Tommy Gun
12-08-2006, 1:44 PM
hey all,
This post is going to go hand in hand with wataugachicken's post entitled "How does this make sense? (rant)" in at least one way. You can read his post here:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90338
Anyways, I found a new LFS the other day and found something sort of rare in the hobby as far as livestock that is for sale. I know that in my area at least (and from what I have read from others, probrably common everywhere), that irridecent sharks can be bought from most any LFS. The thing that always gets me about almost all of the fish that have 'shark' attached to their common name is that no LFS has a good way of showing how large these fish are going to get eventually. I know alot of people who just start out, and even some people who have been in the hobby for a while now look to the irridecent shark as a good stocking option because they are small in the store and not always clearly labeled as a potentially large fish. In the LFS yesterday, I saw an ALMOST mature irridecent shark and took a picture of it with my cell phone to share with everyone just how big they can and will get if kept properly:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l162/tommygunnz76/Misc/shark.jpg
As you can see, that is my hand underneath the fish so you can tell just how large it is. While I am not a giant person, I am an adult and this fish is nearly 8 inces long and about a year old according to the LFS owner.
This post is going to go hand in hand with wataugachicken's post entitled "How does this make sense? (rant)" in at least one way. You can read his post here:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90338
Anyways, I found a new LFS the other day and found something sort of rare in the hobby as far as livestock that is for sale. I know that in my area at least (and from what I have read from others, probrably common everywhere), that irridecent sharks can be bought from most any LFS. The thing that always gets me about almost all of the fish that have 'shark' attached to their common name is that no LFS has a good way of showing how large these fish are going to get eventually. I know alot of people who just start out, and even some people who have been in the hobby for a while now look to the irridecent shark as a good stocking option because they are small in the store and not always clearly labeled as a potentially large fish. In the LFS yesterday, I saw an ALMOST mature irridecent shark and took a picture of it with my cell phone to share with everyone just how big they can and will get if kept properly:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l162/tommygunnz76/Misc/shark.jpg
As you can see, that is my hand underneath the fish so you can tell just how large it is. While I am not a giant person, I am an adult and this fish is nearly 8 inces long and about a year old according to the LFS owner.