So I bought a replacement 30 gallon high tank and got it in place. It took a lot of pitchers of water to pill it 1/2 way. I added all the plastic plants in. I set a 12" long bubble aerator in place. Oddly, it works better than it used to. Bubbles all along the length instead on just in 2 spots. I have no idea why, but I'm glad of it.
It was also good to get the several stylers of fake plants arranged into groups. It looks a lot more natural now. "Natural" being a relative term in such an artificial environment. But I do what I can.
It is not a really fancy aquarium. I have 8 tiger barbs, a few old serpa tetra, a couple of some rasbora that got added to a bag once by a really incompetent Wal Mart employee, and one really old plecostomus plecostomus (hypostomus plecostomus?). That guy (gal?) is 8" long and my favorite indidual fish. I think it is about 10 years old. Possibly 15. I didn't record the date.
So it was a relief to discover I could offer it a lace to hide in a pitcher and then cover the pitcher up with a net and slide it into the new tank!!!
You know where the pleco likes to hide? Along the back of a piece of petrified wood! You know where that petrified wood came from? My dad brought it home one day in (guessing) 1957! I've had that ever since and it is precious to me. Cuz Dad gave it to me and I know about fossilized trees.
Hurray for the Pleco! And hurray for the new fish tank! I'm so glad it is finally up and running again.
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Those are very interesting and BIG fish. We thinks we would enjoy that aquarium. Mommy hasn't had one since she was a teenager.
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