This is going to be a long post, heads up.
To start off I’ll talk about the fish that I’m not happy about. So, I was going to give my green severum to someone to make it easier on myself during the move however at the last second basically I decided I couldn’t give him away so instead I got to talking to the would be buyer, tossed some cash his way, and he fish sat my severum for me. He had told me he had been keeping fish for 7 years and had multiple tanks so I didn’t think anything of it. When I got him back on Sunday I found out that the guy had put him in a 20 gallon tank with 2 full grown oscars and a big common pleco, the oscars looked about 9” and the pleco was at least 1’, all throughout the time he was “taking care” of my severum he didn’t do a single water change.... not a single one.... God his oscars were in such poor condition along with all of his other fish and now because of him my severum has hole in the head and quite frankly I’m not sure if the damage is too much to be fully reversed, he might be scarred for life now. Man, I can’t tell you how angry I was however I can tell you that the neighbors could hear me when I found out the condition of my severum.
I’ve decided to change the layout of the room once again to better accommodate the 6’ tanks however now I’m not sure if I made the right choice even, I’ll have to go back and look at it.
So as you can see the bed has been moved back to the original position and instead of having the first double 75 standing out in the middle I’ve put it beside the bed. The top of the top75 is just about the same height as me and I’m 5’5”, I did not consider just how tall the top tank would be when I was making the measurements and it shows now. On the bright side there’s plenty of head space for the bottom tank ??
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As for the order I talked about but never went into detail, I was going to get 10 clouded ghost knifefish, 6 Wallace’s shoehead catfish, and 8 sheepshead pacu. There were only 1 pacu left, the 10 knifefish perished shortly after arriving, and a Wallace’s shoehead catfish perished beforeit could be sent out to me so in all I received 10 knives, 5 catfish, and 1 pacu. I currently only have 5 catfish and the 1 pacu however the seller is replacing all 10 knives at no charge to myself.
The order I didn’t talk about, I got 25, yes 25, baby rope fish from @dnz03dw and he threw in an extra one so I now have 26. None of this was planned beforehand however I saw opportunity and ran with it. A rope fish species biotype tank is in my future now, who knows? Maybe I’ll even get them to breed.
This will be a bit tricky to understand so please pay close attention. So I have two 75 gallons, a 55 gallon, a 40 breeder, and a 29, I moved the first 75 in and set it up. I took the Wallace’s shoehead catfish from the 40 breeder and put them in with the other Wallace’s shoehead catfish and the single sheep’s head pacu in the 75. I now have an empty 40 breeder. I moved the fish from the 55 to the 40 breeder and moved the fish from the remaining 75 to the 55, I am now free to move the 75 without rushing to set it up. Now here is where it gets crappy, I ended up getting the tank all taken down and what not and put up at the apartment all ready to be set up, I forgot the python adapter, luckily the fish can stay in the 55 for a few days until I can set it up the next day. I come back the next day with the adapter and go to fill the tank, whenever I set the faucet on with the python attached it starts leaking *heavily* underneath and I can’t get it to go normally so I just can’t set up the tank. The fish are going to have to wait in the 55 and I’m going to have to set the filtration up on that tank to keep it alive while I contact the property manager and get them to fix the cheap crappy plumbing mess they have down there. All the while I’m doing that and having to wait for them I will likely not be able to set up the 75 unless I come up with a plan which I’m forming one right now which I think will work...
This isn’t related too much but I figured I should say it as someone might wonder why I’ve only gotten a single tank set up when I’ve had the apartment ready for so long. I’m working Monday through Saturday. My schedule is as follows, summed up, M-Th up at 5:30am, home at 9pm, bed by 10-11pm. Friday and Saturday up at 5:30, home at 7, bed by 10-11pm. Off on Sunday. You can see there’s not a lot of time I have during the week, no time at all the first 4 days, very little time Friday and Saturday, and I have Sunday free but I have to do all my maintenance, chores, tasks, etc so just about all day I’m busy doing something so I can’t spent 4+ hours moving a single tank. I also have been having problems since the beginning of the apartment, I’d find something wrong, have to call them during the week during lunch, since they aren’t open on Sunday, and wait until the next week until they fix it then I go back and find something new wrong that needs to be fixed. Then if something isn’t wrong at the apartment then something is wrong at the house that I have to take care of. God man, I’m tired, I’m being torn at every turn and just once I finish the move everything will be so much easier.
