A fishy tale regarding a missing Pl*co
 

Just thought I'd post this story away from all the doom and gloom

I guess it was just over a week ago I lost sight of my Snowball Pl*co in my
Malawi tank. To start with I just thought it was him up to his usual hiding
tricks....the number of caves in that tank are mind boggling. Then after
almost 5 days I started to worry...still no sign of him. I've had rising
temp problems which caused even more concern....and then of course he has
never, ever taken any suplementary food that I have dropped into the tank
for him. By this time I am really, really worried....

Then I remember I gave him his full name in an update to this
newsgroup....all the Pl*co superstition starts to come into play......

Last night, I decide that the Pl*co must have met his demise....Hubby is
away and I can't cope with the full pull of every single rock out of the
tank on my own....but I need to know....I open the tank and armed with a
bucket for some of the rocks I start taking the caves apart......very cross
Mbunas....."hey what do you think you are doing with our caves!!!" .... lots
of nibbles of my hand....I also checked the back in case he had jumped

Failed in the search and resigned myself to having to do the very sad death
search today.....with the complete rock removal and all pumps and air bricks
turned off - I know that this will cause more Mbuna in-fighting but they
cannot live with a decaying fish

And then all of a sudden there he was.....strutting his stuff right in the
open on the substrate in the middle of the tank...."hey look at me....that
spooked you and the Mbunas" - lol

Then the Queen Arabesque , in the Community Tank, that always hides (but at
least I know where) with some sort of Pl*co telepathy I'm sure goes out into
the front of the tank and attaches himself - never happens....at least not
when I'm awake

I go upstairs to check Matt's 30 gall....same thing...the Gold Nugget Pl*co
is out there for the world to see.....slightly more confident than the
others but very rare....

I promised my Pl*cos I will never use their full name again....they all came
out to play....

Fishy Tales are good sometimes - :-)

Gill

That was a funny story. And who said fish don't have a sense of humor!

Vicki


"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
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Just thought I'd post this story away from all the doom and gloom

I guess it was just over a week ago I lost sight of my Snowball Pl*co in
my
Malawi tank. To start with I just thought it was him up to his usual
hiding
tricks....the number of caves in that tank are mind boggling. Then after
almost 5 days I started to worry...still no sign of him. I've had rising
temp problems which caused even more concern....and then of course he has
never, ever taken any suplementary food that I have dropped into the tank
for him. By this time I am really, really worried....

Then I remember I gave him his full name in an update to this
newsgroup....all the Pl*co superstition starts to come into play......

Last night, I decide that the Pl*co must have met his demise....Hubby is
away and I can't cope with the full pull of every single rock out of the
tank on my own....but I need to know....I open the tank and armed with a
bucket for some of the rocks I start taking the caves apart......very
cross
Mbunas....."hey what do you think you are doing with our caves!!!" ....
lots
of nibbles of my hand....I also checked the back in case he had jumped

Failed in the search and resigned myself to having to do the very sad
death
search today.....with the complete rock removal and all pumps and air
bricks
turned off - I know that this will cause more Mbuna in-fighting but they
cannot live with a decaying fish

And then all of a sudden there he was.....strutting his stuff right in the
open on the substrate in the middle of the tank...."hey look at me....that
spooked you and the Mbunas" - lol

Then the Queen Arabesque , in the Community Tank, that always hides (but
at
least I know where) with some sort of Pl*co telepathy I'm sure goes out
into
the front of the tank and attaches himself - never happens....at least not
when I'm awake

I go upstairs to check Matt's 30 gall....same thing...the Gold Nugget
Pl*co
is out there for the world to see.....slightly more confident than the
others but very rare....

I promised my Pl*cos I will never use their full name again....they all
came
out to play....

Fishy Tales are good sometimes - :-)

Gill

Funny story, thanks for sharing : )

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:47:28 +0100, "Gill Passman"
gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote:

Just thought I'd post this story away from all the doom and gloom

I guess it was just over a week ago I lost sight of my Snowball Pl*co in my
Malawi tank. To start with I just thought it was him up to his usual hiding
tricks....the number of caves in that tank are mind boggling. Then after
almost 5 days I started to worry...still no sign of him. I've had rising
temp problems which caused even more concern....and then of course he has
never, ever taken any suplementary food that I have dropped into the tank
for him. By this time I am really, really worried....

Then I remember I gave him his full name in an update to this
newsgroup....all the Pl*co superstition starts to come into play......

