On our way home from picking up my cousin from school yesterday, we had stopped at Petco to get some new beds for my ferrets. Ended up walking by the fish, because I always have to look, and their aquatics employee asked me if I was getting any fish today. I replied "Nope! Maybe if I find some nice Mara Points, but I don't think so." He ended up asking me about my tanks. I told him I had about a dozen, including a 55 gallon with some peacocks in there....I swear I saw that lightbulb appear above his head. lol
Apparently, some jerk had just dumped off some random cichlid and left it there, no note or anything, no reason. He thought it was a peacock or a hybrid...Of course I couldn't leave him there. Had some interested persons, two of which were on their way to get him for their new ten gallon tank. I heard them say that on my way out, so it wasn't a ruse to get him a better home. So, this lucky little fella...who is about eight inches long at the moment, is currently relaxing in my 30 gallon as a QT. Biggest tank I have to quarantine, and it's a little small. He's happier though.
Turns out, by the way, he's a vc10 Hap(super?). Or so I was told on a cichlid forum I like to frequent on facebook...he sure looks it.
He'll have a home with me for as long as he lives. He was very dull and depressed, but he's getting in some lovely red and blue colorings. He wont eat though, and they said he hadn't since he's been there(four days). I offered some plankton and he's just ignoring everything as if he can't see it. I hope he'll perk up and take food. =( I feel really bad for him. Fish are just as loved here as any other pet...seeing one just dumped is like a dog lover seeing someone toss a dog out and abandon it at a random pet shop.
The photos are screencaps from a video I took of him, he's not a fan of the camera, and my camera is broken, so by the time it clicks he's usually gone or moving. He's not quite as bright as he looks in the first one(well he wasn't yesterday, he is today, actually), bit of a light issue with my camera, the second one is about right. He does get brighter when he flares.
Apparently, some jerk had just dumped off some random cichlid and left it there, no note or anything, no reason. He thought it was a peacock or a hybrid...Of course I couldn't leave him there. Had some interested persons, two of which were on their way to get him for their new ten gallon tank. I heard them say that on my way out, so it wasn't a ruse to get him a better home. So, this lucky little fella...who is about eight inches long at the moment, is currently relaxing in my 30 gallon as a QT. Biggest tank I have to quarantine, and it's a little small. He's happier though.
Turns out, by the way, he's a vc10 Hap(super?). Or so I was told on a cichlid forum I like to frequent on facebook...he sure looks it.
He'll have a home with me for as long as he lives. He was very dull and depressed, but he's getting in some lovely red and blue colorings. He wont eat though, and they said he hadn't since he's been there(four days). I offered some plankton and he's just ignoring everything as if he can't see it. I hope he'll perk up and take food. =( I feel really bad for him. Fish are just as loved here as any other pet...seeing one just dumped is like a dog lover seeing someone toss a dog out and abandon it at a random pet shop.
The photos are screencaps from a video I took of him, he's not a fan of the camera, and my camera is broken, so by the time it clicks he's usually gone or moving. He's not quite as bright as he looks in the first one(well he wasn't yesterday, he is today, actually), bit of a light issue with my camera, the second one is about right. He does get brighter when he flares.