> CS> Yes, definately true.  In Sasebo we had a choice of fantail or comet
 > CS> goldfish.  No guppies, nothing else.  Not in walking distance anyways!

 > My gosh...I wouldn't even call that a fish store! :(

It wasnt really.  It was a small pet store, bird food and some birds, a few
other oddiments as well.  You'd have to go to Japan to understand the
shopping there. Most stores are very small by our standards.  That one was
probably 11x13 or so.  Like most there, it expands to the sidewalk when open
(grin).

 > Tragically, I lived in the cold north and had to use a heater in the tank. O
 > day I came home from school to discover that the heater had gone wacko, and
 > all of my babies were dead. Boo-hoo!

Awww.

 > CS> I had a goldfish my mom got me when I was 12.  I gifted her to a friend
 > CS> when I was 23 and left for the Navy.
 > 
 > 
 > That's amazing! That's a long time for one fish to remain alive in an aquari

Goldfish are hardy and long lived if properly cared for.  She never bred in
the tank (had various buddies over time, mostly buddies lived 5-6 years but
one went with her when I had to give her up.).

 > CS> It's an older style you don't see much of now.  Earlier use was a saltwa
 > CS> reef tank.  Type is called a 70'GT' (70G, but taller and less deep from
 > CS> front to back).  Side to side it's about same as a 110G tank but it's on
 > CS> 10.5 inches front to back.  Those landscape backgrounds arent big enough
 > CS> it's too tall to fit the standard ones.
 
 > Well, I just did some calculations, and I would guess that your tank
was 60"
 > from left to right, 26" tall, and 10.5" from front to back.
Am I close?


Very close!  It's 28 tall and i guess a little less wide (dont have anything
handy to measure with). Maybe 55 wide?

The fellow i got it from showed me a picture of it loaded as a salt water
reef tank.  He had anemones and things like that in living coral banked up
about 14 inches towards the back.  Some salt water fern like things, and some
small reef fish.


I've not tried that but it really is an optimal design for that structure. 
Now in my case it's been a gold fish tank but the surface area isnt optimal
for really large fish and you can get into problems where they grow so big,
they have trouble turning around.

Unlike most people who don't really have to pay that much attention to what
level a fish likes, with this tank, thats a critical feature.  Real easy to
mis-pick firsh types and end up with whole levels that are empty and mostly
stay that way.
              xxcarol
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