Recent content by pocketlama

The ones from Craigslist? Cool!

These ARE NOT mine, I just thought I'd post for general interest: > Free Senegal Bichir Fish (lynnwood) >I have 2 senegal bichir, one about 8 in the other 6 in. They were left behind by my roommate I try to keep them but they are killing >my fish. Just a head-up they are aggressive and will...

I started with a 10 gallon tank about 20 years ago but I just couldn't make a fish stay alive for anything. I grew to care little for my fish because they always died on me. Then someone suggested I go with a larger tank and I got my 55 bow-front, it's been smooth sailing ever since. I have had...

Done. Paco has a new home at Aquarium Paradise now. They didn't say much of anything, just took him and said thanks. I forgot to ask how big their big tank is but it was pretty full of pretty damn big fish. The first thing that happened was that a catfish swam up and sucked one of Paco's fins...

So I put an ad on Craigslist and finally got a response from a guy whose "friend" has a 300 gallon tank and 2 other pacus and can take Paco. We went back and forth over email and after a couple of communications the guy asks *me* for a re-homing fee of "$15-$20" for food and labor. When I refuse...

When I set up my 55 bow front, I went to Lakeview Stone & Garden in Seattle and got some flagstone. I put it on the inside of the tank, siliconed it and filled in the gaps with cut up sheets of cork. I did this after trying and failing to get realistic looks from Styrofoam sculpting. In any...

Oh right, it's been years since I was in that place. I'll try them as well. Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm in Seatac so not that far away. Yeah, the switch in words pacu and pleco is unfortunate to say the least. They seem such different kinds of fish, hard to mistake one from the other. :shock: 

So yeah, I'm a dope. Irresponsible even. I saw a post on Craigslist (how many tales of woe start that way, I wonder?) for 2 oscars and a pleco. I really wanted the oscars and so didn't ask about the pleco. I met the people in a Dairy Queen parking lot at night where they handed over a bucket...