Tempted at Petco

[fishorama]

I almost never go to Petco, far & boring, but today saw $4 bamboo shrimp & I was tempted. I came home to research & none of my tanks are really ideal. But those catcher mitt filters on big, big shrimp...1 big dark brown, 1 red (possibly bummed out), others subtlely marked, some smallish hiding on the plants.

Dang, hanging out with you invertees (invertish?), you're bad influences. I'm resisting so far.

[Lupin]

Loaches can help you resist, Nancy. I have 4 canas here and resisting the urge to throw them to my loaches.:eek:

[fishorama]

Loaches! they're the major reason none of my tanks is ideal :grinyes:. & the pangios don't have the flow the bamboos would like :headshake2:, full Q tank... this is responible fish keeping at it's most difficult :silly:

(Saw some p.meyersi today too...& I didn't make it to my fav stores...I'll make do with my new v.maassi :evil_lol:... for now)

[Hooked Newbie]

Psst... trust me they don't work with loaches. Once upon a time, I thought "hey they're big enough"... poor thing lasted an hour.

[Hooked Newbie]

Oh yeah, won't work with a Striped Raphael either. :wall:

[Lupin]

Loaches! they're the major reason none of my tanks is ideal :grinyes:. & the pangios don't have the flow the bamboos would like :headshake2:, full Q tank... this is responible fish keeping at it's most difficult :silly:

(Saw some p.meyersi today too...& I didn't make it to my fav stores...I'll make do with my new v.maassi :evil_lol:... for now)


Psst... trust me they don't work with loaches. Once upon a time, I thought "hey they're big enough"... poor thing lasted an hour.
LMAO!:rofl: Nancy, you could always get a 5g for some inverts.:naughty:

[DAVIDFBT]

$4 each? The ones at my LFS are $8 each! I begged my mom to get it for me, I even told her that I would pay her back an extra 2 dollars! I told her this because I never see them around here! I've only seen them twice in LFS around here!

You could set up a 10 gallon tank with 4 of those little filter-feeders and a small powerhead. Another excuse to get another tank! :grinyes:

[vampie]

$4 each? I'd be tempted too. They cost $10 here.

[Hooked Newbie]

$4 each? I'd be tempted too. They cost $10 here.

Yep. Here too. My shrimp, errr loach treat, was $9.99 + tax.

[DAVIDFBT]

Ha! No tax in Oregon. But 10 dollars is very pricey for something that sits in a current and eats microscopic bugs all day. But I'd still get it because it's so cool.

[thebullit]

they are cool and interesting to watch and fantastic when they go for a swim. had my 2 for over 6 months now housed in my community tank with pakistan loaches 5"'s and no problems. they dont even go near the shrimp.