Getting Antoine Back

[Synirr]

if they're moving they're probably having a sale on aquariums as well... get em while the gettins good!

Also when reading this initial post on this thread it was screaming in my head "Don't buy fish until you have their long term homoe set up!!!" I just posted something about that in the New World Cichlid forum. It's easy to do, I've done it, I'll prolly do it again. But! it is best to have the home for the fish before we buy them. Now do what all young americans do when they need cash quick, steal something!

It's best to have a fish's long term home set up, I think, because a lot of people just keep putting off upgrading the tank until they forget about it entirely... I assure you that I have no plans of doing that. I'm in the market for a 100 gallon for the oscars right now, which I will buy THE SECOND one turns up (assuming it isn't grotesquely overpriced,) and if I can't find one soon, I'm going to have my LFS order one in for me. After that, I need a little time to save up and work out where I'm going to put all these tanks before I pick up Antoine's permanent home... the 29 gallon will be fine for him for many more months still.
Believe me, I would rather give him back to the pet shop yet again than have him live in too small a home... that is, after all, the reason I gave him back this time. I figured out a way to make things work, though, and I'd prefer that he live with me and eventually get the tank he needs rather than go home with some know-nothing who plops him in a 10 gallon

Edit: Oh and no... sadly, the aquariums aren't for sale. Only the fish

 

[nc_nutcase]

that sucks... one shop by me is moving and is having a countdown sale... each week closer to the move all aquariums drop a certain %. That's how I scored my 55Gal and stand. Funny part was... during the grand final sale... they received the news that their new facility was like 2 month behind schedule so now they have no stock and two months to struggle in the old shop.

 

[Synirr]

Woohoo, Antoine is finally back home!! It took my LFS a couple of weeks to get in the tank divider I ordered, but today it finally arrived and Antoine got to come home! He's already back to his old tricks, digging in the sand and relandscaping the tank
I found an ad in the paper for a 150 gallon tank not too far from here, so I'm going to look into buying it so Antoine can have the 29 gallon all to himself until I save up to buy a 55 gallon for him

 

[littlefishie]

Yay Antoine!

I remember how sad you were to send him back, it must be so exciting to bring him home again!

 

[Synirr]

Yay Antoine!

I remember how sad you were to send him back, it must be so exciting to bring him home again!

Definitely! I can tell he's glad to be home, too. He's a little shyer than he was, presumably from having so many people staring at him every day, but I'm sure he'll get settled back in and will be back to his old self in no time

 

[wuvmybetta]

Awesome I can hear "Reunited" playing right now

 

[leongreenway]

You got picture of young Antoine??

Love to see the Star of this fish tale

 

[Synirr]

You got picture of young Antoine??

Love to see the Star of this fish tale

Right here

Aristotle, my oscar, acts like he recognises Antoine and is glad to have him back, even if he can only see him through the divider... he was more brightly coloured today than I've ever seen him!

 

[Ben]

its great you got him back

DD

 

[leongreenway]

Synirr,

I can see why you miss him he looks well cool

How big is he??

Actually I am suprised he was at your LFS without someone buying him for as long as he was. Must have been hiding, knowing you were comeing back

 

[Synirr]

Synirr,

I can see why you miss him he looks well cool

How big is he??

Actually I am suprised he was at your LFS without someone buying him for as long as he was. Must have been hiding, knowing you were comeing back

Actually he was only there a couple of days before I told them to hold him for me because I wanted him back!
They never even had time to list his price on the tank.
He's only about 4 inches right now, but I'm sure he'll get bigger... though how much bigger, I don't know. Being a hybrid, it's hard to guess... Midas get massive, but I think he has some pink convict in him too, so who knows
He's going to have a 55 gallon all to himself eventually, no matter how large he gets

He's completely back to his old self now, eating like a hog and constantly digging and spitting sand into my filter so it makes an annoying grinding sound.