Someone threw out a 50 gallon plastic container today,.......

...And it looks to me to be brand new and totally clean,...But I am
going to swab it down several times with white vinegar to clean it of
fungi, et cetera. But right now what I'm trying to do is mentally
trying to figure out just what get's moved to where, so that I then can
set up the grey-plastic container of treated tapwater that will weight
at least 415 pounds, minus the freshwater fish, et cetera when it's
filled up. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions, et cetera?~Dean.

"Papa Red" wrote in message
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..And it looks to me to be brand new and totally clean,...But I am
going to swab it down several times with white vinegar to clean it of
fungi, et cetera. But right now what I'm trying to do is mentally
trying to figure out just what get's moved to where, so that I then can
set up the grey-plastic container of treated tapwater that will weight
at least 415 pounds, minus the freshwater fish, et cetera when it's
filled up. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions, et cetera?~Dean.


50 gl plastic container? like i tub of some kind?
NIk

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:10:25 -0400, "Nikki"
wrote:


"Papa Red" wrote in message
...
..And it looks to me to be brand new and totally clean,...But I am
going to swab it down several times with white vinegar to clean it of
fungi, et cetera. But right now what I'm trying to do is mentally
trying to figure out just what get's moved to where, so that I then can
set up the grey-plastic container of treated tapwater that will weight
at least 415 pounds, minus the freshwater fish, et cetera when it's
filled up. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions, et cetera?~Dean.


50 gl plastic container? like i tub of some kind?
NIk

What kind of plastic, I mean, like, can you see through it? Like and
aquarium? Or is it opaque? I'd having a hard time saying no to it, but
it would sit in my garage for some time before I decided what to do
with it. I would breed something, I know that. Maybe live bearers like
swords or mollies. Neat find.

-- Mister Gardener

You stated:
What kind of plastic, I mean, like, can you see through it? Like and
aquarium? Or is it opaque?

My response:
Opaque. hard plastic.

You stated:
I'd having a hard time saying no to it, but it would sit in my garage
for some time before I decided what to do with it.

My response:
I have no garage, only a small studio apartment, currently with thirteen
up and running aquariums,...The place sounds like there's a babbling
brook running through it, that even folks who ring me up can hear over
the telephone. Some times those sounds are very relaxing, and at other
times it bringing forth a wee touch o' hydrophobia.LOL

Your response:
I would breed something, I know that. Maybe live bearers like swords or
mollies. Neat find.
-- Mister Gardener

My response:
Well for right now, when I have the money to purchase the larger, more
expensive power filter[s] for it, my three Bala sharks and three
Gouramis will be going into it. After I have secured a suitable space
for it and it is full of water, I plan on placing an air stick in it to
aerate the water,...And then after a week or so, I plan on placing some
male Fancy Guppies in it, of which I have buku-mucho, to test the
viability of the container being utilized as a habitat for other fish as
well.~Dean.

50 gl plastic container? like i tub of some kind? NIk
Yes,...Like a large ice chest.~Dean.

"Papa Red" wrote in message
...
50 gl plastic container? like i tub of some kind? NIk
Yes,...Like a large ice chest.~Dean.

oh that is pretty cool. You could do several things with it im sure.
studio apartment......i had one of those back before getting married,
everyone said oh you live in one of those they are so small, i loved it
personaly, Nik

Hi..

..And it looks to me to be brand new and totally
clean,...

:-)

But I am going to swab it down several times with
white vinegar to clean it of fungi, et cetera.

Okay.

But right now what I'm trying to do is
mentally trying to figure out just what get's moved to
where, so that I then can set up the grey-plastic
container of treated tapwater that will weight at least
415 pounds, minus the freshwater fish, et cetera when it's
filled up. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions, et
cetera?

That container might be a pretty indoor pond! It is very
interesting to watch the fish from above. One more argument
for keeping them temporary in summer ponds what I personally
do. But I guess it were a fantastic outdoor pond, too. You
might possibly plant and illuminate (indoors) it like a
tank or pond. Such containers are ideal for bubble nest
breeders (gourami, paradise-fish, betta).

But is that container you've found stable enough to be
(permanently) filled with substrate and water? How is the
bottom made?

Do you have a concrete ceiling (floor) or timber beam floor?

Length, breadth, height of that container? Angular or round?


HTH.
--
cu
Marco

Hi..

..And it looks to me to be brand new and totally clean,...
:-)

But I am going to swab it down several times with white vinegar to clean
it of fungi, et cetera.

Okay.

But right now what I'm trying to do is
mentally trying to figure out just what get's moved to where, so that I
then can set up the grey-plastic container of treated tapwater that will
weight at least 415 pounds, minus the freshwater fish, et cetera when
it's filled up. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions, et cetera?

