ATF died. Time for new fish.

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Blacksunshine420

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Ok. So recently the ATF decided that life on this world was not for him and took a perma nap. o after this loss. I was at a loss for what to replace him with. I mean how the **** do you go from a ATF to anything else? Once you've tasted the best caviar how can one return to cheeze and crackers?

Well a impass I was at for about a week and a half. finally the empty ness of my tank got to me and I needed to put something in it.
So On Satuday I stole the wifes car and went fishing. Not the kinda fishing you do by the lake with a pole. But the kind you do by driving to every pet store you know of in a 50 mile radius and searching for THE fish.
Well I never found THE fish. but instead I found 3.
( I don't know why I get fish in threes. It just winds up that way. 3 ATFs, 3 Convicts and now 3 news.)
Well this episode took me to a couple piss poor shops. one of that was selling a false gar as an ATF. When I brought it to their attention I got a cocky dip**** kid attitude. So rather then spending any money with that **** hole place I dropped everything I was about to buy and walked. Sucks cause they had some 1" fahakas for 5 bucks ea.

anyhowz My next stop took me to a little hole in the wall pet shop in North Seattle.
Of course the place was run by a little asian dude. (this is a good thing when looking for good fish at a cheap price. The white man marks up too much, **** you and your 1700% mark up.)
So anyhow. I finally broke down. Going on this trip I had the idea in my head that a Green terror would look great in the tank. So I found one at this guys place.
Next thing I came accross there was a tank full of Kafma FH's. they had some large ones going for 150-300. I'll be damned if I am going to pay that for a cichlid.
So I searched out the best of the babies.
From this guy I got two fish. One FH and one Green Terror.
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And on the way to pick up the wife I stopped at Petco. Not sure what I was looking for there. But I came across an electric blue mislabled. 10 bucks for a 40 dollar fish. OOps! So I quickly snatched him up. He's a mean little bastard too. always chasing the FH around.
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Nice choice, I have a Kamfa and a GT in the same tank, the GT is the only thing that keeps my FH in check. FH's grow uber fast, nice fish to watch, such gluttons.
Good luck with them!
I never get that lucky at the crappy fish stores:headbang2 :headbang2 :headbang2
 
Thanks guys. yeah When looking for real fish you have to skip your usual popular spots. they all seem to cary the same bread and butter fish. rarely do they get cool things that are not special order. And when they do they tax you hard.
So I've found the little shops run by the little asian dudes always have the best rare selection.
(mostly because they can talk the local lingo where most these fish come from)
they also seem to have the lock down on flowerhorn selection. Soo.. yeah. Here we are today.

the tank they are in is a 75 Gal show tank. Its not a huge tank but with their expected growth rate and everyone else in the tank I think I can get away with this for at least a year. Hopefully I will be either in a ground level appartment or a house by then and I will be able to upgrade to a much larger tank. (thinking 200-300 gal)
that will be enough room for these guys and the arro,bichir and convict that were already in the tank. and of course the **** factory pleco.
 
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