[AquaticLife] pleco’s

December 22, 2008 @ 11:15 pm · Filed under Philippines Internet Koi Society

Thanks Pam, I’m definately interested in at least 3 of them in the future (one for the 55 gallon and 2 for the big tank, maybe 3, hehe). I will keep you posted
Amber
pam andress wrote: > > > Well Amber if you want some of mine, just let me know when a good time > would be to ship and we can make a deal. > > Pam > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom > : amber@rose-fields.comDate > : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:33:11 > -0900Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] pleco’s > > Honestly I would take what I could get if they were healthy and > shipped right. I have my own fed ex account so you wouldn’t have to > worry about anything except putting my account number in for the > billing information I don’t know anything about shipping fish > though so I will have to wait till I have more confidence in it For > one thing right now is a very bad time to ship anything, LOL. Perhaps > later this winter or early spring. Considering the prices on the > smaller pleco’s I think bushy nose pleco’s might be the better way to > go, all the other’s (on this site at least) seem higher priced from > what I can see (except the candy stripe pleco which is currently on > sale on liveaquaria.com, heh).Amberpam andress wrote:>>> Lenny,>> I’m > afraid to ship my plecos. Thats why I haven’t started selling them > > yet. I know everyone that ships has to start somewhere and I have > > shipped my snails and cherry shrimp, but PLECOS??? All of my animals > > are my babies and since they where born here, they are so even more. > > They are my first plecos to breed. Right now I have 4 batches growing > > up and a male sitting on eggs. Most are browns, but I do have > some > albinos too and some are mixed parents. Sure I can post my > aquabid > name (ucdxmisty), but there are many people on aquabid that > have much > more experience shipping fish and maybe she doesn’t want > BN’s. I just > hate seeing people stuck with something they really > don’t want.>> Pam> PS I don’t have any breather bags and have been > told to watch them > with plecos. I also have other fish to sell too. > lol>> To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom > > > : GoldLenny@gmail.comDate > > > : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:11:49 > > -0600Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] pleco’s>> Pam,You should plug your > Aquabid nickname while you’re posting about > it. There’s over > 2,000 members in this group. Amber’s issue is that > she lives on > Gilligan’s Island (lol) somewhere inAlaska and the > overnight > companies don’t pay attention to that wholeovernight rule in > her > neck of the woods. If you are going to ship to her,make sure you > > pack the fish with enough heat packs and get the breathablebags and > > use Prime or some other ammonia detoxifier for water treatment justin > > case the overnight trip turns into a multi-day trip.Lenny Vasbinder > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > >(Links to any articles referenced in > > above reply are listed on the rightside, alphabetically under Labels > > and also under Archives by Year, Month)—–Original Message—–From: > > AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > ] OnBehalf Of pam andressSent: > > Monday, December 22, 2008 3:54 PMTo: > > aquaticlife@yahoogroups.comSubject > > > : RE: [AquaticLife] > > pleco’sAmber don’t get that pleco. If you want smaller plecos, then > > look onaquabid.com. I even have some I’m going to start selling after > > the holidays.I have baby bristle nose albino and browns. I have not > > shipped fish yet, soI’m a little scared. I have shipped snails and > > cherry shrimp though, so I dohave some knowledge of shipping. There > > are many types of smaller plecos. Youdon’t have to be stuck with > > something you really don’t want.PamTo: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom > > > > > : amber@rose-fields.comDate > > > > : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:32:53-0900Subject: [AquaticLife] pleco’sOkay > my > LFS only buys one kind of pleco, the sailfin (which get’s > > huge,*sarcastic* yay). So I could probably get 1 for my 125 gallon > > tank, and hopeit doesn’t get huge and try to eat any of my other fish. > > Right now it is mycommunity tank/semi aggressive until I get > substrate > for my 55 gallon tankand move some fish and filters over > there. I also > have to wait until my newfilter arrives in the mail, > and the parts to > the eheim arrive. They havesome very small sailfin > (for now small at > least) pleco’s in the store and Icould get one for > my big tank to help > with the algae build up that’s beenappearing > this weekend. I haven’t > changed my lighting schedule and suddenlyI’m > getting an algae build > up, which I guess is good in a way, except I > haveno algae eating fish, > LOL. I also had to move some plants out of > the tankbecause someone > (I’m thinking the angel fish) are uprooting > the smallerplants and/or > eating some of them. I need to find some > hardier plants Iguess, they > leave the bigger ones alone.My question > is this, should I waitto get > the pleco until I move the community > fish into my 55 gallon becauseof > the added bioload or will he > benefit enough by eating my algae for it > tobe okay? I’m hoping my > Aquaclear 110 shows up this week, I ordered > it acouple weeks ago on > ebay and they shipped it USPS (unfortunately) > so whoknows how long > it’ll tank due to the weather in Seattle. I’m > going to putthe filter > on the 125 gallon for some added > filtration.Amber [Non-text portions > of this message have been removed]>> [Non-text portions of this > message have been removed]>> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >