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Posted: 03 Oct 2006, 04:34
Hi everybody...names Wayne,I just found this site. I used to keep oscars, i had a beautiful long fin albino that i raised to adult size years ago. Unfortunately i had to sell him when i moved into my new smaller home. Just didnt have room for the 185. Anyway....a year ago my son Brandon and i decided to get into tanks again (he was too young to really remember our oscar), but we decided on a marine coral tank, and eventually we set up 2 coral tanks.
Unfortunately the 46 bow blew a seam while we were out of town, we lost everything in it, including the equipment. Since then i have resealed it, did a 2 month fill test and am now ready to restock. Wich is why i am here. At first we were thinking a baby flathead cat caught from the local river, i figure we could always release him when it was time. So while searching the www for pics of others wildcaught cat tanks i found this site. But now i think i may have taken a liking to these terestrial looking pleco creatures, and am in search for info on them.
I never jump in to a hobby like this with my eyes closed (example..12 inch pleco in a 10 gallon tank) i like my tanks slightly understocked, keeping water perameters in check is so much easier that way. Anywhooo..I hope ya'll dont mind me dropping in now and then to pick at your brains a little. Im sure i will have many questions along the way, some of them will probabally be stupid ones, but bare with me, i do learn fast...i'll stop babbling now and go read more bout pleco's. See ya'll around.
-Wayne
Unfortunately the 46 bow blew a seam while we were out of town, we lost everything in it, including the equipment. Since then i have resealed it, did a 2 month fill test and am now ready to restock. Wich is why i am here. At first we were thinking a baby flathead cat caught from the local river, i figure we could always release him when it was time. So while searching the www for pics of others wildcaught cat tanks i found this site. But now i think i may have taken a liking to these terestrial looking pleco creatures, and am in search for info on them.
I never jump in to a hobby like this with my eyes closed (example..12 inch pleco in a 10 gallon tank) i like my tanks slightly understocked, keeping water perameters in check is so much easier that way. Anywhooo..I hope ya'll dont mind me dropping in now and then to pick at your brains a little. Im sure i will have many questions along the way, some of them will probabally be stupid ones, but bare with me, i do learn fast...i'll stop babbling now and go read more bout pleco's. See ya'll around.
-Wayne
The options open to you are almost endless, since there are so many catfish species of all sizes and temperments. When you go to your LFS, ask if there's a local fish club in the area. This is often a great way to meet fish folk. Fish clubs sometimes have auctions, too. 