Lardeelion
Aquarium Advice Freak
Blaaaaaargh!!!!
I just had a family dinner with my aunt and uncle. Several years ago I helped them set up a 30g. They knew nothing then and didn't take my advice about getting it going. Refused to get any substrate,
Fast forward to now. When I cat-sat for them I saw what was left: a bare-bottomed tank, a tiny filter, a few rubber dog toys for decorations, 2 catfish, a huge pleco, and a mountain of fish poop. I asked them, "Please, may I please please a) take that tank off your hands, or b) help you rehome your fish? You work all the time; I'll even buy it from you."
Nope, we like the fish, they said. But why won't the pleco eat the poop?
Blaaaaaargh!!!!!!
Now I'm going to cat-sit again. Aside from cleaning the tank, I don't know what I can do. Buy the poor pleco some algae wafers? Scrub the dog toys? Perform a mercy killing and blame it on the cats?
Kidding, of course. But this is brutal. I don't even like plecos and I still feel awful for these fish. It's like when I had a childhood friend whose dad kept hunting dogs in tiny cages.
I wish I could do something.
I just had a family dinner with my aunt and uncle. Several years ago I helped them set up a 30g. They knew nothing then and didn't take my advice about getting it going. Refused to get any substrate,
Fast forward to now. When I cat-sat for them I saw what was left: a bare-bottomed tank, a tiny filter, a few rubber dog toys for decorations, 2 catfish, a huge pleco, and a mountain of fish poop. I asked them, "Please, may I please please a) take that tank off your hands, or b) help you rehome your fish? You work all the time; I'll even buy it from you."
Nope, we like the fish, they said. But why won't the pleco eat the poop?
Blaaaaaargh!!!!!!
Now I'm going to cat-sit again. Aside from cleaning the tank, I don't know what I can do. Buy the poor pleco some algae wafers? Scrub the dog toys? Perform a mercy killing and blame it on the cats?
Kidding, of course. But this is brutal. I don't even like plecos and I still feel awful for these fish. It's like when I had a childhood friend whose dad kept hunting dogs in tiny cages.
I wish I could do something.