Some pics of my 155g bowfront tank stocked with:
1 RTC
1 ID shark
1 Tiger Oscar Cichlid
1 Pleco
1 Red Belly Pacu
1 Florida Gar
ENJOY!
The ID Shark I adopted from my lfs (went out of business) when they were going out of business and the owner had no where to put it. The first time I saw this fish it was in a 20g quarantine tank swimming sideways with half its skin missing, no tail, and a bump on its head. I thought that it was terrible that the owner didn't put the fish out of its misery being it had no chance of survival. 1 month later I went back and saw the same fish, skin back, and swimming around happily in a 75g tank! Amazed I asked the owner how much he was willing to sell the fish for, and he said he would be so glad if I could take it off his hands. He also had a 20" goonch he was selling for $15 that he said he would probably have to give away. A week in our 55g tank and the fish lost all its skin again and I had no clue what I was thinking. Then we put the 13" fish in a 38g for about a week, as depressed as I was having to do this to a fish that was as wide as the tank the fish was still as happy as can be. The next week we went to my lfs and saw a 155g bowfront with stand for $1400. The owner recognized me and said he could give it to me for $600 and with an Eheim canister filter for $100. So anyway we got home and started to fill the tank up with water when it started to leak. We tried the lfs' # but it was not online because the store had gone out of business. Somehow my dad found the owners adress and sent him a letter. A month later my dad got a phone call saying the owner would repair the tank for free. After getting the tank repaired and brand new carpeting my dad turned the hose on to fill up the tank. shortly after my dad went to work and hours later my mom heard water running in the basement. She went downstairs and saw the fish tank overflowing and and inch of water and the brand new carpeting
We had our struggles, but finally got the tank set up, here it is!
1 RTC
1 ID shark
1 Tiger Oscar Cichlid
1 Pleco
1 Red Belly Pacu
1 Florida Gar
ENJOY!
The ID Shark I adopted from my lfs (went out of business) when they were going out of business and the owner had no where to put it. The first time I saw this fish it was in a 20g quarantine tank swimming sideways with half its skin missing, no tail, and a bump on its head. I thought that it was terrible that the owner didn't put the fish out of its misery being it had no chance of survival. 1 month later I went back and saw the same fish, skin back, and swimming around happily in a 75g tank! Amazed I asked the owner how much he was willing to sell the fish for, and he said he would be so glad if I could take it off his hands. He also had a 20" goonch he was selling for $15 that he said he would probably have to give away. A week in our 55g tank and the fish lost all its skin again and I had no clue what I was thinking. Then we put the 13" fish in a 38g for about a week, as depressed as I was having to do this to a fish that was as wide as the tank the fish was still as happy as can be. The next week we went to my lfs and saw a 155g bowfront with stand for $1400. The owner recognized me and said he could give it to me for $600 and with an Eheim canister filter for $100. So anyway we got home and started to fill the tank up with water when it started to leak. We tried the lfs' # but it was not online because the store had gone out of business. Somehow my dad found the owners adress and sent him a letter. A month later my dad got a phone call saying the owner would repair the tank for free. After getting the tank repaired and brand new carpeting my dad turned the hose on to fill up the tank. shortly after my dad went to work and hours later my mom heard water running in the basement. She went downstairs and saw the fish tank overflowing and and inch of water and the brand new carpeting
We had our struggles, but finally got the tank set up, here it is!
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