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Damn, I'm pissed
Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double
take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! So now I'm looking at one of my Frontys swim to the top of his tank and "gulp" air and swim to the bottom and "burb", all good fun for him, but I was under the impression this wasn't good for them. What the hell is going on?????? OHH GREAT!!!, now my Oscar just jumped out of his tank!!!!! No, not really, but that's how I feel. |
Damn, I'm pissed = Pl*co problems
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:55:44 GMT, "Rick"
wrote: Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! OK. I think I have made a discovery after a good deal of consideration, I am getting a strong suspicion about why our pl*cos have been dying. When I first logged in to rafm, and read the FAQ, a couple of decades ago, I learned that the common name for a certain group of suckermouth catfishes should never be spelled with the letter "e" in the middle. The "e" was always to be replaced with a "*", an asterisk. Since I have returned, I've noticed that nearly all posters here are ignoring that important factor in writing about their pl*cos. I've lost two ancistrus, both with a round, red dot on their backs, and I'm learning that this red dot is appearing on many ancistrus in many fish stores and home aquariums across the continent, and I haven't found anyone with a good explanation. Well, I retrieved the corpse of my most recent dead ancistrus, and looked very closely at the red dot, and you know what, it wasn't a dot, it was a red asterisk. I think that our straying from posting convention has finally caught up with us, or at least caught up with our pl*cos. It's the only explanation that makes sense. -- Mister Gardener |
Damn, I'm pissed = Pl*co problems
"Mr. Gardener" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:55:44 GMT, "Rick" wrote: Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! OK. I think I have made a discovery after a good deal of consideration, I am getting a strong suspicion about why our pl*cos have been dying. When I first logged in to rafm, and read the FAQ, a couple of decades ago, I learned that the common name for a certain group of suckermouth catfishes should never be spelled with the letter "e" in the middle. The "e" was always to be replaced with a "*", an asterisk. Since I have returned, I've noticed that nearly all posters here are ignoring that important factor in writing about their pl*cos. I've lost two ancistrus, both with a round, red dot on their backs, and I'm learning that this red dot is appearing on many ancistrus in many fish stores and home aquariums across the continent, and I haven't found anyone with a good explanation. Well, I retrieved the corpse of my most recent dead ancistrus, and looked very closely at the red dot, and you know what, it wasn't a dot, it was a red asterisk. I think that our straying from posting convention has finally caught up with us, or at least caught up with our pl*cos. It's the only explanation that makes sense. -- Mister Gardener ......Sherlock Holmes...is it? Nice work lol any how, how about sucker fish (type) Nikki |
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Mr. Gardener wrote:
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:55:44 GMT, "Rick" wrote: Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! OK. I think I have made a discovery after a good deal of consideration, I am getting a strong suspicion about why our pl*cos have been dying. When I first logged in to rafm, and read the FAQ, a couple of decades ago, I learned that the common name for a certain group of suckermouth catfishes should never be spelled with the letter "e" in the middle. The "e" was always to be replaced with a "*", an asterisk. Since I have returned, I've noticed that nearly all posters here are ignoring that important factor in writing about their pl*cos. I've lost two ancistrus, both with a round, red dot on their backs, and I'm learning that this red dot is appearing on many ancistrus in many fish stores and home aquariums across the continent, and I haven't found anyone with a good explanation. Well, I retrieved the corpse of my most recent dead ancistrus, and looked very closely at the red dot, and you know what, it wasn't a dot, it was a red asterisk. I think that our straying from posting convention has finally caught up with us, or at least caught up with our pl*cos. It's the only explanation that makes sense. Ah, you have discovered the ancient Usenet pl*co curse. I can type pleco with impunity as I don't have any. :-p -- Put the word aquaria in the subject to reply. Did you read the FAQ? http://faq.thekrib.com |
