Okay its 10pm and I have had a terribly long night but it was totally worth it. Since this is a journal ill start from the beginning. I was looking through the craigslist adds to find a add saying, "moving sale", and on the list was, "VERY large aquarium". So I emailed the lady what size, and how much. She gets back to me saying it is a 125 gallon and for $200. So I figured it was just $200 for the tank itself. Long story short, the owner of the tank just past away of old age and his son and niece wanted to get rid of the monster tank because it just took up a lot of space. Let alone, they had to sell everything in his house. So the email came back, $200 for everything: Stand, Tank, lights, filters, heaters, gravel, and please come get the fish and plants. So I said holy cow, I am on my way with $200 do not sell to anyone. I got there and the tank had been sitting for 4 months without even a finger to touch it. The poor mollies have not been fed in months, and I called my buddy, Captain bob http://www.captainbobsfishtales.com/, to come to my place to rescue them. There was about 15 giant mollies and about 40 babies in there. Also to my surprise, there was about 30 different plant species in there. There were HUGE amazon swords, and huge anubias. Tons of other plants that I still need to ID. So right now, after about 6 hours of breaking this tank down at the owners house, moving it into my house, sending the mollies away to be given TLC, I am exhausted. But my discus and angels have a new home. Let the journal begin with the pictures of how crappy a expensive tank can look without 4 months of any human contact. The tank itself is probably worth $400-500. Its glass is super thick and the braces are ridiculous. This tank had to have been custom made. The braces are beautiful so that is why I am thinking custom made.
List of items I picked up for $200:
-125 gallon long aquarium, steel stand
-2 30 watt light fixtures that will need to be replaced with stronger wattage.
-150 pounds of natural stone gravel
-50 ft python
-Whisper filter ( I have other filters to add to this until I get a canister for this tank)
-2 300watt heaters
-30 gallon aquarium with filter (he just threw this in for free)
-neglected mollies, 1 HUGE bristlenose, 1 loach
-TONS of live plants
*Be patient with updates, It will take me at least 4-5 days to clean the aquarium and the gravel because it is Easter weekend and busy school schedule.* I will give new updates when I complete a task.
List of items I picked up for $200:
-125 gallon long aquarium, steel stand
-2 30 watt light fixtures that will need to be replaced with stronger wattage.
-150 pounds of natural stone gravel
-50 ft python
-Whisper filter ( I have other filters to add to this until I get a canister for this tank)
-2 300watt heaters
-30 gallon aquarium with filter (he just threw this in for free)
-neglected mollies, 1 HUGE bristlenose, 1 loach
-TONS of live plants
*Be patient with updates, It will take me at least 4-5 days to clean the aquarium and the gravel because it is Easter weekend and busy school schedule.* I will give new updates when I complete a task.
