lol...well it wasn't as noisy as you would think. They were all trained, mostly. I can guarantee that thieves never thought to try to rob us. When sirens would go off, like a fire truck or ambulance, the huskies would all start howling and some of the shepherds even tried doing that. But that is when it would get noisy. It just seemed they all blew their coats at the same time...I think we could have spun it into yarn and made whole quilts there was so much 
As for the tank...well back then I guess it wasn't as big of a deal as nowadays to do the water changing. Dad rarely changed it, and he would just bring the hose into the house to drain and fill. The fish were hardy and didn't mind. The particular fish that were in there did a pretty good job of keeping it clean themselves, but I cannot remember all that was in there. The only tank that large that I personally had was a 150g, and it only had two catfish in it (one that dad caught, and one I had caught). I never cleaned that one (it was filtered however) and they were fine through the winter but then it just got too hot for them in spring. I won't say what ultimately happened to them....we'll just say that bread coated them well...lol. omgosh that's just awful isn't it?
Now there is a show on Animal Planet (I think) that has those brothers that custom made tanks...have you seen that? wow, they are good! Now those are some big tanks...and some salt too! which I have never had. The one they made for the church is just amazing.
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