Last night, I decide that the Pl*co must have met his demise....Hubby is
away and I can't cope with the full pull of every single rock out of the
tank on my own....but I need to know....I open the tank and armed with a
bucket for some of the rocks I start taking the caves apart......very cross
Mbunas....."hey what do you think you are doing with our caves!!!" .... lots
of nibbles of my hand....I also checked the back in case he had jumped

Failed in the search and resigned myself to having to do the very sad death
search today.....with the complete rock removal and all pumps and air bricks
turned off - I know that this will cause more Mbuna in-fighting but they
cannot live with a decaying fish

And then all of a sudden there he was.....strutting his stuff right in the
open on the substrate in the middle of the tank...."hey look at me....that
spooked you and the Mbunas" - lol

Then the Queen Arabesque , in the Community Tank, that always hides (but at
least I know where) with some sort of Pl*co telepathy I'm sure goes out into
the front of the tank and attaches himself - never happens....at least not
when I'm awake

I go upstairs to check Matt's 30 gall....same thing...the Gold Nugget Pl*co
is out there for the world to see.....slightly more confident than the
others but very rare....

I promised my Pl*cos I will never use their full name again....they all came
out to play....

Fishy Tales are good sometimes - :-)

Gill

You make my fish sound boring! g Great "tail!" g

dick

"Dick" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:47:28 +0100, "Gill Passman"
gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote:

Just thought I'd post this story away from all the doom and gloom

I guess it was just over a week ago I lost sight of my Snowball Pl*co in
my
Malawi tank. To start with I just thought it was him up to his usual
hiding
tricks....the number of caves in that tank are mind boggling. Then after
almost 5 days I started to worry...still no sign of him. I've had rising
temp problems which caused even more concern....and then of course he has
never, ever taken any suplementary food that I have dropped into the tank
for him. By this time I am really, really worried....

Then I remember I gave him his full name in an update to this
newsgroup....all the Pl*co superstition starts to come into play......

Last night, I decide that the Pl*co must have met his demise....Hubby is
away and I can't cope with the full pull of every single rock out of the
tank on my own....but I need to know....I open the tank and armed with a
bucket for some of the rocks I start taking the caves apart......very
cross
Mbunas....."hey what do you think you are doing with our caves!!!" ....
lots
of nibbles of my hand....I also checked the back in case he had jumped

Failed in the search and resigned myself to having to do the very sad
death
search today.....with the complete rock removal and all pumps and air
bricks
turned off - I know that this will cause more Mbuna in-fighting but they
cannot live with a decaying fish

And then all of a sudden there he was.....strutting his stuff right in
the
open on the substrate in the middle of the tank...."hey look at
me....that
spooked you and the Mbunas" - lol

Then the Queen Arabesque , in the Community Tank, that always hides (but
at
least I know where) with some sort of Pl*co telepathy I'm sure goes out
into
the front of the tank and attaches himself - never happens....at least
not
when I'm awake

I go upstairs to check Matt's 30 gall....same thing...the Gold Nugget
Pl*co
is out there for the world to see.....slightly more confident than the
others but very rare....

I promised my Pl*cos I will never use their full name again....they all
came
out to play....

Fishy Tales are good sometimes - :-)

Gill

You make my fish sound boring! g Great "tail!" g

dick

Nah....don't buy that one....goldfish maybe. and I'm not aware that you keep
them..but I did say that under my breath and I hope noone heard - scared :-)

Gill

"Gill Passman" gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk wrote in message
.. .
Just thought I'd post this story away from all the doom and gloom

I guess it was just over a week ago I lost sight of my Snowball Pl*co
in my
Malawi tank. To start with I just thought it was him up to his usual
hiding
tricks....the number of caves in that tank are mind boggling. Then
after
almost 5 days I started to worry...still no sign of him. I've had
rising
temp problems which caused even more concern....and then of course he
has
never, ever taken any suplementary food that I have dropped into the
tank
for him. By this time I am really, really worried....

Then I remember I gave him his full name in an update to this
newsgroup....all the Pl*co superstition starts to come into play......

Last night, I decide that the Pl*co must have met his demise....Hubby
is
away and I can't cope with the full pull of every single rock out of
the
tank on my own....but I need to know....I open the tank and armed with
a
bucket for some of the rocks I start taking the caves apart......very
cross
Mbunas....."hey what do you think you are doing with our caves!!!" ....
lots
of nibbles of my hand....I also checked the back in case he had jumped

Failed in the search and resigned myself to having to do the very sad
death
search today.....with the complete rock removal and all pumps and air
bricks
turned off - I know that this will cause more Mbuna in-fighting but
they
cannot live with a decaying fish

And then all of a sudden there he was.....strutting his stuff right in
the
open on the substrate in the middle of the tank...."hey look at
me....that
spooked you and the Mbunas" - lol

Then the Queen Arabesque , in the Community Tank, that always hides
(but at
least I know where) with some sort of Pl*co telepathy I'm sure goes out
into
the front of the tank and attaches himself - never happens....at least
not
when I'm awake

I go upstairs to check Matt's 30 gall....same thing...the Gold Nugget
Pl*co
is out there for the world to see.....slightly more confident than the
others but very rare....

I promised my Pl*cos I will never use their full name again....they all
came
out to play....

Fishy Tales are good sometimes - :-)

Gill


Thanks for the story. Here's my list of fish which I try never to worry
about just because I don't see them.
Raphael cats
Kuhli loaches
Bristlenose and a few other plecs
Elephant nose
and Otos
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