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Husbands can be like that too!! Mine repeatedly tells his friends that he told me I could go out and get a "fishbowl" for our anniversary and I came home with "Lake Michigan" !!! (72 gallons) He loves the tank as much as I do now, though. So, peaceful pursuasion may do the trick, otherwise, stick with Sneaky Pete's advice: get it and store it

well i got the tank and its gonna be the garage for awhile so yeah.

Don't forget the electricity that a tank like that consumes, that's what your parents are paying for and what could be part of their concern.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

My dad is a fish biologist so I have nothing to worry. When you move out would you be going to college and a dorm room. I dont think a 200 would fit. You could sell the tank and use the $$$ to by cooler fish and equipment:88)

Maybe that's why you turned out the way you are!

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

I dunno, kids these days, when I was 17 I was still given daily beatings, and made to live on bread and water!

Do you have a basement? If so, and if your parents are anything like mine, they spend NO time downstairs. Perhaps they'd allow you to keep it there? I wonder if they're just hesitant to keep it in their living room, where it could become an eyesore if not cleaned, etc. Also, basement floors tend to be concrete, therefore, much sturdier than other floors.

I know you probably wouldn't let the tank become an eyesore, but they could be on the thought track that a lot of parents are on. That being, of course, that the child will promise and promise to take care of everything, but then the parents wind up walking the dog and cleaning the cat's litter box. *shrugs*

Of course, I'd be a bit leery of that much water in my living room, too... My dad wasn't thrilled about the idea of a 29 gallon in my room. (Of course, the combination of the 20 gallon and ten gallon on the same stand doesn't seem to bother him, though it probably weighs more...) He wasn't terribly sure the floor would like all that weight. *shrugs* Floors seem solid to me. On the other hand, the floors creak when we walk on them... I don't know that I'd trust such a big tank on our floors, which could be the same reasons your parents are objecting.

Perhaps instead of simply saying that they're evil, perhaps you could find out WHY they don't want to allow you to have the tank? I mean, if you know their reasoning, you can work with it. If it's cost, you can assure them you will pay for everything and perhaps even offer to reimburse them for a bit of their electric bill? If it's appearence, perhaps keep one of those magnetic cleaner thingies attached to the front glass so they could just swipe at any imagined spot of algae when they see it? However, if it's a weight issue, unless you care to support floor joists and whatnot, I'd say find room in the basement (if you have one/have room in it) or content yourself with storing the tank until you have a place of your own. *shrugs*

Good luck!

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Unless you get special permission from the courts, you cannot move out until you are 18.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

You could always move out now!

my friend wants to give me his 200g tank and setup for free b/c hes gettin a 2000g hes rich anyway my parents wont let me take it. i dont understand it yes im 17 and have really no where else to put a 200g tank and i told them we can put it in the living room. I also said i would care for it like i do my own tanks and pay for fish and they still wont let me have it. im so frustrated im thinking im just gonna bring it home one day and fill it with fish but i dunno how to do that without cycling.
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I'd just get it from your friend and find a place to store it ( not with other people - posession is 9/10 the law of ownership, eh). A tarp, behind the garage, or if you have the cash money just take it to a storage place and pay to keep it in a cubicle there.

A good idea is to find prices of 200 gallon tanks online, print it off and show it to your folks. When they see the price tag, maybe they'll see saved dollar signs and give in /shrug.

Speak with them NICELY about perhaps getting the tank and storing it until you have your own private space to place it.

Or you can tell them that they can help pick out all the inhabitants and decorations for the tank, to spark their interest in this more. Maybe then they would like to have something pretty that THEY enjoy looking at in their house. With the added bonus of THEM not having to take care of it, lol.

Thank goodness for a mom who loves fish, even though i dont live at home most of the time(ie college) she loves them. she is even talking of getting an 80 or up set up when they finsh remodeling the house. patience may be your best key, see what giving them some time does.

Dude, my mom was yelling a screaming at me about the 25 gallon I found on the side of the road. Good luck trying to get that 200 gallon set up.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

i agree with sneaky pete just get and store it for a while. what could they say about that. you could alway sell to if you cant set it up in a few years. thank god i've got a bank card and only 16

Eh, that's parents for ya, ain't it? I've wanted to buy a fish that was mucho expensive online, but since they have the credit card I had to ask them. I have the money to pay them back, but they wouldn't buy the fish.

How long are you going to keep in touch with this friend? You might be able to pick it up after you move out of your parents' house...:%)

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Maybe you could take the tank, and just store it for a couple years in the garage or somethin till you move out?
Maybe they could be convinced that way. You may not get pleasure out of if for a couple years, but think of all the planning time you would have and how much you would enjoy it once you did have a place to set it up!
It would be better to store the tank with water in it, but that is not necessary, it should hold out just fine until you get it up and running!
My 90g tank I just set up was sitting outside, under a tarp, on wood blocks for a year before I bought it off these people!
It doesnt even show signs of a leak. I think yours would be just for fine for as much as 5 years, and at the very worst youd just be looking at resealing it, which you could get done for around 50-100 bucks. Chances are you wont need to though.
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200 gallons is pretty big, plus who is going to pay for everything? i'm sure you'll volunteer to take up your parents' house and living space for something of your own but maybe you should think about them and their house before getting upset.