a fish tank for a museum
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an update to this
will be going to do preliminary on this site and getting it ready for new way of doing things
I offered a few thoughts to the museum about this tank and in my mind the best one is to rehome the existing gar and start the tank off with new residents who can grow together as the existing gar would most probably have territorial issues and he is big enough to eat most anyone who goes in with him, so to get the right size tank mates as ready made show tank is kind of cost prohibative
If they wish to keep the 10 year old gar and try to add to his domain I can do that or if they decide to redo the tank from scratch I can do that and rehome the gar in my 300g
I offered them a list of bichir, ropefish, knifefish, armoured cat and new gar as a suggested way to go, and advised against a sturgeon as the temp diff would make an issue and I also recommended not to get a bowfin(wolffish) or snake head as the eat the tankmate issue in my mind would be an issue.
Recommended the getting rid of the plastic plants and replacing with real , taking out the old gravel and replacing with a sand. As well adding more wood so as to create more nooks and crannys.
Will be interesting to see how this one plays out I will definitely do a photo documentation of this for all of you to see but also give advice and thoughts
Just for interest sake ill run a full realm of tests on the water to see where it comes in at.
chef
will be going to do preliminary on this site and getting it ready for new way of doing things
I offered a few thoughts to the museum about this tank and in my mind the best one is to rehome the existing gar and start the tank off with new residents who can grow together as the existing gar would most probably have territorial issues and he is big enough to eat most anyone who goes in with him, so to get the right size tank mates as ready made show tank is kind of cost prohibative
If they wish to keep the 10 year old gar and try to add to his domain I can do that or if they decide to redo the tank from scratch I can do that and rehome the gar in my 300g
I offered them a list of bichir, ropefish, knifefish, armoured cat and new gar as a suggested way to go, and advised against a sturgeon as the temp diff would make an issue and I also recommended not to get a bowfin(wolffish) or snake head as the eat the tankmate issue in my mind would be an issue.
Recommended the getting rid of the plastic plants and replacing with real , taking out the old gravel and replacing with a sand. As well adding more wood so as to create more nooks and crannys.
Will be interesting to see how this one plays out I will definitely do a photo documentation of this for all of you to see but also give advice and thoughts
Just for interest sake ill run a full realm of tests on the water to see where it comes in at.
chef
well its official
for the first time in my life i am a govt employee lolololol
just signed the work contract offered me by the ministry of tourism, parks, culture and sport
the one thing I am waiting on is the decision by the curator of the museum as to the direction of what fish for the tank
for the first time in my life i am a govt employee lolololol
just signed the work contract offered me by the ministry of tourism, parks, culture and sport
the one thing I am waiting on is the decision by the curator of the museum as to the direction of what fish for the tank
congrads on the job, and hope to see how it turns out. i'm really hoping thay let you add plants and more wood.
