Hey all,
I've got some big changes coming up in my life. I'm getting out of the army in a few months, so I'm heading back home from Missouri. While I'm excited at the prospect of being a free man again, I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do for housing.
Well I've found out recently that my family is going to let my wife, my boy and myself stay in a double wide rent free until I'm done with college in order to save some money. All in all this is good, but but it will strongly impact my ability to keep fish.
The reason for this is twofold: first, my 510 simply won't fit in the house. Its far too big. Even my 150 is pushing it. Second, the electrical system in the house is outdated and likely can't handle the full draw of my obscenely over filtered setup. So this means I'll have to unplug some stuff to cut the electricity the tank is pulling.
So obviously, I'll have to make some changes.
My current stock is as follows. All sizes are eyeballed.
Black arowana, 15"
GATF, 11"
Juruense, 11"
Dwarf goonch, 10"
2x L. elongata, 6".
I would really like to keep both the aro and atf, though the atf is the one that I consider to be inseperable. I won't sell that fish. I'm not sure if a 150 is enough to handle both the aro and gatf long term. I suspect that the aro would outgrow the 150 long before I'm able to get the 510 up and running.
Based on the growth rate of the atf, I think in a pinch with sufficient filtration I should be able to keep him in the 150 solo until 16" or so, I feel that'll get me another year or so. Obviously this tanknisnt ideal, but I may have to make due with what I have. I'm entertaining the idea of trying to pick up a 240, as I feel that is the absolute largest I could get into this small house.
The ultimate goal for me is to have my gatf in the 510 with a big top water fish, preferably a black aro, and a big cat with a pair of rays.
I realize that I may need to cut stock to get through the tough times ahead. Free housing is too good to pass up. If you were in my shoes, what would you do?
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I've got some big changes coming up in my life. I'm getting out of the army in a few months, so I'm heading back home from Missouri. While I'm excited at the prospect of being a free man again, I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do for housing.
Well I've found out recently that my family is going to let my wife, my boy and myself stay in a double wide rent free until I'm done with college in order to save some money. All in all this is good, but but it will strongly impact my ability to keep fish.
The reason for this is twofold: first, my 510 simply won't fit in the house. Its far too big. Even my 150 is pushing it. Second, the electrical system in the house is outdated and likely can't handle the full draw of my obscenely over filtered setup. So this means I'll have to unplug some stuff to cut the electricity the tank is pulling.
So obviously, I'll have to make some changes.
My current stock is as follows. All sizes are eyeballed.
Black arowana, 15"
GATF, 11"
Juruense, 11"
Dwarf goonch, 10"
2x L. elongata, 6".
I would really like to keep both the aro and atf, though the atf is the one that I consider to be inseperable. I won't sell that fish. I'm not sure if a 150 is enough to handle both the aro and gatf long term. I suspect that the aro would outgrow the 150 long before I'm able to get the 510 up and running.
Based on the growth rate of the atf, I think in a pinch with sufficient filtration I should be able to keep him in the 150 solo until 16" or so, I feel that'll get me another year or so. Obviously this tanknisnt ideal, but I may have to make due with what I have. I'm entertaining the idea of trying to pick up a 240, as I feel that is the absolute largest I could get into this small house.
The ultimate goal for me is to have my gatf in the 510 with a big top water fish, preferably a black aro, and a big cat with a pair of rays.
I realize that I may need to cut stock to get through the tough times ahead. Free housing is too good to pass up. If you were in my shoes, what would you do?
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