Where Is The Least Likely Place You've Got Fish?

[Baccus]

I have just proved beyond doubt that I can aquire fish from anywhere

Went out to Bunnings (warehouse sort of place for gardening, outdoor and house repair stuff for all non Aussies) and on the off chance went out to the gardening section and was delighted to see they had more water lilies and bog plants in. So a grabbed a couple of pots and got chatting to one of the gardening section staff. From his vague description of having a small catfish in the water lily sale trough I said it sounded like a Peppered Cory. After chatting some more and telling him that if it was a Cory (and no they are not native to Australia which he thought they might have been) that it really wouldn't survive winter in the shallow trough and prefered being in a school he said I could have it

Excellent call on his behalf, showing concern for the poor fish that wasn't even getting any fish food and living off goodness knows what. So after dismanteling the enitre display of water plants finally found the catfish in question and I was right a Peppered! The poor thing has almost no barbels left (the trough was bare plastic bottom with a few bricks to hold the bog plants higher, a bit skinny but of ok size.
Will tell Jason (the guy from Bunnings) how his unexpected charge is going in its new home and will even give him some pics once its all settled in and mixing with my school of 15 odd peppereds.

 

[bae1994]

how wierd and cool any pics

 

[moochy13]

i brought something for my spitfire off a triumph forum, and drove down to get it from the local guy. i ended up coming away with a gearbox, propshaft, clutch and a school of hatchets for my mate . they were just in a tank in the end of his garage, looked after but unloved and forgotten about. said i could have them if i could catch them, he couldnt get rid of them and needed the bench back they were sitting on. he offered me the tank and everything, but i could barely fit the car bits in my spit, let alone a fish tank

 

[Baccus]

Just thought I would give a quick update on my rescued Cory. It has settled in well with all the other Cory's (I think it's little mind was a bit blown away when it realised there where others like it in the world), and is often in the thick of the huddle. It is starting to get its barbels back and is starting to look well fed as aposed to desperate. Hopefully all continues to go well with the little guy.

 

[coldcazzie]

How is he now? Still getting on ok I hope? It's really nice to hear about rescues like this, poor little thing would have definitely snuffed it otherwise. The comment about his mind being boggled by others of his kind made me laugh

 

[Baccus]

Yep the rescued peppered is going great guns and actually has a couple of full length whiskers now, It looks as though the new one might be a female as it is getting rather rotund, its that or it's an absolute guts with the food

. Male or female it doesn't matter at least I know it's happy and healthy in a school of its own kind, and its a real bonus that Cory's aren't territorial or that the males don't get aggressive towards each other. And to top it all of I think I have spied the rescued peppered joining in as the rest of the peppereds have been doing their breeding runs up and down the tank.

 

[trianglekitty]

Not a fish, but I've always wished I knew what this thing was...

When I was sixteen I briefly worked at the LFS and we had a huge tadpole come in with one of the shipments. I was allowed to take it home and it eventually developed into this giant toad thing. We didn't know what it was and if it was safe to release, so a friend took it and had it for almost five years. The grown toad was easily the size of two fists (keeping in mind I have small hands). The tadpole was very thick bodied and dark in color. The toad was dark brown and warty all over, and had a very guttural voice.

 

[bae1994]

Cane toad?