Yep, my older brother (41) has two oscars and a common pleco in a 40 gallon! Nope, not even the 48" 40 gallon, but the 36" 40 gallon at that!
He was telling my mom at lunch that the LPS didn't tell him they got so big so fast, right now they are pushing 6"+ each. They made the tank really dirty (DUH!) so the LPS sold him a common pleco to "clean up the tank"! Then he had green water and cloudy water (gee, maybe because he put the fish in the same day he set up the tank?) so the LPS sold him some bottles of "stuff" to put in the tank to clear it up.
Wait, get this: my niece wanted goldfish so he bought some of the "cheap ones" (ie: feeders) and put them in the tank. He was mortified that the oscars ATE the goldfish
My mom asked why he didn't call me when he set up the tank. Guess my family didn't know I was that into fish
Hello! For the past 20 YEARS I've had tanks. I told my mom that a 40 gallon is actually a good size tank to start with, you can do a lot with it, just NOT put oscars and a common pleco in it!
Thing is my brother has the money to set up a killer tank of any size if he wanted; he has the room, his house is huge! I have some cool ideas for that tank running through my head right now, but he HAS to bring the oscars and pleco back!
He was telling my mom at lunch that the LPS didn't tell him they got so big so fast, right now they are pushing 6"+ each. They made the tank really dirty (DUH!) so the LPS sold him a common pleco to "clean up the tank"! Then he had green water and cloudy water (gee, maybe because he put the fish in the same day he set up the tank?) so the LPS sold him some bottles of "stuff" to put in the tank to clear it up.
Wait, get this: my niece wanted goldfish so he bought some of the "cheap ones" (ie: feeders) and put them in the tank. He was mortified that the oscars ATE the goldfish
My mom asked why he didn't call me when he set up the tank. Guess my family didn't know I was that into fish
Hello! For the past 20 YEARS I've had tanks. I told my mom that a 40 gallon is actually a good size tank to start with, you can do a lot with it, just NOT put oscars and a common pleco in it!Thing is my brother has the money to set up a killer tank of any size if he wanted; he has the room, his house is huge! I have some cool ideas for that tank running through my head right now, but he HAS to bring the oscars and pleco back!
