Found a really cool tank today

[olive oil]

I once had a huge Oscar would take worms from my hand and, wiggle & shake when I would walk pass him. Very easy to fall in love with!!!

[Lori P]

Jeffy my goldfish does that... he goes wiggle crazy as soon as he sees me, and eats from my hand. I love his little wiggle dance!!! Wayne, yeah, I think Oscars need at the minimum a 55 and I hear a 75 is better...

[Garter_Gertie]

Sid, it's GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd take it in a heartbeat.

Dekay, honey... You're going to need WAY BIGGER'UN a 55 gal for tat Oscar. They get bigger'un serving platters.

Good news, they come to know their owners and come to the side o'the tank, up to the top o'the water to be fed... They're "affectionate."

But 55 gal will hardly let your guy turn around...

[Garter_Gertie]

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!! I just cabbaged onto a 30 gal CHROME AND SLATE tank, no breaks/cracks, for $25.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT ONE!!!

[infernalis]

Woot Woot!!!

[Garter_Gertie]

Yeah, I'm pretty excited. I think it's a steal. A 'regular' 30 gal would be good at that price - though of course lower would be better.

But it's the slate/chrome deallybob. *I* feel like I robbed the guy blind! LOL!!!

Thanks, Dekay!

[Garter_Gertie]

Sid/Dekay, the metal on my tank is not the best and in some places a little rusted(?) and rough. Is there something I can use to spif up the metal and make it more attractive?

[infernalis]

There is a number of polishing products, the auto parts section of a store may carry a chrome restoration kit.

If the rust is deep, and rotting the frame apart, an epoxy like JB weld may be used to fill in the gaps, then sanded to conform.

Rust oleulm spray paint comes in chrome as well, duct tape the glass just the same as you would a car.

Hope that helps...

[snakesRme]

Quoted:"Today we had given to us absolutely free....a 55 gallon, (with large female red Oscar) 2 10 gallons (miscl. goldfish) a 2 gallon hex (complete with Beta)..."

Wha??? A free 55 gal? I just bought one (had to buy it outright, Tampa has a shortage of cheap/free tanks because we just had a snake expo and are having another on in 2 weeks) and I KNOW what they cost. Not only that, when my Colombian RTB graduates up from this one in a year or two I may be living outside myself -- this tank is huge.

[jitami]

Masking tape will be easier to remove after the paint job than duct