"MarAzul" wrote in message
Okay... so I had a pl*co in my 30G for almost a year before he died.. I
waited a few weeks, changed some water and got a new one.. he died after 5
days.. took him back to LFS, they tested my water (fine) and gave me
another
one... who died... ::sigh:: No more pl*cos for that tank.
Recently I set my 10G back up.. currently I have 6 Serpae Tetras, 2 albino
Cories and today I added 2 emerald Cories and, yes, a pl*co. That was at
3:30.. I checked on the newbies at 6 and the pl*co was, once again, dead.
Before I even picked the fish I had LFS check water just for giggles..
they
said it is fine.. So am I just cursed??? ALL my other fish are/were/have
always been fine.
So when I go back to LFS should I even risk another pl*co death or maybe
just get a chinese algae eater..? I need an algae eater and I also have a
hand of death when it comes to snails..

Oh, and I have a question that should be easy to answer... Recommend any
good sites on different filters..? Thinking of maybe adding/changing
filters
in the 10...


I think everyone goes thru a spurt of losing 50% of all the fish they buy,
even after quite a while after purchasing... sometimes it poor choice,
getting the cute fish, versus the healthy fish.... why?because newbies dont'
know what a healthy fish looks like versus a sick or unhealthy one....

After initial shipping most fish don't look well, but what do we know? we
walk in 4 hrs after they've been taken out of the bags, buy and take pl*co
home, and then he dies, either 4 days or 4 months later... we ask why? did I
do something?

Most, if not many fish deaths are no more than bad handling, or bad outcomes
from shipping... either they didn't get the inflight dinner or just were
weak...

Next time, get one a bit bigger, but maybe a dwarf species, like
bristlenoses that only get 4-5 inches, or whatever....

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