Hello,
First time poster here.
Here is what is going on with me... In June I moved into this apartment complex where I have two roommates but we have our own rooms. I have my 29 gallon aquarium and two small 2 gallon betta and shrimp tanks in my room. One of my roommates expressed interest in having an aquarium in the living room but the other roommate did not like the idea. I recently came upon a deal at a discount aquarium shop which I could not turn down... I found a beautiful 55 gallon corner tank with a stand for $150.00. The tank was relatively new so I jumped at the opportunity. I told my room mate that I am going to purchase the tank and keep it in my storage space locker until the other room mate changes his mind or moves out. My other room mate said screw him... Lets go ahead and put it in the corner of the living room... It will be so beautiful and it is not obstructing anything. After we placed this aquarium there however, there were serious issues... The other room mate complained to the landlord, then the landlord had a talk with me last Thursday. He read through the least contract and told me that I am not permitted to have any pets PERIOD. I simply did not know that as I thought by pets he just meant cats and dogs, but he told me that if I do not get rid of my fish by the end of this month, he will evict me. Furthermore he said he could charge me $25 per day for every single fish I have (13 Neon Tetras, 7 Cory Cats, 1 Betta and 3 Shrimp) until I get rid of them or vacate the premises.
3 Possible Favorable Outcomes:
1) I am in the process of registering my fish as emotional support animals so I can give the landlord I legally binding letter to allow me to keep my fish and set up my 55 in my room.
2) If the ESA letter does not work, I will donate my fish to a local aquarium shop then concentrate on aquascapes as is says nothing in the lease about not having aquariums with just plants in them. Then come next June, I will find a fish friendly place to move into and then populate my acquascaped aquariums with fish and or shrimp.
3) Tear down my tanks, donate my fish and put them in my storage until my lease is up when I can move into a fish friendly place.
I sincerely apologize for the long message... Feel free to comment and thank you for taking the time to read.
First time poster here.
Here is what is going on with me... In June I moved into this apartment complex where I have two roommates but we have our own rooms. I have my 29 gallon aquarium and two small 2 gallon betta and shrimp tanks in my room. One of my roommates expressed interest in having an aquarium in the living room but the other roommate did not like the idea. I recently came upon a deal at a discount aquarium shop which I could not turn down... I found a beautiful 55 gallon corner tank with a stand for $150.00. The tank was relatively new so I jumped at the opportunity. I told my room mate that I am going to purchase the tank and keep it in my storage space locker until the other room mate changes his mind or moves out. My other room mate said screw him... Lets go ahead and put it in the corner of the living room... It will be so beautiful and it is not obstructing anything. After we placed this aquarium there however, there were serious issues... The other room mate complained to the landlord, then the landlord had a talk with me last Thursday. He read through the least contract and told me that I am not permitted to have any pets PERIOD. I simply did not know that as I thought by pets he just meant cats and dogs, but he told me that if I do not get rid of my fish by the end of this month, he will evict me. Furthermore he said he could charge me $25 per day for every single fish I have (13 Neon Tetras, 7 Cory Cats, 1 Betta and 3 Shrimp) until I get rid of them or vacate the premises.
3 Possible Favorable Outcomes:
1) I am in the process of registering my fish as emotional support animals so I can give the landlord I legally binding letter to allow me to keep my fish and set up my 55 in my room.
2) If the ESA letter does not work, I will donate my fish to a local aquarium shop then concentrate on aquascapes as is says nothing in the lease about not having aquariums with just plants in them. Then come next June, I will find a fish friendly place to move into and then populate my acquascaped aquariums with fish and or shrimp.
3) Tear down my tanks, donate my fish and put them in my storage until my lease is up when I can move into a fish friendly place.
I sincerely apologize for the long message... Feel free to comment and thank you for taking the time to read.