Warning for Duanes!!!

[esoxlucius]

This is a heads up for duanes .

I've just come back from a holiday to Greece. We flew out from Manchester airport and whilst we were waiting I noticed a large aquarium in the distance where all the duty free shops are.

I scuttled over all excited and as I got closer the first thing i noticed was a large pleco attached to the front panel. As I got even closer I noticed there were also a load of African lake cichlids too....and more plecos....and parrot cichlids, all in the same tank!!!

I immediately thought of Duanes and the severe heart palpitations and light headedness he'd experience if he was to witness first hand such an abomination of a tank. He'd probably kick off with security and get himself into a whole heap of bother.

So, my friend, if you decide to visit blighty, don't fly into Manchester airport, lol.

 

[duanes]

The End is Near!

 

[celebrist]

I think if he saw it he would go find an island to live on...

 

[jjohnwm]

Hey Esox, any pics of that tank?

Or perhaps some close-ups of your hand clutching a couple of test tubes showing undetectable nitrates in it? Nobody wants to see some dusty old fish when they can see test tubes!

 

[Ulu]

At my age I can’t imagine giving up the comforts of home to go to Greece.

I always wanted to visit Egypt, but you can’t climb the pyramids, and they say it smells like a poorly kept zoo. Mexico smells better, and MUCH closer, but you still can’t climb the pyramids. ;(

I look suspicious enough to get arrested at the airport anyhow. I will never again travel outside the CONUS.

I did give my wife $10k one year (back when $10k was enough) to go to Hawaii. Somehow we bought some new furniture instead.

She did, however, quit lamenting that she’d never get to go to Hawaii.

 

[esoxlucius]

Hey Esox, any pics of that tank?

Regrettably, no. When travelling to sunnier climates, even though it may be rather drab in Manchester, I tend to dress lightly (shorts and t-shirt). If I put my phone in my small shorts pockets I would lose it in quick order.

So I switch my phone off when reaching the airport and it goes in my wifes carry luggage until we reach out destination. That's always been the case.

If you can't picture it in your head just ask your grand daughter to draw a colourful picture of a fish tank, fish and all, and I guarantee it will look something like what I saw, lol.

It had very odd dimensions too. It was about 5' long, 4' tall, but only 1' wide!! And the acrylic must have been an inch thick. The installers certainly weren't taking any chances regarding unruly travellers, lol.

 

[esoxlucius]

I look suspicious enough to get arrested at the airport

Ain't that the truth, lol. If I was airport security and you came past i'd have the dogs on you and stripped search before you could say Yosemite Sam, lol.

 

[duanes]

The manual is much too vague, it leaves too much to chance.
It doesn't mention a divorce based fishroom.
Of likelyhood ex-patri-noics.
Or the realization that modern genetics doesn't account for the horror of hybrid extinction, obsolenence in our life time.
This rabbit hole is to dangerous to go down, I implore you to save yourselves.
I realiize it's already too late for me.

 

[Ogertron3000]

It doesn't mention a divorce based fishroom.

I always had the impression it was actually a fish house with a duanes and wife room instead of the other way around.

 

[esoxlucius]

I will say one thing though regarding that tank. As strange as the stocking was the fish all looked chilled and healthy. They'd obviously got used to the immense volume of footfall in the airport too.

It would been interesting to see what the softness/hardness of the water was given the stocking, or does it really matter that much when we are told that fish adapt over time? Would running the tank neutral, in the goldilocks zone as it were, really harm the soft water lovers or hard water lovers?

I must admit though it did look strange having plecos and parrots in with African cichlids!