Lost my gulper too in a two day power outage. Thats why this post made me happy and sad at the same time. I got my apurensis just after my gulper died. If this worked out for the long run, id love to add another gulper in with my apurensisExcellent fish. I remember in about 1992 or so purchasing a 6-8" apurensis for less than $10.00 at a local fish store. Kept it for a year or so. Had a terrible blizzard in March of 1993 and lost 99% of my fish due to no power for 10 days. Just freaking awful.