RE: Free Publicity Service For Fish and Aquarium Shows and Events (fwd)

["Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com>]

Hey, there is a great idea.....bet that pleco would love a diet like that!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Charter [mailto:charter@charter-terminal.com]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:34 AM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Subject: RE: Free Publicity Service For Fish and Aquarium Shows and
Events (fwd)


Auction!  Auction!

Whoever bought those gigantic Anubias at the last plant auction probably 
has room for a two-foot pleco...!  ;)


At 09:21 AM 3/25/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>   Good Morning,
>
>Can any of you suggest, to Rebecca, someone who might be interested in a
>pleco or two?  Please email or call her at the numbers below.
>
>Clay Hess
>GSAS President
>
>
>I have two plecostomus that need a larger home.  I have no room for a
larger
>aquarium.  Please help me to find them homes.  When I asked for algae
eaters
>at the pet shop and the sales clerk asked me how large my tank was it never
>occurred to me to ask how big the fish would get, and now that the fish are
>huge the place where I bought them will not take them back. They are now
>about 20 inches long (each fish) and are not happy in what now is a very
>small 55 gallon tank. There are other fish that are suffering from being
hit
>or smashed when they have their battles over space.  One is a regular
>plecostomus as far as I know, it has a black & gray pattern and bluish eyes
>the other I was told is a chocolate, it started out brown, but as it grew
it
>has become pinkish with hints of blue in it's fins as it swins.  They are
>beautiful fish .  I just do not have the room for them. Can you please help
>me find a good home for them?  What about this person who displayed
>plecostomus at the home show, Avis Mitchell ?  This person would know how
to
>care for them.
>Thank you very much for your time.
>Rebecca Houk
>rmhouk@qwest.com
>206 808-5286 work 830 am till 5p