IS allll that white crap on the aqua clear filters hard water and mineral deposits? If so that is just ridiculous they would let it get that way....
FTW yup :eek3:
the future stocking of the tank is the one undecided here.
There is the curator, the paleo and the designer who have ideas and then there is the fish dude me.
One train of thought they wish since this is the royal saskatchewan museum of natural history is fish found within the fossil record of the province, which means I will for sure be able to get a wolffish(bowfin) when and if I can locate one.
Another train of thought is keep the existing gar and place tank mates with him that fit the profile of being archaic looking. To this end I placed an order today for 2 ornate bichir, I have 2 cuvier in one of my tanks here. I also have 2 ripsaw cats and 2 nice big striped raphael cats. At home I have 2 very nice black congo knife fish that I got that were mislabled as clown knifes at the store. Another 2 fish that I have in one of my tanks here is 2 dwarf rainbow snakeheads so they might be considered as well
One other train of thought is to put a variety of different fish that will cover bottom, mid and top water levels and that opens up a wonderful box of crayons for me to draw a picture with.
Yet, when it comes down to it, this is the museums tank and it will be what they want it to be. My job is to make sure that it is the best tank that can be done given the directions. I look forward to this as I am actually now employed by her majesty the queen of england as the contract is between her and I :headbang2:.
The designer told me that the stocking will be decided in about a week or so, but that I was to start on the fixing of this for them.
