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Just when I was about to give up...

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By darkrain636, Section Diaries
Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:38:08 PM PST
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If you read my last entery I was debating on giving up my tanks or not...



Well I've come to the decision that I am going to keep my tanks up and running. I recently inherited 5 tanks from one of my dads friends.
He gave me a 75, 20, 20 tall, 16 tall, and a 10 gallon tank. All come complete with hoods , lights, gravel, pumps, filters, heaters,decor. Everything. Needless to say thats all it took for me to get excited about my tanks again.  :-)
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Just when I was about to give up... | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Just when I was about to give up... (none / 0) (#5)
by guppylover427 on Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 04:04:40 PM PST

That's great! You're pretty lucky to have all those tanks, and Im sure your fish will enjoy them too! Good luck!
What? Were you expecting something funny?


Re: Just when I was about to give up... (none / 0) (#3)
by guppyfreak456 on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 06:20:41 PM PST

That is sooo awsome! I wish I had that many tanks at my house. Oh well, some day.    guppyfreak456



WOW! And you've got room for fry too! ;). (none / 0) (#1)
by unclescott on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 02:31:01 PM PST





Re: WOW! And you've got room for fry too! ;). (none / 0) (#2)
by darkrain636 on Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 05:36:55 PM PST

Yeah I sure do! But I doubt I set them all up.. That might be a little too much. But then again that's what I've said in the past. And before I knew it I had tanks set up everywhere one could possibly fit!

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Sure there is an issue of space and of course (none / 0) (#4)
by unclescott on Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 03:11:29 AM PST

also the matter of how much time, effort and money you wish to spend on them. You are wise to consider those things and plan carefully and cautiously.

Wow, 141 gallons of additional aquarium tank space! And you already had that 125 and I believe at least two 20-gallon predecessor aquariums. Just by weight, setting up those involves well over a ton and a half perhaps more than 3,400 pounds/ 1542 kilograms. And that is without stands and may under estimate the weight of the aquariums themselves

I have more than double that in weight in set-ups, stands and water storage. They are spread across one room and bits of two others. I am grateful for a slab foundation. When we lived in a three floor townhouse, much of that, of necessity, was in the basement.

I hope you have safe places to store those tanks until you can use them. Garages or basements are where things like that often gravitate. I'm sure you will make a point of not storing them near paint strippers, pesticides, gasoline or chemicals which might be taken up by an aquarium.

I never could store anything of that sort in my Dad's garage for just those reasons. That is mentioned not for your sake so much as for that of  someone reading along.

Your parents sound pretty supportive. As you know,  you will also have to work out what available space an aquarium could take. How well the floor can support the tank, the temperature and lack of drafts in a location, access to safe electricity, how close the tank is to a source of water and a place to dump water, location out of direct sunshine (which can devastate the tank with algae) and how an aquarium will blend in with a room's decor will all be among the factors you will consider.

And with college classes just around the corner, time is a big consideration too. I'm sure you and they (given their consideration for you with that 125) will be able to sort and negotiate that all out. :)

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Re: Sure there is an issue of space and of course (none / 0) (#6)
by darkrain636 on Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 11:12:45 PM PST

Yeah you are right. My parents have been supportive of it. Actually just my Dad. ( recent divorce ) He has always been into guppies for as long as I can remember. We always had a tank set up. Until my Mom got tired of it. Then it was quickly torn down. Sometimes I think thats why he bought me such a big tank for my Birthday. ( Not that I'm complaining! ) I even think he's going to help me set up a room just for my tanks. Which leads me to a question... Is there something I should do to protect the plugins in the wall? Other then use a power surge. Like most people use to plug in their computers. I don't want to blow some fuse or something like that.
   Oh while I'm writing this I might as well ask another question I have been wondering. If you remember, I got about 75 fish from someone for really cheap. Well they did fine, had babies. I'm not sure how old they were when I got them. I know they were full grown. And I had them for 3-4 months. The females all ended up getting really skinny. I wasnt sure if it was just because they were old and couldn't make eggs or if it was a parasite. So my question is, if I do treat with a parasite medicine, will it hurt the fish if they dont have one for sure? I'd rather be safe then sorry. Thanks!

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That first is especially timely. Check with your (none / 0) (#7)
by unclescott on Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 03:00:09 AM PST

Dad and see if one or two GFIs (Ground Fault Interrupter) can be installed in the outlets near the tanks. Those are the outlets usually required by code for bathrooms and kitchens. They offer us some protection from shocks if something is wet, though I have read that even with a GFI, people have still been electrocuted.

As with so many things in life, it is a matter of odds. GFIs will not overcome doing careless things like dropping a light into a tank and reaching for it, but it can improve your odds of surviving a lot of other circumstances.

You may have an APC type of battery backup/ surge protection unit on your computer. They would like you to buy one of those for your aquarium too. If I had one high-tech marine or automated freshwater unit I might do that. A power outage here would not do short term trouble. I don't have the cash handy, but would rather drop a lot more money and get an auxiliary generator for the house. ;)

Check Camallanus in Immediate Help. Maybe order an anthelmintic from Charles Harrison for the possible parasites. There are some good mixes in the shops like Jungle's internal antiparasite treatment. The advantage in that is that there are two anthelmintics. No one of those will get all parasites. The double whammy should be effective. There is also an antibiotic in the commercial mixes though and I worry about that trashing the nitrogen cycle. Maybe season another sponge filter in a healthy tank, treat the tank with the troubled fish, do a 100% water change (at least 60% of that from a good tank) at the end of treatment and then install the good sponge filter.

An anthelmintic shouldn't hurt the fish if they don't have parasites. (Now snails can be nailed by long treatments.) Anthelmintics will also work on some other pests, including hydra. Again see Charles' link.

As you know, at least feed sparingly in the re-established tank, even if you can't change everything else around. :)

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