megladonsharky
Aquarium Advice Freak
Zezmo said:Channel Cats
The like 3rd fish I bought was a Blue Channel cat. My LFS swore they got no larger than 6inches. My bad of course for not researching before I bought, a lesson this fish taught me. She is of course an awsome fish, but her growth rate and appetite made her unwelcome in my community after only a couple months (er after she sucked up my GF's school of neons)(er but eating the neons made her colors even more awsome)
Anyways, I ended up having to set her up in her own tank. This fish just makes me sad, she will eventually be too large for me to handle. I have made arrangement for a friend with a large size aquarium to take her once she outgrows my space. But by all accounts, she will be too large for his tank in a couple years... then what? euthanize? I don't see release as an option (raised in an aquarium don't prepare you for life in a river) My kids think that she should be cooked up for dinner... but um, I really don't see that as an option.
All in all, she should have never been at my LFS, and certainly they should have never sold her to me. So I am afraid, that despite being an awsome fish, she is doomed to a sad ending
just off the cuff , try your local fish and game office or aqaurium