I went to the local Meijer store yesterday for a craft shirt for my son for school. Well you know how we just can't pass the fish section... They were re-arranging the store and had set up the new fish area with all the new pretty tanks and such. There were 4 old tanks 1/2 full of water and full of fish that said .50 each.
OH MY GOSH!! I freeked out.. I can stock my whole other 30g tank!
They had opaline and golden gourami's, fire mouth meeki's, black kuli loaches, mollys, platy's, black skirt tetras, 2 that look similar shape wise like black skirts but have white or red skirts, rosy barbs, 3 kinds of cory cats, pleco's, oto cats, harlequins, golden algae eaters, goldfish, guppy's, neons, hatchet fish, and several others I know by site but not name. I was getting so many, the lady just marked the bag $3.00. - there was at least 20 fish in that bag... mostly kuli's for me and my dad.
I got at least $85.00 worth of fish for $8.00. *I had 2 bags marked $3 and went back later that night and got another for $2.00* They were in the process of catching the fish and putting them in their proper new homes and would rather have sold them.
I was getting some kuli's for my dad, then some for me, and she just handed me the net and let me catch my own. Therefore getting far more than if I had to stand around and let someone else do it. I'm so excited.. and a little nervous. I know I over bought. They are currently in a holding tank with melafix NONE of their original water and a BIG filter. 6 losses, 2 died in the store before getting them home (I came straight home) 2 kulis got in the sink and down the drain before I could catch them. Trust me I tried, I had my hand in the grinder trying to get them, and a neon jumped in my hand (I didn't even know she was down there) and she is fine! But the kuli's got away, I added water with my hand down the drain so it would come in slow and fill up, thinking that I could then get them, but they were already gone. I tried, I did. I still feel so bad for them. That is how I got 6 deaths, 2 in the store before getting out of the store, 1 on the way home, 2 escapes presumed dead. 1 jumped out of the tank and found dead on the floor when I got home after leaving for an hour. (I believe this is the same fish that jumped out of the little bucket before being bagged and fell 4 feet to the floor of the store - maybe he just had a mission)
Anyway, I had to share! Now I need to make sure they are all healthy before rearranging them into my various tanks. I'll clean all the tanks prior to introduction and do a slow acclimation. They have been stressed enough, but I will give them a good home, and set up another tank if necessary - yeah MTS!
OH MY GOSH!! I freeked out.. I can stock my whole other 30g tank!
They had opaline and golden gourami's, fire mouth meeki's, black kuli loaches, mollys, platy's, black skirt tetras, 2 that look similar shape wise like black skirts but have white or red skirts, rosy barbs, 3 kinds of cory cats, pleco's, oto cats, harlequins, golden algae eaters, goldfish, guppy's, neons, hatchet fish, and several others I know by site but not name. I was getting so many, the lady just marked the bag $3.00. - there was at least 20 fish in that bag... mostly kuli's for me and my dad.
I got at least $85.00 worth of fish for $8.00. *I had 2 bags marked $3 and went back later that night and got another for $2.00* They were in the process of catching the fish and putting them in their proper new homes and would rather have sold them.
I was getting some kuli's for my dad, then some for me, and she just handed me the net and let me catch my own. Therefore getting far more than if I had to stand around and let someone else do it. I'm so excited.. and a little nervous. I know I over bought. They are currently in a holding tank with melafix NONE of their original water and a BIG filter. 6 losses, 2 died in the store before getting them home (I came straight home) 2 kulis got in the sink and down the drain before I could catch them. Trust me I tried, I had my hand in the grinder trying to get them, and a neon jumped in my hand (I didn't even know she was down there) and she is fine! But the kuli's got away, I added water with my hand down the drain so it would come in slow and fill up, thinking that I could then get them, but they were already gone. I tried, I did. I still feel so bad for them. That is how I got 6 deaths, 2 in the store before getting out of the store, 1 on the way home, 2 escapes presumed dead. 1 jumped out of the tank and found dead on the floor when I got home after leaving for an hour. (I believe this is the same fish that jumped out of the little bucket before being bagged and fell 4 feet to the floor of the store - maybe he just had a mission)
Anyway, I had to share! Now I need to make sure they are all healthy before rearranging them into my various tanks. I'll clean all the tanks prior to introduction and do a slow acclimation. They have been stressed enough, but I will give them a good home, and set up another tank if necessary - yeah MTS!
hahaha dang .
