Well, as if the awesome Gar pick-up earlier today wasn't cool enough, when I dropped off 10 Convicts @ 2-3" at another LFS on the way to my Vet to pick up one of my dogs (my little female baby girl just had 8 cancerous lumps removed AGAIN, 3rd time in 4 years), as I dropped them off, the 1st tank I looked in had a 4" male Festae for $24.99, so I double-checked the tail-spot and markings and I said "HEEELLLLLL YEAH", so I got him for an even trade.
1st-timer, super-psyched about it. I have him in my stage 2 grow-out, 55g just because I don't want him to kill the stage 1's and he's not ready for the stage 3's yet so I had to make the call. It is what it is - he is with other like-minded cichlids and some catfish and they already accepted him and kinda put him in his place at the same time lol. I have high-hopes, so keep your fingers crossed for me(and also so the cancer doesn't come back)
I'm about to fire-up the battery charger so I can post pix of the half-dozen new pick-ups I added this week in a bit
Very shy and reclusive thus far, hasn't even acclimated 24 hours yet, but here's the 1st attempt at pics. He's hiding in the shadows a lot to feel safe i guess
