Thanks to Matt and Nicky at Underwater Adventures for taking this guy. We didn't have the proper facilities to house it, and probably would not have been able to find a customer that was capable of housing it either.
Netting this fish proved impossible. The first time I got the net around it, it jumped out, directly into another tank. The second time around it jumped about three feet, right into my rubbermaid tub, which was already full of water. I got really lucky. I think through all that there was maybe a couple of scale scrapes, and a bit of a bruised up nose. Should make a full recovery.
Security at the Mall of America was tight. I had plans of walking in with a big plastic tub wrapped in duct tape. They didn't see it that way. My ass hurts.
After all that, we saved this Silver Arowana from almost certain doom. Now it has the best tank fish can ask for. First pics are the cramped fish in the store, the latter are the fish in the massive quarantine tank at UA. Sorry for the crappy shots, didn't have a lot of time, I'm busy today.
Netting this fish proved impossible. The first time I got the net around it, it jumped out, directly into another tank. The second time around it jumped about three feet, right into my rubbermaid tub, which was already full of water. I got really lucky. I think through all that there was maybe a couple of scale scrapes, and a bit of a bruised up nose. Should make a full recovery.
Security at the Mall of America was tight. I had plans of walking in with a big plastic tub wrapped in duct tape. They didn't see it that way. My ass hurts.
After all that, we saved this Silver Arowana from almost certain doom. Now it has the best tank fish can ask for. First pics are the cramped fish in the store, the latter are the fish in the massive quarantine tank at UA. Sorry for the crappy shots, didn't have a lot of time, I'm busy today.