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:15:54 GMT, Altum
wrote: Ah, you have discovered the ancient Usenet pl*co curse. I can type pleco with impunity as I don't have any. :-p Well, I know that I have never typed anything but pl*co, and two of my fish died with the asterisk on their backs, so the curse must certainly be gaining strength, building immunity and growing increasingly contagious thanks to all those non-believers who insist on striking the e key instead of reaching up to the shift-8. Please, rafm community, for the sake of the future health, perhaps the very existence of pl*cos everywhere, make the extra effort to type carefully. I was delighted when the Boston Red Sox were able to Reverse The Curse, but I fear the pl*co curse may prove a bigger challenge. -- Mister Gardener |
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Mr. Gardener wrote in
: Well, I know that I have never typed anything but pl*co, and two of my fish died with the asterisk on their backs, so the curse must certainly be gaining strength, building immunity and growing I keep dozens of different plecos, and I've only ever lost one (a real beauty though) when a CO2 injector overloaded and poisoned half the tank. pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco These fish are very hardy. They only need available food and lots of O2. |
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"Mr. Gardener" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:55:44 GMT, "Rick" wrote: Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! OK. I think I have made a discovery after a good deal of consideration, I am getting a strong suspicion about why our pl*cos have been dying. When I first logged in to rafm, and read the FAQ, a couple of decades ago, I learned that the common name for a certain group of suckermouth catfishes should never be spelled with the letter "e" in the middle. The "e" was always to be replaced with a "*", an asterisk. Since I have returned, I've noticed that nearly all posters here are ignoring that important factor in writing about their pl*cos. I've lost two ancistrus, both with a round, red dot on their backs, and I'm learning that this red dot is appearing on many ancistrus in many fish stores and home aquariums across the continent, and I haven't found anyone with a good explanation. Well, I retrieved the corpse of my most recent dead ancistrus, and looked very closely at the red dot, and you know what, it wasn't a dot, it was a red asterisk. I think that our straying from posting convention has finally caught up with us, or at least caught up with our pl*cos. It's the only explanation that makes sense. -- Mister Gardener I feel sooo much better now. |
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"dc" wrote in message ... Mr. Gardener wrote in : Well, I know that I have never typed anything but pl*co, and two of my fish died with the asterisk on their backs, so the curse must certainly be gaining strength, building immunity and growing I keep dozens of different plecos, and I've only ever lost one (a real beauty though) when a CO2 injector overloaded and poisoned half the tank. pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco These fish are very hardy. They only need available food and lots of O2. LOL, you beat me to it! pleco pleco pleco....ect ect ect |
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:14:08 GMT, "Rick"
wrote: "dc" wrote in message 1... Mr. Gardener wrote in : Well, I know that I have never typed anything but pl*co, and two of my fish died with the asterisk on their backs, so the curse must certainly be gaining strength, building immunity and growing I keep dozens of different plecos, and I've only ever lost one (a real beauty though) when a CO2 injector overloaded and poisoned half the tank. pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco pleco These fish are very hardy. They only need available food and lots of O2. LOL, you beat me to it! pleco pleco pleco....ect ect ect Sigh. Your day will come. -- Mister Gardener |
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"Rick" wrote in message
... Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! hmm, wood fibre, algae tabs, zuchinni, various algaes and wood fungus (as Richard says) and they should stay fine. I don't put much credence in this pl*co business, but my plec can't read cause he only comes out at night, so I should be fine ;~). Being emptied out is typical, but doesn't mean your carnivores did it. If a carnivore can flip a plec over and keep em still, then it can be meal time (hard to do though). So now I'm looking at one of my Frontys swim to the top of his tank and "gulp" air and swim to the bottom and "burb", all good fun for him, but I was under the impression this wasn't good for them. What the hell is going on?????? LOL, Fronts will do that. The problem is when they swallow the air, not when they mouth and release it. OHH GREAT!!!, now my Oscar just jumped out of his tank!!!!! No, not really, but that's how I feel. Wait till you get home to the sound of water trickling down the stairs. When my 120g let go of the top of the front glass, it dumped about 60g before the glass got pulled back in. That much water will soak a Gerber, so then it just follows a path gravity makes for it. Poor fish were in water 12" deep (left in the tank) with the most bewildered expressions ;~). 2nd prize was when my daughter insisted that I could not take a Rainbow shark to the pet shop just because it didn't fit with my plans, and that I should set up a completely new aquarium for the shark, which apparently had become her favourite fish. So I set up a 20g in her room, put the fish in and the next morning, I find it dried up on the floor (they are good jumpers and it had found a hole). Before my daughter could notice, I'm going from pet shop to pet shop looking to buy a Rainbow shark - when the original plan was to get rid of the one I had *grrrr*. -- www.NetMax.tk |
Damn, I'm pissed = Pl*co problems
Well, I know that I have never typed anything but pl*co, and two of my fish died with the asterisk on their backs, so the curse must certainly be gaining strength, building immunity and growing increasingly contagious thanks to all those non-believers who insist on striking the e key instead of reaching up to the shift-8. Please, rafm community, for the sake of the future health, perhaps the very existence of pl*cos everywhere, make the extra effort to type carefully. I was delighted when the Boston Red Sox were able to Reverse The Curse, but I fear the pl*co curse may prove a bigger challenge. -- Mister Gardener My bristlenose pl*co disappeared for the last month in the heavily-planted tank. Just today he's re-appeared; perhaps the curse is waning? |
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On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:50:04 -0500, netDenizen wrote:
My bristlenose pl*co disappeared for the last month in the heavily-planted tank. Just today he's re-appeared; perhaps the curse is waning? My really old ancistrus disappears for months sometimes. I'm sure I would see him if I snuck up with a flashlight in the middle of the night. The veggie discs I leave for him at lights out each evening is always gone in the morning. Red dot or red asterisk, curse waning or waxing, I really want to find a good female to keep my young male company. He's been hanging out around the mouth of his cave waiting for a pretty young thing to pass his way. My lfs told me he will stop ordering ancistrus for a few months, while working with his supplier to find out just how widespread the problem is. I might try a different dealer, after checking out who is using which suppliers. -- Mister Gardener |
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"NetMax" wrote in message .. . "Rick" wrote in message ... Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! hmm, wood fibre, algae tabs, zuchinni, various algaes and wood fungus (as Richard says) and they should stay fine. I don't put much credence in this pl*co business, but my plec can't read cause he only comes out at night, so I should be fine ;~). Being emptied out is typical, but doesn't mean your carnivores did it. If a carnivore can flip a plec over and keep em still, then it can be meal time (hard to do though). So now I'm looking at one of my Frontys swim to the top of his tank and "gulp" air and swim to the bottom and "burb", all good fun for him, but I was under the impression this wasn't good for them. What the hell is going on?????? LOL, Fronts will do that. The problem is when they swallow the air, not when they mouth and release it. OHH GREAT!!!, now my Oscar just jumped out of his tank!!!!! No, not really, but that's how I feel. Wait till you get home to the sound of water trickling down the stairs. When my 120g let go of the top of the front glass, it dumped about 60g before the glass got pulled back in. That much water will soak a Gerber, so then it just follows a path gravity makes for it. Poor fish were in water 12" deep (left in the tank) with the most bewildered expressions ;~). 2nd prize was when my daughter insisted that I could not take a Rainbow shark to the pet shop just because it didn't fit with my plans, and that I should set up a completely new aquarium for the shark, which apparently had become her favourite fish. So I set up a 20g in her room, put the fish in and the next morning, I find it dried up on the floor (they are good jumpers and it had found a hole). Before my daughter could notice, I'm going from pet shop to pet shop looking to buy a Rainbow shark - when the original plan was to get rid of the one I had *grrrr*. -- www.NetMax.tk Oh Yeah??? Well my Angelfish put themselves in plastic bags and started rolling themselves toward the canal across the street. Good thing I was home to stop them, but then again, if I was at work I'm not sure they could have unlocked the front door. Now if I could just figure out where they got the plastic bags from. I'm not really sure why I like these stupid thing so much. |
