what's your worst purchase

[Lupin]

WHAT

Zep, AndreR may be responding to what he thought was your response to his post about the fancy goldfish. Don't worry. It may simply be a little misunderstanding.

Don't give up on the loaches. You may be able to succeed soon enough.

 

[Mystix212]

They arent hard to keep.

 

[ambushradio]

How old was she?

3 years old

 

[dempseykillas]

red tail shark for 10 gallon, got rid of it a day after when i heard it needed a bigger tank. bought a 30 gallon tank and 3 baby dempseys. they are now 5" and are in a 75 gal.

 

[Buckdog]

Snails. The damn things multiplied so much so fast it looked like my tank was moving. Gave me the creeps.
I finally rescued my fish and hot watered the tank to kill everything off.
Never do that again.

 

[cooldude123]

black gost knife...for my 10 gallon

 

[skiptomyzoo]

Buying a second Oscar.

haha it happens to the best of us. thier the reason i got back into the hobby, bought one, knew id havta get him a larger tank after the grow out, did so, and then bought another. now im getting really fond of arowanas and want to get one, so that means another much larger tank in the somewhat near future

 

[Adhlc]

Buying a pangasius [sp?] catfish / iridescent shark without knowing of their potentail size

 

[wataugachicken]

buying a whiptail cat from a shady store and not QT'ing. brought in parasites and died, taking my gold nugget and a bolivian ram with it.

 

[vfc]

I discovered a small snapping turtle floating in my creek. It was right before winter and very cold. I picked it up, assuming it was dead, but noticed one leg move a bit. I felt sorry for him and put him in my tank with four very large Silver Dollars.

During the winter months he grew from a quarter-size shell to a soup bowl size shell. He was consuming an ever larger quantity of turtle sticks and shrimp pellets. I was planning on releasing him back into the creek in April, when the water was a bit warmer. About two weeks before that, he learned how to use his quick long neck to capture fish. Unfortunately, he ate all four of my 5+ year old Silver Dollars right in front of my small children. The kids were traumatized and very happy to see "Snappy" go back to the creek that same day.