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I can't afford one right now. I'm going to France for three weeks in August, so I need to save my pennies.prairielilly said:...time for a new tank?
(more $$, but less )
I know what i will get if it does come down to it, it's an awsome 21 litre dealy:
I have the heater and a light, but I dont have £30 until my next allowance day.
I hate being 16 lol!
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TRUTH! YOU SPEAK TRUTH!Wolfgang8810 said:Im sure if you explain to your parents that you need money for a new tank they will contribute.
If not tell them a tank is cheaper than new carpet when this one leaks all over the place.
We do have wood floors though, which I guess isn't as bad, but I should still hint and prod my mum until she gives in lol!
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Woah! That's a brilliant deal! It'd cost me about £50 to have it shipped, and for 1.1 gallons more, and it's for a betta anyway...I might even be able to be divided But I'd rather not.Sharkitty said:How about this instead? If you can get it in the UK . . .
Thanks for the link, it's a beautiful looking tank. Sometimes I curse being English.
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Aaah of course. I talked to my mum and she said, oh that's a lovely colour (about the new tank) and I'll fund towards it if I do all the washing up for a month.Wolfgang8810 said:Wood floors are WORSE if water gets on them. the wood will warp.
New tank = YAY! I have to talk to my dad though, he's 'in charge' of these things. But I cannot see him saying no, the tanks nine years old, full of fish lice and has a UGF that doesn't work. And the fact it leaks from the top.
I'm glad I'll have the money soon
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ABCDemily said:Sometimes I curse being English.
There's a lot of retailers that are pretty location-specific and their shipping fees for international ordering can be outrageous, I wish I could order from them but I can't (DrsFS, Petmountain, PetCo even...) I agree it's a super sweet tank, but I can't get it either - I once found a similar one in Petcetera here in Calgary for the 'sale' price of $85 CAD...no one else around here sells bookshelf tanks, not even the 'Canadian version' of the American retailers. Ah well...
Any second-hand places around, websites (equivalent of Craigslist??)
just saw your most recent post...glad it's working out!
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If we wish hard enough...then maybe it'll magically appear! I jest, I jest.Sharkitty said:Seeing as how we seems to have plenty of "stuff" over here in the US I rarely know what shipping prices are like, no do I know if maybe magically a place has a distribution center overseas. Wishful thinking for me on your part, I suppose.
That is a problem we have over here, the largest chain has a miniscule range of tanks, and the one I posted the link for is the best value for money.
$50 may be a lot for it, but I have the money and Galileo can't live in a net breeder forever
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I've looked up and down, trailed the internet sites, this is the best offer of £30. RRP is £53.99! That's almost 100 USD.prairielilly said:There's a lot of retailers that are pretty location-specific and their shipping fees for international ordering can be outrageous, I wish I could order from them but I can't (DrsFS, Petmountain, PetCo even...) I agree it's a super sweet tank, but I can't get it either - I once found a similar one in Petcetera here in Calgary for the 'sale' price of $85 CAD...no one else around here sells bookshelf tanks, not even the 'Canadian version' of the American retailers. Ah well...
Any second-hand places around, websites (equivalent of Craigslist??)
just saw your most recent post...glad it's working out!
I'm so glad that it's beginning to look up. This morning I went into school and made up the Copper Sulphate solution to kill off the lice.
Tomorrow I'm cleaning the entire tank out, removing all gravel etc. Even if the tank isn't used any more, it'll be nice having a good sized back up plan.
All of this has to be sorted in three weeks! I have a French family coming to live with me! Two teenage boys in my room! With all my fish! Eeep!
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I know what you mean...every time I have to buy equipment I could just cringe. The last heater I bought (100W Stealth) cost me over $50, on SALE. I won't even say what I've paid for tanks...I keep telling myself, 'it's worth it to have good quality equipment that works that you don't have to worry about. Your finny babies are worth it!' My poor wallet tho ...ABCDemily said:I've looked up and down, trailed the internet sites, this is the best offer of £30. RRP is £53.99! That's almost 100 USD.
I'm so glad that it's beginning to look up. This morning I went into school and made up the Copper Sulphate solution to kill off the lice.
Tomorrow I'm cleaning the entire tank out, removing all gravel etc. Even if the tank isn't used any more, it'll be nice having a good sized back up plan.
ABCDemily said:All of this has to be sorted in three weeks! I have a French family coming to live with me! Two teenage boys in my room! With all my fish! Eeep!
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Well the tank is exactly 5.5 US gallons, so probably about 4 UK gallons, which is a nice size for him, IMO.prairielilly said:'Rough' conversion is 4 L/gallon (it's actually 3.7 something, but oh well...)
All my buckets are in litres, and I measure my tank in gallons, Prime in drops per gallon...sigh...