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"Mr. Gardener" wrote in message
... On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:50:04 -0500, netDenizen wrote: My bristlenose pl*co disappeared for the last month in the heavily-planted tank. Just today he's re-appeared; perhaps the curse is waning? My really old ancistrus disappears for months sometimes. I'm sure I would see him if I snuck up with a flashlight in the middle of the night. The veggie discs I leave for him at lights out each evening is always gone in the morning. Red dot or red asterisk, curse waning or waxing, I really want to find a good female to keep my young male company. He's been hanging out around the mouth of his cave waiting for a pretty young thing to pass his way. My lfs told me he will stop ordering ancistrus for a few months, while working with his supplier to find out just how widespread the problem is. I might try a different dealer, after checking out who is using which suppliers. -- Mister Gardener I doubt they will reveal their supplier's name (unless this is your buddy, and even then you need to know who the others are buying from). I never found a good supplier of Bushynose. Imports didn't have them and the North Americans were too expensive. I was at the annual fish club auction where I met a person who bred them, and he became my regular supplier. I also managed to find a local supplier of Angelfish (another bad fish to import). I would check with your local Aquarium Society. If you don't have one, then this is your opportunity to start one and pick a meeting spot close to your home (that's the advantage of being first ;~). -- www.NetMax.tk |
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OK. I think I have made a discovery after a good deal of
consideration, I am getting a strong suspicion about why our pl*cos have been dying. When I first logged in to rafm, and read the FAQ, a couple of decades ago, I learned that the common name for a certain group of suckermouth catfishes should never be spelled with the letter "e" in the middle. The "e" was always to be replaced with a "*", an asterisk. Since I have returned, I've noticed that nearly all posters here are ignoring that important factor in writing about their pl*cos. I've lost two ancistrus, both with a round, red dot on their backs, That's "anc*strus". -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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"NetMax" wrote in message ... "Mr. Gardener" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:50:04 -0500, netDenizen wrote: My bristlenose pl*co disappeared for the last month in the heavily-planted tank. Just today he's re-appeared; perhaps the curse is waning? My really old ancistrus disappears for months sometimes. I'm sure I would see him if I snuck up with a flashlight in the middle of the night. The veggie discs I leave for him at lights out each evening is always gone in the morning. Red dot or red asterisk, curse waning or waxing, I really want to find a good female to keep my young male company. He's been hanging out around the mouth of his cave waiting for a pretty young thing to pass his way. My lfs told me he will stop ordering ancistrus for a few months, while working with his supplier to find out just how widespread the problem is. I might try a different dealer, after checking out who is using which suppliers. -- Mister Gardener I doubt they will reveal their supplier's name (unless this is your buddy, and even then you need to know who the others are buying from). I never found a good supplier of Bushynose. Imports didn't have them and the North Americans were too expensive. I was at the annual fish club auction where I met a person who bred them, and he became my regular supplier. I also managed to find a local supplier of Angelfish (another bad fish to import). I would check with your local Aquarium Society. If you don't have one, then this is your opportunity to start one and pick a meeting spot close to your home (that's the advantage of being first ;~). -- www.NetMax.tk good advice. It's also sweet to be the bristlenose breeder they are easy and good earners. always gonna earn more on the little fish that are easy to sell |
