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Here's a pic I found... May be another species, but I've definitely seen pics of extremely large clowns.

I agree with what has been said. However, I do think Newhob mentioned something that hasn't been addressed. I've had a couple of Pictus Cats for about a year now. When I introduced the second one, they fought for about a week and I observed this curvy, shortening of whiskers business...

My area doesn't have a lot of fish stores, but I've seen these in town, surprisingly enough. The one I saw most recently was about 4" and $29 -- a fair price.

Wow! This filter is awesome! Really easy to work with, efficient -- just what I was looking for. Thanks to everyone that helped me pick it out! :-)

Thanks to everyone that helped me pick out a canister filter. I ended up going with the Filstar XP3 from Big Al's. Sounded like it offered a lot of bang for the buck. I'll keep you posted.

Wow, that is just an AWESOME tank. One of the nicest ones I've seen! Good luck on deciding on the Silver Dollars!

Looks good. I have that exact same log decoration -- I opted to take the plastic, hot-glued plants off of it, though :-P

Interesting. Well, thank you again for assistance. Good luck finding your Mastacembelids.

Wow, sounds like a great deal! For what it's worth, I think a lot of the relatively inexpensive stands you buy from the stores are made from MDF, particle board, etc., so that's not all that uncommon with the stand. This is how it starts though--one tank for a couple months, two tanks shortly...

Dang! First of all, don't feel badly! Your heart was in the right place -- you were trying to help your FH out. It's not as if you were trying to be malicious. Second, as mentioned above, FH's, due to being a mix of so many cichlids, are tough and hardy fish. Let us know how things progress.

So, out of curiousity, are these hard to come by? This store has other Tanganyikan Eels such as the Tanganyikan Banded Eel (beautiful specimen)-$125 a piece. Also, does this mean that "Fren", as we called it, was a TRUE eel as opposed to most "eels" we encounter in LFS in the USA? Thanks...

Ahhh!! Excellent call, Fruitbat. You've saved the day again... That's my fish! The only thing is the 18" size restriction. I really thought the specimen was at least 24" if not upwards of 30", but memory may not serve me well. That is my enigmatic fish, though. greenmagi: I did, indeed...

Alright. In general, it had a body style similar to that of the Spiny Eels. The thing is, I recall it having basically a solid brown body -- no stripes, zigs, zags, or anything else. Also, it didn't get fat -- like I said, its body stayed the same circumference for all of its life. Not sure...

EDIT on that last one: I think I got mixed up on what swamp eels look like. It didn't have that rounded snout as exhibited by the swamp eel; rather, it had the pointy nose (similar to, as mentioned earlier, the peacock eel). I'm going to do some more searching on google... We'll see if we...

Definitely not an amphibian. I have had a Peacock Eel before - this looked similar.

My best guess is that it ran into a decoration on accident? Do you have any rocks or drift wood that it might have hit?

Ferneton, Frenetton, Franeton - I don't know. I recall several years ago when I lived with my parents buying one of these "Eels". It was probably about 5" when I got it, and close to 2.5 feet when I found it on the floor one morning. It wasn't a very social fish -- mostly burrowed into the...

Pictus cats might do the trick for you... I've had them in with my Africans for awhile now... very slow growers and scavenge actively.

I'm also glad things turned out ok. It is stressful when you make the move, but always worth it to see your fish at the new place :-)

My Pictus Cats make noises when they're afraid or fighting. I know native species like the Channel Cat and Northern Pike make noises as well.

Hmmm... Well, come to think of it, I have a buddy that has two vacant 150's (Oceanic at that!). I wonder if I couldn't get one of those off of him...? It's awfully tempting -- just such a cool fish. I don't know! I'll have to keep you guys posted.

I'm going to have to check out this puffer forum now :-)