To start off I’ll talk about the fish that I’m not happy about. So, I was going to give my green severum to someone to make it easier on myself during the move however at the last second basically I decided I couldn’t give him away so instead I got to talking to the would be buyer, tossed some cash his way, and he fish sat my severum for me. He had told me he had been keeping fish for 7 years and had multiple tanks so I didn’t think anything of it. When I got him back on Sunday I found out that the guy had put him in a 20 gallon tank with 2 full grown oscars and a big common pleco, the oscars looked about 9” and the pleco was at least 1’, all throughout the time he was “taking care” of my severum he didn’t do a single water change.... not a single one.... God his oscars were in such poor condition along with all of his other fish and now because of him my severum has hole in the head and quite frankly I’m not sure if the damage is too much to be fully reversed, he might be scarred for life now. Man, I can’t tell you how angry I was however I can tell you that the neighbors could hear me when I found out the condition of my severum.
I’ve decided to change the layout of the room once again to better accommodate the 6’ tanks however now I’m not sure if I made the right choice even, I’ll have to go back and look at it.
So as you can see the bed has been moved back to the original position and instead of having the first double 75 standing out in the middle I’ve put it beside the bed. The top of the top75 is just about the same height as me and I’m 5’5”, I did not consider just how tall the top tank would be when I was making the measurements and it shows now. On the bright side there’s plenty of head space for the bottom tank ??
.As for the order I talked about but never went into detail, I was going to get 10 clouded ghost knifefish, 6 Wallace’s shoehead catfish, and 8 sheepshead pacu. There were only 1 pacu left, the 10 knifefish perished shortly after arriving, and a Wallace’s shoehead catfish perished beforeit could be sent out to me so in all I received 10 knives, 5 catfish, and 1 pacu. I currently only have 5 catfish and the 1 pacu however the seller is replacing all 10 knives at no charge to myself.
The order I didn’t talk about, I got 25, yes 25, baby rope fish from @dnz03dw and he threw in an extra one so I now have 26. None of this was planned beforehand however I saw opportunity and ran with it. A rope fish species biotype tank is in my future now, who knows? Maybe I’ll even get them to breed.
This will be a bit tricky to understand so please pay close attention. So I have two 75 gallons, a 55 gallon, a 40 breeder, and a 29, I moved the first 75 in and set it up. I took the Wallace’s shoehead catfish from the 40 breeder and put them in with the other Wallace’s shoehead catfish and the single sheep’s head pacu in the 75. I now have an empty 40 breeder. I moved the fish from the 55 to the 40 breeder and moved the fish from the remaining 75 to the 55, I am now free to move the 75 without rushing to set it up. Now here is where it gets crappy, I ended up getting the tank all taken down and what not and put up at the apartment all ready to be set up, I forgot the python adapter, luckily the fish can stay in the 55 for a few days until I can set it up the next day. I come back the next day with the adapter and go to fill the tank, whenever I set the faucet on with the python attached it starts leaking *heavily* underneath and I can’t get it to go normally so I just can’t set up the tank. The fish are going to have to wait in the 55 and I’m going to have to set the filtration up on that tank to keep it alive while I contact the property manager and get them to fix the cheap crappy plumbing mess they have down there. All the while I’m doing that and having to wait for them I will likely not be able to set up the 75 unless I come up with a plan which I’m forming one right now which I think will work...
This isn’t related too much but I figured I should say it as someone might wonder why I’ve only gotten a single tank set up when I’ve had the apartment ready for so long. I’m working Monday through Saturday. My schedule is as follows, summed up, M-Th up at 5:30am, home at 9pm, bed by 10-11pm. Friday and Saturday up at 5:30, home at 7, bed by 10-11pm. Off on Sunday. You can see there’s not a lot of time I have during the week, no time at all the first 4 days, very little time Friday and Saturday, and I have Sunday free but I have to do all my maintenance, chores, tasks, etc so just about all day I’m busy doing something so I can’t spent 4+ hours moving a single tank. I also have been having problems since the beginning of the apartment, I’d find something wrong, have to call them during the week during lunch, since they aren’t open on Sunday, and wait until the next week until they fix it then I go back and find something new wrong that needs to be fixed. Then if something isn’t wrong at the apartment then something is wrong at the house that I have to take care of. God man, I’m tired, I’m being torn at every turn and just once I finish the move everything will be so much easier.
I know exactly what it’s like to do a big move with a bunch of tanks and fish involved. It can be so stressful to the point of losing sight of why we do the fish stuff. 