Today we made some big changes in the fish room. Linda wanted Bozo in the 90 gallon that fills the pass thru. He is a hermit due to his attitude, so it seemed at waste to have him in the 90-gallon tank at this stage of his life, (about a 5-inch fish).
Beginning at 5 AM this morning I removed the stock in the 90, removed all decor and most of the substrate, (put about half the water and the substrate into totes). Took the 90 down and put it on a store-bought stand that actually came with it on a wall that was not supposed to have tanks. Rinse and repeat with a 55 gallon that holds Bozo the Blood Parrot. He is now ensconced where Linda can see him while doing kitchen stuff and while enjoying the fish room. Finished the project at about 10AM and all the fish appear to have settled in.
It is raining today, sometimes very hard, so it is a good day for such projects, even if I do not think the project itself was all that great.
The upside ---- When Bozo is grown out I will likely move him to the 90 and purchase a nice 150 for that pass thru space By then I should feel confident enough to have a herd of colorful Discus that Linda will equally enjoy staring at.
The downside -- I now have a large tank I have to deal with at least somewhat manually.
Note on the Parrot fish --- It seems they are somewhat trainable. Linda has him playing peekaboo from his hollow log and she also has him following her finger and ding flips. Not quite there yet but getting close. She trains him like he is a dog, feeding him treats, (snails) when he tries. I know the breed is controversial, but he is very enjoyable even if he does not care much for me, (he buts my hand when I am working his tank).
