetras and blind cave tetras I already had. so far everything is purrfect, between the baserock and lava I counted at least 40 little cave works. theres lots of room for free swimmers like the pim's that dont wanna bounce off rocks. I cant believe what I got and what I paid, all I have to say is this is why I dont believe in marriage, this woman sold this poor bastards set up for $75 bucks. I actually felt bad for him taking out the fish and disabling the Eheim pro 2
Got my Tank!!!
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Aren't you worried about the GT eating many of your other occupants?
Also, if the aro survives the GT, it will be much too large for your tank.
Also, if the aro survives the GT, it will be much too large for your tank.