The Puffer Forum

Hmm...Ft. Myers isn't *THAT* far from Arcadia...so if you ever wanna see my tanks; you are more then welcome too...Just wait until I get the 72 setup...my tanks are a real mess ATM. lol

And if anything happened to me; you could have my zebra plecos...lol I'm only 17 and have no plans of dying tho...occasionally I consider murder; but not dying...haha [j/k]

As for your suggestion, one time my pictus cat got his fins caught in a net...and I think that was the last time I used a net. lol I was TICKED cuz he ate my danios; but NEVER wanted him hurt. Now, I use those betta death cups to transport most fish. These days all of my nets are broken[and trashed] and since I buy bettas all the time in those cups; I just decided to never get any more nets. I mean these poor fish sometimes just spin in the bubble wand and they count that as their swimming...lol I feel soooo bad for them; but they keep hanging in so have no desire to euthanize them until THEY are ready to give up so they will go in the 72; I just need to be very careful and not stress them. I'm sooooooooooooo wanting to take all the bronze/albino cories to the petstore and be done with them. I hate them! lol There is only one I like and he's the 7 year old; dying one...I keep the others around for him[and there are also some panda cories & a leopard cory].

xrayjeeper83; I had a betta who did fine with my shrimp who was a purebred; imported from Taiwan; female gold dragon plakat betta named Angel.She did fine with the shrimp until one day when she went into a feeding frenzy and a few days later; died. I know Wendigo eats shrimp though and would not trust them in with him.

Id take your corys if they would survive the mailing up to jacksonville.

Ya I was even warned about betta's and shrimp. Im looking to get a few more so I can start my shrimp and snail farm. Already got the pond snails breeding, not that that is a huge feet though lol

Well, the next time I drive 24 hours to Ft. Meyers - I might take a side trip to Arcadia Now now, I can see the will now... Your family would be like, "who the hell... send his fish WHERE?".... But I'm sure you'll outlive me, so no worries.

I agree, nets can be quite terribad for catching fish; however nice to net out food and debris. I like my big cup that I have, however - I'm afraid that my Fahaka will outgrow the big cup, as I'll be afraid he might realize he's being lifted out (hopefully I won't have to once he's in the 150gal) and be stuck in the cup if he puffs... can always rip open a ziplock! Gallon baggies for the win!

Bah, gettin a bit delirious over here. Think I'ma head to bed and dream sweet dreams of my almost-in-grasp dream tank... (150 gal, full acrylic hinged lid, pendulum light - sand substrate with hornwort and Parrot's Feather on the bottom, with duckweed and frogbit floating on top. Maybe (maybe) a blue lotus, if it grows too tall for the lid, (if i can) move it to a notched area in the lid?? And my happy Fahaka livin the good life.... what a sweet dream!)

xrayjeeper83 wrote:Id take your corys if they would survive the mailing up to jacksonville.

Ya I was even warned about betta's and shrimp. Im looking to get a few more so I can start my shrimp and snail farm. Already got the pond snails breeding, not that that is a huge feet though lol

Don't tempt me. My mom would *KILL* me if I sent them out. I hate them though; so it's worth the risk.

Ohyouknow wrote:Well, the next time I drive 24 hours to Ft. Meyers - I might take a side trip to Arcadia Now now, I can see the will now... Your family would be like, "who the hell... send his fish WHERE?".... But I'm sure you'll outlive me, so no worries.

I agree, nets can be quite terribad for catching fish; however nice to net out food and debris. I like my big cup that I have, however - I'm afraid that my Fahaka will outgrow the big cup, as I'll be afraid he might realize he's being lifted out (hopefully I won't have to once he's in the 150gal) and be stuck in the cup if he puffs... can always rip open a ziplock! Gallon baggies for the win!

Bah, gettin a bit delirious over here. Think I'ma head to bed and dream sweet dreams of my almost-in-grasp dream tank... (150 gal, full acrylic hinged lid, pendulum light - sand substrate with hornwort and Parrot's Feather on the bottom, with duckweed and frogbit floating on top. Maybe (maybe) a blue lotus, if it grows too tall for the lid, (if i can) move it to a notched area in the lid?? And my happy Fahaka livin the good life.... what a sweet dream!)

HAHA! My parents would WANT you to take my tanks/fish...all of them. They come close to despising them...lol. Pleasant dreams BTW! Hope you get your dream tank soon too!


Update:

Tomorrow I'm painting. So why should you give a s***? I'm moving the 55! One step closer to the 72. I unable to understand my mom on whether or not Stormy[calico ryukin] should be moved to my pond or not...but I'm pretty sure I will.

Temp Temp Temp TEmp lol

Ya I had a chincilla(sp) that my parents HATED, as did I lol.

I never had a pet my parents hated; we didn't have pets if they didn't like them LOL...

lol; Well my mom loves the fish I've hated; so that's why we keep them. She kept the goldfish for me even though she hated them!

Oh, I removed a cucumber today from the 10 after leaving it in for a few days[oto LOVED it] and it was the most disgusting thing to remove. Blah. This is going in here to remind me NOT to let cucumbers stay in my tanks for more then a day or two.

And...got the 55gal emptied & stand put in my room! Going to set it up soon.

Pictures Pictures Pictures!

lol...not done quite[1 bucket away] and it's thundering away outside...

Anyways; I love my room now. Got my 55, 10, & 5.5gal...29 will be empty; of course.

lol sounds like a lovely room!

Oh yeah. Except for the noise...lol That AT 30-60 is one noisy son of a gun!

I'm going to hate not having the 72 in here but I think 55 is my max since the floors are above a crawlspace. Luckily no signs of stress when I was filling the tank. I can just imagine the 55, the computer, me, & the 10 falling through the floors tho..haha

It seems that every fish except a diamond tetra will pull through! The poor diamond is gasping for air though which none of the other fish are doing[even the other diamond]. It's ashame; my mom really liked these diamond tetras and overnight 5 disappear & the 2 left are sick...

They are too big to be eaten by the other fish too!

They just straight up disappeared? That's strange. Are there any decorations large enough they could be hidden in? I can't remember where, but someone was dosing some rock with a bleach solution, only to find later a fish had been hidden in the rock and had the bleach treatment too! It might have been a post here, or on another fish forum.

It really would be a scary thought - sitting at the computer and you hear something... a groan or crack... then everything kind of... emplodes. Insane!

Yep; they just vanished!

No decorations except for 2 pieces of driftwood & 1 rainbowbow rock [not with holes...it's very low...] Believe me once I found out I check everywhere...behind the tank and everything no signs of them anywhere.

And yeah...I could soooo see that. ROFL

Oh...lol

I forgot to post when my dad seen my 55gal in my room; he was like "WHERE DID *THAT* COME FROM!?" lol I guess he forgot I had a 55gal aquarium. lol He later asked what was going where the 55gal was...I said the 72gal.

I'm pretty sure he's convinced I have too many tanks.

HAHA, watch out... might find yourself committed for MTS...

Then again, I'm sure they see your adoration for your wet friends - I'm sure there's a lot worse things you COULD be doing with your time