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"Rick" wrote in message ... "NetMax" wrote in message .. . "Rick" wrote in message ... Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! hmm, wood fibre, algae tabs, zuchinni, various algaes and wood fungus (as Richard says) and they should stay fine. I don't put much credence in this pl*co business, but my plec can't read cause he only comes out at night, so I should be fine ;~). Being emptied out is typical, but doesn't mean your carnivores did it. If a carnivore can flip a plec over and keep em still, then it can be meal time (hard to do though). So now I'm looking at one of my Frontys swim to the top of his tank and "gulp" air and swim to the bottom and "burb", all good fun for him, but I was under the impression this wasn't good for them. What the hell is going on?????? LOL, Fronts will do that. The problem is when they swallow the air, not when they mouth and release it. OHH GREAT!!!, now my Oscar just jumped out of his tank!!!!! No, not really, but that's how I feel. Wait till you get home to the sound of water trickling down the stairs. When my 120g let go of the top of the front glass, it dumped about 60g before the glass got pulled back in. That much water will soak a Gerber, so then it just follows a path gravity makes for it. Poor fish were in water 12" deep (left in the tank) with the most bewildered expressions ;~). 2nd prize was when my daughter insisted that I could not take a Rainbow shark to the pet shop just because it didn't fit with my plans, and that I should set up a completely new aquarium for the shark, which apparently had become her favourite fish. So I set up a 20g in her room, put the fish in and the next morning, I find it dried up on the floor (they are good jumpers and it had found a hole). Before my daughter could notice, I'm going from pet shop to pet shop looking to buy a Rainbow shark - when the original plan was to get rid of the one I had *grrrr*. -- www.NetMax.tk Oh Yeah??? Well my Angelfish put themselves in plastic bags and started rolling themselves toward the canal across the street. Good thing I was home to stop them, but then again, if I was at work I'm not sure they could have unlocked the front door. Now if I could just figure out where they got the plastic bags from. I'm not really sure why I like these stupid thing so much. I was trying not to laugh. big tanks suck so hard when they let go.... can be dangerous too hey. I secretly built a shmick little 4 globe MH light ballast. Took me a month to save to buy bulbs (had to waste money on food and rent) and on the night I put them on the tank, the octopus pulls them into the tank. No one got hurt but it was a bloody ugly sound to hear from the tank in the other room. And expensive for an hours metal halide rippling on da walls. In the begining I tried to see silver linings, now I just work the numbers. And I tells ya 9/10 fish swaps is detected by da kiddy. Maybe the rainbow sharks are clone like enuf.... but people chasing shubunkins can be tricky, even if they have photo's. |
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@netmax - what's a gerber? You said that amount of water will soak a
gerber? Is this some kind of protective water soaking device to protect against leaking fish tanks? |
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:26:44 +1000, "swarvegorilla"
wrote: "Rick" wrote in message m... "NetMax" wrote in message .. . "Rick" wrote in message ... Just got home from work and of course checked out my tanks. I took a double take when looking at my 29g, it looked a tad cloudy, not the norm. So I did some looking around the rocks and found my Bristle Nose Pleco dead. Not just dead, but his guts apparently eaten out. He's lived in this tank for over a year with a Black Ghost and a "Snowflake" Eel, they have never seemed to have any problems at all. It's like a kick in the head, I'm not happy. Damn!! hmm, wood fibre, algae tabs, zuchinni, various algaes and wood fungus (as Richard says) and they should stay fine. I don't put much credence in this pl*co business, but my plec can't read cause he only comes out at night, so I should be fine ;~). Being emptied out is typical, but doesn't mean your carnivores did it. If a carnivore can flip a plec over and keep em still, then it can be meal time (hard to do though). So now I'm looking at one of my Frontys swim to the top of his tank and "gulp" air and swim to the bottom and "burb", all good fun for him, but I was under the impression this wasn't good for them. What the hell is going on?????? LOL, Fronts will do that. The problem is when they swallow the air, not when they mouth and release it. OHH GREAT!!!, now my Oscar just jumped out of his tank!!!!! No, not really, but that's how I feel. Wait till you get home to the sound of water trickling down the stairs. When my 120g let go of the top of the front glass, it dumped about 60g before the glass got pulled back in. That much water will soak a Gerber, so then it just follows a path gravity makes for it. Poor fish were in water 12" deep (left in the tank) with the most bewildered expressions ;~). 