havn't posted in awhile,been quite busy...I know you guys missed me its all good.
thing is the widebar that I purchased about 2 months ago is not getting much better.It finally started eating a little about a week and a half ago and I thought that was going to be the big break through and it was going to stabilize but nope.
So for two months now I have had a fish that I shelled out about $300 for and it looks like a turd floating around in the water.I mean,this widebars coloration and markings are every bit as beautiful as ,lets say, a hoplias malibaricus, only minus the "cool factor"......you see what I'm getting at....
Its like having a piece of crap floating in the tank that your reluctant to take out because of the potential value and the hope that it might one day stabilize and become something purdy.....
On top of it all I really shouldn't have got it,I technically "can't afford it" I just wanted one so bad I neglected on a few other things so I could get it.I suppose it makes it that much worse....paying for something you shouldn't really be getting and then you don't even get what you pay for is a double sucker punch.....not only that but mine is a small ST,maybe 6" or so...which would make it that much cooler if it was stable but as is it makes it suck that much more being unstable.
should I still be "hanging in there" or "giving it time"?Everybody else seems to have stable widebars...I think I saw one other member who had an unstable ST and it recently stabled out for him.I saw where steve_89 was saying he waited 3 years for one of his ST to stable out,thats ridiculous. I think I can wait maybe another few weeks to a month and if it doesn't improve I need to try to get my $300 back....which means finding someone to do a local pick-up in BFE or do a no live arrival garuntee from someone who hasn't shipped before....not lookin good
any tips advise or suggestions are welcome at this point,and I thank you for taking the time out to hear my rant but I'm sure theres alot of people who can understand where I'm coming from. (although I'm sure theres also a number of people thinking "he's comparing his ST to a floating piece of fecal matter?")
thing is the widebar that I purchased about 2 months ago is not getting much better.It finally started eating a little about a week and a half ago and I thought that was going to be the big break through and it was going to stabilize but nope.
So for two months now I have had a fish that I shelled out about $300 for and it looks like a turd floating around in the water.I mean,this widebars coloration and markings are every bit as beautiful as ,lets say, a hoplias malibaricus, only minus the "cool factor"......you see what I'm getting at....
Its like having a piece of crap floating in the tank that your reluctant to take out because of the potential value and the hope that it might one day stabilize and become something purdy.....
On top of it all I really shouldn't have got it,I technically "can't afford it" I just wanted one so bad I neglected on a few other things so I could get it.I suppose it makes it that much worse....paying for something you shouldn't really be getting and then you don't even get what you pay for is a double sucker punch.....not only that but mine is a small ST,maybe 6" or so...which would make it that much cooler if it was stable but as is it makes it suck that much more being unstable.
should I still be "hanging in there" or "giving it time"?Everybody else seems to have stable widebars...I think I saw one other member who had an unstable ST and it recently stabled out for him.I saw where steve_89 was saying he waited 3 years for one of his ST to stable out,thats ridiculous. I think I can wait maybe another few weeks to a month and if it doesn't improve I need to try to get my $300 back....which means finding someone to do a local pick-up in BFE or do a no live arrival garuntee from someone who hasn't shipped before....not lookin good
any tips advise or suggestions are welcome at this point,and I thank you for taking the time out to hear my rant but I'm sure theres alot of people who can understand where I'm coming from. (although I'm sure theres also a number of people thinking "he's comparing his ST to a floating piece of fecal matter?")