wonderfull..........

[reefer]

one of my co-workers is giving me a 110gl tank, stand and hood combo.... now, just what am i suppose to do with a 110gl tank??
8)

[TexasState]

Share the love, and pass it on
to me.

[TAXMAN]

Have I told anyone that I dream of a larger tank? :-o

[captexas]

I want to come work where you do! All my co-workers ever give me is a hard time! LOL :-)

[reefer]

i will be picking it up on sunday..... btw, anybody got piranhas? just curious..... it would be kewl to have a 110gl piranha tank!

[GaryP]

Don't you have to have a state permit to keep piranha's? I think you did at one time. You might just have to settle for their vegetarian cousins but they have a tendency to outgrow their tank. A fisherman caught a 6 lb. Pachu just outside of New Orleans when I lived there.

Gary

[SaltyJim]

You could always take a road trip to Colorado to purchase the Piranha. My brother did that about 12 years ago, and brought him back in a styro-foam cooler.

It's the warm waters of the South that make Piranhas illegal. If ever release into a local stream, river, or lake, officials are afraid one piranha would dessimate the local fauna. No flushing down the toilet when it gets too big ;)

[reefer]

i could donate it to the maast raffle committee, or make it the next door prize..... hehehe(j/k!):skeezy:

garyp & saltyjim, i believe one would need a state permit for sure. maybe its something to look into on a whim. but, in reality, too long of a drive to get any, not worth the hassle in the long run. i had 4 rbp when i was livin in chicago. kinda miss not having them anymore. easy fish to care for. i est i bought close to 1500 goldfish when i was in college, they were all fed well. side courses consisted of chicken, shrimp, crab, catfish, algea eaters, steak, venison, ect....
but anyhow, this 110gl i'll picking up is about 7 yrs old, and i am wondering how much more life is actually left in the tank. i know silicon seals wear out over time, but how long do they normally last?
8)

[GaryP]

This is a little off topic, but does anyone remember the movie Piranha? Not a great movie but it was filmed in San Marcos at Aquarena Springs as I recall. Same basic idea, someone put some piranhas in the river and tourists were on the menu.

I knew a guy years ago, when I was a kid and into FW, that had a walking catfish. He had to have a premit from TP&W for it as well. They have big problems with them in FL. Of course they have a lot of problems with released exotics in FL. On the other hand, a few peacock bass in the Guadalupe might not be a bad thing. J/K.

Gary

[Instar]

My 125 glass tank was a gift around 1986. It has raised many salt water creatures, been moved from state to state while I was in the military, dropped from 4 feet to the ground on cement, sat out in the sun in the woods for two years empty, stolen, donated by the theives to a high school bio class, recovered, drilled, and it now sits with a real nice coral reef in it on a custom built stand. Our modern silicone has a 50 year warranty on the good stuff. I am working on calling their bluff. If this thing ever starts to leak, I'm plugging it! The only leak its ever had was with the newly installed dam for the overflow.

[SaltyJim]

I've had my 110 for a little over 10 years now. Never seen any problem with it. Moved it over 6 times (what a pain in the a**). Recently drilled, praying to God it doesn't give out.

Now, on the otherhand, my Father has a 75 reef ready from Oceanic. One of the side panels was sliding slowly out of position. At that time, Oceanic had a 5yr warranty on the tank from defects. This was at about 8~9 years of ownership. He called, and they replaced the tank, and sent someone to Houston to do the transfer from bad tank to new. That's a deal!