Best way to find a new home for a pleco?

[paultl80]

My common pleco is currently getting way too aggressive for my tank.

Current Setup:
75 Gallon Fresh Water. Emperor 400 Power Filter.
Clown Knife 12"+
Common Pleco 8-10"
Jack Dempsey 4-5"

I'm not able to upgrade my tank in anytime in the near future.
So this is the question:
What's the best way to find him (her?) a new owner?
And no pet shops.
The only way I know of is to put a post in the pets section of my local craigslist page.
Opinions?


This picture was taken recently in an extremely rare moment of closeness.

 

[Kdcarey]

where in florida r u , im in tampa

try around ask all the LFS they may giv u some credit
post him on MFK classifieds 4 free

 

[paultl80]

Jacksonville.
Visiting Tampa 3rd weekend in March.
Now I just need to take some pics of him.

 

[paultl80]

 

[cassharper]

handsome fish. I don't know what the general consensus of LFS in FL but I got $50 store credit for a pleco I got on a rescue that I wanted to get rid of.

 

[chesterfieldzoo]

If you want to bring him up - I'll take him. I am in Michigan. Lol. Large indoor pond. Heated. Lots of food.

 

[Totalimmortal]

If you have no plans to upgrade your tank, what are you going to do about the knife?

Back on track, why no local fish stores?

 

[crazie.eddie]

Search for any local aquarium clubs and if they have a forum, post it on there.

Otherwise, try Craigslist.org

 

[paultl80]

I just remeasured the pleco a few days ago. From nose to tip of the tail he's actually just over 12 inches.

If you have no plans to upgrade your tank, what are you going to do about the knife?

Back on track, why no local fish stores?

I plan on reducing the fish load on the tank to as low as possible so the clown has more "breathing room", until I can upgrade. Find a new home for the pleco and move the JD to another tank. That should give me close to a year to upgrade. I rarely feed them live food, so the CK is a pretty slow grower.

"No local Stores?"
I'm in Jacksonville, Florida. The only local chain of fish stores close to me that handle "bigger" fish was AquaZoo. But they went belly up a few months ago. The rest of the fish stores that handle bigger fish tend to be smaller crappy fish stores.

I'll end up just posting on Craigslist soon.
I did the same for two Flying Foxes that out grew a fish tank from my mother's house. (Which are still available. Hint hint.)