Yea, talk and see if he'll make an exception and like others said, reinforce that he said no dogs/cats, nothing about any other animals that live inside an aquarium.
Also what state do you live in?
The reason I ask is I don't really take peoples words on that matter when signing some long term agreement. Due to this, it helped me out drastically a few years back before I bought my house. I had a Yellow Anaconda, and when I was looking into moving in to an apartment, I asked about pets. Now I live in Louisiana which is a one party consent state, which means at least one party in the conversation has to be okay with me recording and as long as I'm involved in the conversation I obviously have my own consent. I don't have to legally tell the other person they're being recorded and even if I did, they have no say so. So when I was talking to the person when signing my lease I read where it said: No Dogs/Cats. So I started recording on my cell phone, set it down and I asked to speak to the property manager about one of the rules. So anyways, I'll fast forward about how the conversation went, ofc not word for word as I don't recall exactly but yea.
Me: Hey, I see this says no dogs/cats allowed.
Him: Correct, some pets are an exception.
Me: I'm possibly going to get a pet in the near future and if I do it'll be something that will live in a secured enclosure. It won't cause any damage and it won't make any noise.
Him: What were you thinking about getting?
Me: I'm not 100% sure yet.
Him: Well as long as it won't cause any damage or disturb the neighbors it's allowed.
Me: Okay, thank you.
Now I already had my snake, but I let a friend take care of him for a few days while I was in the process of moving. Now the following month the guy does inspections, and he sees my snake which clearly he was terrified of. He stated that I had to get rid of it that I never said anything about keeping a snake and if I had he would of told me NO. I replied that he stated as long as it won't cause any damage or disturb the neighbors then it's allowed. He said that wasn't the case and I had to get rid of it. I said I wasn't getting rid of it and I would find another place if needed be as long as he would void the lease. He was clearly in a pissy mood because he said I would be responsible for the remainder of time on the lease. The following month I still had my snake and this is where things went down hill. We got into another argument and he asked me to come in the office to discuss the matter. So I did and during the meeting I played the recording of our exact conversation and said either I'm keeping the snake and I'm staying there or I'll move and he can void the lease. He stated that he never gave me permission to record our conversation and I politely replied that I didn't care how he felt, that it was legal what I did. A week later I got a call saying that I could stay. I guess he consulted his lawyer or whatever and he learned really quick that I wasn't messing around.
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