tropicfishman
Aquarium Advice Addict
well I was abhle to sucessfully move my cousins tank and fish about 240 miles this weekend. I'll be taking care of her 55 gallon till she gets a place down here. I moved a 55 gallon tank and stand with 2 parrot heads, 2 green tiger barbs, a kisser and yes a 14 inch common pleco named Jose. Its actually the very first pleco I ever had from like 10 years ago. we got the tank setup all quick style and got all the fish in except for the big guy. anyone who knows me knows I think plecos are very creepy but very cool as long as someone else either handles them and they stay in the tank lol. as we were gettin him out of the rubbermaid tote he just flopped out of the big butterfly net and landed right on my floor. Now this happened years ago when I had him and my dad grabbed it and through it in the tank, well he wasn't there lol. I looked at the pleco..looked at the tank. then back at the pleco and I just grabbed it with both hands. it went nuts!! started flipping and flexing around, to beat all the stupid hood doors weren't even open!! so my cousin flung them open and in went the pleco. I watched as he went swimming around, checkin things out, then I realized I had hand caught a 14 inch pleco. lets just say if that ever happens agian I'm just gonna nudge him out the door and hope the birds carry him far away LOL J/K!!! but it was pretty weird feeling..didn't liek it. but all the fish are happy, he's the only pleco I know of who eats flake food, he floats straight up and down and sucks in falke food from the surface lol.