2nd prize was when my daughter insisted that I could not take a Rainbow shark to the pet shop just because it didn't fit with my plans, and that I should set up a completely new aquarium for the shark, which apparently had become her favourite fish. So I set up a 20g in her room, put the fish in and the next morning, I find it dried up on the floor (they are good jumpers and it had found a hole). Before my daughter could notice, I'm going from pet shop to pet shop looking to buy a Rainbow shark - when the original plan was to get rid of the one I had *grrrr*. -- www.NetMax.tk Oh Yeah??? Well my Angelfish put themselves in plastic bags and started rolling themselves toward the canal across the street. Good thing I was home to stop them, but then again, if I was at work I'm not sure they could have unlocked the front door. Now if I could just figure out where they got the plastic bags from. I'm not really sure why I like these stupid thing so much. I was trying not to laugh. big tanks suck so hard when they let go.... can be dangerous too hey. I secretly built a shmick little 4 globe MH light ballast. Took me a month to save to buy bulbs (had to waste money on food and rent) and on the night I put them on the tank, the octopus pulls them into the tank. No one got hurt but it was a bloody ugly sound to hear from the tank in the other room. And expensive for an hours metal halide rippling on da walls. In the begining I tried to see silver linings, now I just work the numbers. And I tells ya 9/10 fish swaps is detected by da kiddy. Maybe the rainbow sharks are clone like enuf.... but people chasing shubunkins can be tricky, even if they have photo's. What kind of people must we aquarists be that we find ourselves chuckling over horror tales. -- Mister Gardener |
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"Beano" wrote in message
oups.com... @netmax - what's a gerber? You said that amount of water will soak a gerber? Is this some kind of protective water soaking device to protect against leaking fish tanks? Gerber = low pile carpet :o) *sorry* -- www.NetMax.tk |
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LOL.... I believe you mean "berber".
"NetMax" wrote in message .. . "Beano" wrote in message oups.com... @netmax - what's a gerber? You said that amount of water will soak a gerber? Is this some kind of protective water soaking device to protect against leaking fish tanks? Gerber = low pile carpet :o) *sorry* -- www.NetMax.tk ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Damn, I'm pissed
Oh yeah, Berber, thanks. I think Gerber is baby food. I must be getting
old. I hope MG doesn't read this. -- www.NetMax.tk "Dumper" wrote in message ... LOL.... I believe you mean "berber". "NetMax" wrote in message .. . "Beano" wrote in message oups.com... @netmax - what's a gerber? You said that amount of water will soak a gerber? Is this some kind of protective water soaking device to protect against leaking fish tanks? Gerber = low pile carpet :o) *sorry* -- www.NetMax.tk ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Damn, I'm pissed
Gerber is also slang for those leatherman style tools except for ones that
fold up different... nose sorta pushes in. Used to collect shiny things when I was a grunt hey. "NetMax" wrote in message ... Oh yeah, Berber, thanks. I think Gerber is baby food. I must be getting old. I hope MG doesn't read this. -- www.NetMax.tk "Dumper" wrote in message ... LOL.... I believe you mean "berber". "NetMax" wrote in message .. . "Beano" wrote in message oups.com... @netmax - what's a gerber? You said that amount of water will soak a gerber? Is this some kind of protective water soaking device to protect against leaking fish tanks? Gerber = low pile carpet :o) *sorry* -- www.NetMax.tk ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Damn, I'm pissed
What kind of people must we aquarists be that we find ourselves chuckling over horror tales. -- Mister Gardener less rich than we should be kind of people....... heh heh |
Damn, I'm pissed
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:28:10 -0400, "NetMax"
wrote: Oh yeah, Berber, thanks. I think Gerber is baby food. I must be getting old. I hope MG doesn't read this. Why, because you think I need a haircut? I'm been terrified of Berbers all my life. -- Mister Gardener |
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