well, today we went to visit my sister in law, her other half has a 4 foot tank with 6 comets and shubunkins (over stocked i know) the tank is hideously dirty and only has an under gravel filter in there which he keeps turned off most of the time as he doesnt like the sound of the bubbles :screwy:
well im sitting, shocked, staring into the green mess of a tank, and a big plec slides along the front. i asked how long he had him for, and he said oh hes been in there for a while now, he eats all the algea and i put some wafers in sometimes too but i dont want it anymore so i think il knock it on the head :jaw-dropping:
well, long story short, he came home with me. he travelled for over an hour in a small plastic bag of water in a cardboard box, he made it just fine and was aclimatised in a bucket of water for around half an hour. hes now in my fancy goldie tank. hes in very good condition i think, and seems fine for the journey too. i know im grossly over stocked now. i have 10 fancy goldfish and a 10-12inch common pleco in 680 litres, but it doesnt look like he is going anywhere as my husband has fallen in love with the big guy. my plan was to rehome, but i guess not now :huh: good job im running so many filters on this tank hey! a fluval fx5, 2 fluval 4+ and a fluval 3+.
well im sitting, shocked, staring into the green mess of a tank, and a big plec slides along the front. i asked how long he had him for, and he said oh hes been in there for a while now, he eats all the algea and i put some wafers in sometimes too but i dont want it anymore so i think il knock it on the head :jaw-dropping:
well, long story short, he came home with me. he travelled for over an hour in a small plastic bag of water in a cardboard box, he made it just fine and was aclimatised in a bucket of water for around half an hour. hes now in my fancy goldie tank. hes in very good condition i think, and seems fine for the journey too. i know im grossly over stocked now. i have 10 fancy goldfish and a 10-12inch common pleco in 680 litres, but it doesnt look like he is going anywhere as my husband has fallen in love with the big guy. my plan was to rehome, but i guess not now :huh: good job im running so many filters on this tank hey! a fluval fx5, 2 fluval 4+ and a fluval 3+.
. i figured since the other fish (although stuffed into the other tank) have been in there so long altogether (in excess of 6 months with no new additons etc apparently), if there was any illness it would have been apparent. im taking a gamble i know, but so far so good :uhoh: am waiting nervously on the edge of my seat for any hint of a problem in there!
and hes certainly made a dent on the wall of algae at the back of the tank where i cant reach and have to get hubby in there with a scrubby sponge :laugh:
