Free 75 Progress

Some of you read my post about the 75 gallon tank and stand I picked up for free on my way home one day from work. Some workers were putting it out by the road and I was in the right place at the right time. It is an Oceanic tank, stand, and glass top.

The tank has two Whisper 20-40 filters and a Stealth heater.

I built one of my pvc/egg-crate tank dividers and used it to divide the tank in half. On one side is a male festae about 7" who killed his mate a while back and on the other is a pair of ports.

My plan was to put any new female festae on the side that the ports occupy and let the male see them for a while. Safer to pair them up this way since he's a big meanie.

The tank has been set up about a week and the ports spawned in it yesterday. I guess they like their new space.

Here's some pics. Yes, I still have a funky camera because I can't decide on the one I want and even if I could I'm too poor to buy it LOL.

He's the wild male of the last pair I bought from Jeff Rapps. He arrived with a messed up jaw, but it hasn't been anything more than ugly. He killed his mate a few months ago after they had successfully spawned several times. I tried to save some of the babies from the last spawn, but they didn't survive in the 10 gallon I put them in. They had been fine in the 110 with all the other fish and dad protecting them though.