Baby bristlenose pleco?
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I miss having a basement...Yes, your BN looks more albino than I had thought...a lesser selling point than yellow but...ask your lfs. You may have more of an incentive to rehome the male...pretty soon. Sorry, I'm excited for your fry...but, yeah, the big picture plan, 1 or maybe 2 more batches of eggs...& think hard (seems like I've said this before...lol...to you & others...)
So, do you have Next Door or similar? Local fish clubs? In a general way where do you live? State? Nearby big city? Please don't give us your street address, people have & it's not my idea of internet safety...paranoid old person talking...
So, do you have Next Door or similar? Local fish clubs? In a general way where do you live? State? Nearby big city? Please don't give us your street address, people have & it's not my idea of internet safety...paranoid old person talking...
Have you thought of trying to trade the 55 for something on CL or offer up? I’ve traded tanks for all kinds of things, video games for my kid, fish, equipment, etc...
Any kind of club is a moot point because of "New Normal" even if I was familiar with any. Best bet will be the LFS I frequent as they're always carrying plecos so they should be able to take him. Already planning on going there soon anyway to return the extra apisto males I've described in other threads.
What would REALLY be nice is if I could get enough store credit to knock down the price of the royal farlowellas they have there for a "discount swap" of sorts. Assuming they don't disappear like the regular farlo did all those weeks ago...
The other issue however is quarantine space. I have but the one 10 gallon and it's at overcapacity as it is with the batch of black neons I just got on top of the fairy cories and female apisto that are already in there from yesterday. So adding anything more before they're clear to move out is testy to say the least. Which conflicts with the plan to take the fish back on Thursday as that's the best time stocking-wise to go, but if any of the farlos, regular or otherwise, are there, it's going to be really tempting to grab one.
Oh, yeah, I forgot you've been QTing lots of new fish...Just ask what they're policy is, it won't change much no matter as I recall...& see what they offer for BN fry. In the "olden days" it was maybe 1/4 of what they could sell fish for...a $2 fish is worth $0.50 just to give you an idea...but that was back in the day.
Do not get any more fish for your QT...You need to truly QT them, not an every week of new fish additions...I understand your "finally found black neons" thing...but that's not really how QT works...be more careful...& in less of a hurry...you'll be sorry if that's your attitude, really, you will...I understand the parental pressure but don't be...well, stupid...& maybe very unhappy & have to buy drugs to keep your QT fish "safe", there is no savings that way...& it's a lot more work...
Do not get any more fish for your QT...You need to truly QT them, not an every week of new fish additions...I understand your "finally found black neons" thing...but that's not really how QT works...be more careful...& in less of a hurry...you'll be sorry if that's your attitude, really, you will...I understand the parental pressure but don't be...well, stupid...& maybe very unhappy & have to buy drugs to keep your QT fish "safe", there is no savings that way...& it's a lot more work...
To be fair, this is the first time I've quarantined fish EVER so it's already far more than anything I've done in the past, and the black neons were something of an exception just because of the circumstances. I wouldn't have ended up with this many new fish at the in one sitting if I had all the options in front of me at the same time yesterday, it's just how things happened and I really didn't want to pass them up lest I go several more weeks without a sighting and resort to paying that much more to order online.
If it helps, I already made several careful choices and avoided fish I knew were sick or were with sick fish at the store, and I already have a fresh case of MetroPlex just in case things go awry. Yes, I did take a bit more of a risk than I wanted to, but I'm still taking precautions regardless.
If it helps, I already made several careful choices and avoided fish I knew were sick or were with sick fish at the store, and I already have a fresh case of MetroPlex just in case things go awry. Yes, I did take a bit more of a risk than I wanted to, but I'm still taking precautions regardless.
I'm sorry if I seemed obnoxious in my previous post...I do appreciate you QTing fish at all, it's a major step to do that...But believe me, you will be glad you QT. At least you have a very good idea of what healthy fish look like unlike newbs.
Like I said in your other thread, I bet there are more BN fry, you're just finding the boldest & maybe biggest. Plan!
Like I said in your other thread, I bet there are more BN fry, you're just finding the boldest & maybe biggest. Plan!