You stated:
That container might be a pretty indoor pond! It is very interesting to
watch the fish from above. One more argument for keeping them temporary
in summer ponds what I personally do. But I guess it were a fantastic
outdoor pond, too.

My response:
I live on the very southern end of Miami Beach, Florida [U.S.A.],
about five or six blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, so it could be placed
outside all year long, except that the junkies would some how figure out
a way to steal it, the drunks would consider it just another outside
public urinal, and to the feral felines, raccoons, possums, and 'others'
, it'd be just another sushi bar.

You wrote:
You might possibly plant and illuminate (indoors) it like a tank or
pond. Such containers are ideal for bubble nest breeders (gourami,
paradise-fish, betta).

My response:
Well I have both Bettas and Gouramis male & females here,...Which
species would be easier to have reproduce, and just as important,
because I am on Social Security Disability, with very little spare
money, which would be more financially profitable?

You wrote:
But is that container you've found stable enough to be (permanently)
filled with substrate and water? How is the bottom made?

My response:
I believe that it is of stable enough material to suit my purposes, with
bottom and sides all of one piece.

You wrote:
Do you have a concrete ceiling (floor) or timber beam floor?

My response:
It is a ground floor of concrete and rebarb reinforcement, whch is
pretty typical of the area, and the container will be placed atop a
wide, short filing cabinet.

You wrote:
Length, breadth, height of that container? Angular or round?
HTH.
--
cu
Marco

My response:
It is 16 inches, from top to bottom, with 11 inches of viable space
deep, 21 inches wide, and 40 ¹/² inches long, shaped like a large,
rectangular-shaped ice chest with rounded edges.~Dean.

"Papa Red" wrote in message
...
Hi..

..And it looks to me to be brand new and totally clean,...
:-)

But I am going to swab it down several times with white vinegar to clean
it of fungi, et cetera.

Okay.

But right now what I'm trying to do is
mentally trying to figure out just what get's moved to where, so that I
then can set up the grey-plastic container of treated tapwater that will
weight at least 415 pounds, minus the freshwater fish, et cetera when
it's filled up. Does anybody have any ideas, suggestions, et cetera?

You stated:
That container might be a pretty indoor pond! It is very interesting to
watch the fish from above. One more argument for keeping them temporary
in summer ponds what I personally do. But I guess it were a fantastic
outdoor pond, too.

My response:
I live on the very southern end of Miami Beach, Florida [U.S.A.],
about five or six blocks from the Atlantic Ocean, so it could be placed
outside all year long, except that the junkies would some how figure out
a way to steal it, the drunks would consider it just another outside
public urinal, and to the feral felines, raccoons, possums, and 'others'
, it'd be just another sushi bar.

You wrote:
You might possibly plant and illuminate (indoors) it like a tank or
pond. Such containers are ideal for bubble nest breeders (gourami,
paradise-fish, betta).

My response:
Well I have both Bettas and Gouramis male & females here,...Which
species would be easier to have reproduce, and just as important,
because I am on Social Security Disability, with very little spare
money, which would be more financially profitable?

You wrote:
But is that container you've found stable enough to be (permanently)
filled with substrate and water? How is the bottom made?

My response:
I believe that it is of stable enough material to suit my purposes, with
bottom and sides all of one piece.

You wrote:
Do you have a concrete ceiling (floor) or timber beam floor?

My response:
It is a ground floor of concrete and rebarb reinforcement, whch is
pretty typical of the area, and the container will be placed atop a
wide, short filing cabinet.

You wrote:
Length, breadth, height of that container? Angular or round?
HTH.
--
cu
Marco

My response:
It is 16 inches, from top to bottom, with 11 inches of viable space
deep, 21 inches wide, and 40 ¹/² inches long, shaped like a large,
rectangular-shaped ice chest with rounded edges.~Dean.



You live across kind of from where i am from, naples, fl.....i live in pgh
now, but my family is still down there, My uncle own's a place down there
its called art's place, used to be art's pool sharks, Had one wall as a fish
tank w/ shark in it, it was pretty cool.
nik

Just how large and what type was the shark? How many gallons
approximately was the tank? Too often I have seen things like that where
the lifeform was used as a draw, to get people into the establishment,
with little thought to the comforts of the lifeform. I have a real
problems with places that do that,...or should I say, they end up having
a real problem with me, because I'm one of those legendary hard-core
stubborn red-heads, the kind that gets the real 'fire-in-their-eyes'
kind of angry when ever I see children or animals in harm's way, because
of the ignorance, greed or what ever of certain humans.~Dean.