Subj : Re: The Mystery Almost Solved
To   : mark lewis
From : Jeff Snyder
Date : Wed May 06 2009 11:21 am

On 05/06/09, Jeff Snyder quoted mark lewis: The Mystery Almost Solved.

ml> my largest pleco got to 20 inches in my 30Gal tank before i traded him for
ml> some other fish... he used to eat right out of my hand and loved for me to
ml> rub his back and scratch his belly... used to even come up out of the tank
ml> several inches to say "hi! feed me!" one of the coolest fish i had ever
ml> had... second only to my albino oscar that reached 3 pounds before he died
ml> of a bladder infection while i was away for a month or so...


Hello Mark. Nice to see you posting here.

I have to say, your pleco story freaks me out. :) You rubbed his back and
scratched his belly? Thanks but no thanks. I've just never really cared for
plecos, probably because I used to clean a lot of tanks which contained large
plecos, as an aquarium design and maintenance person. I was always worried
about getting swiped by one of those huge monsters.

My five Electric Blue Johannis have also developed their own feeding ritual
since I purchased them a few weeks ago. The dominant male in particular will
come right up to the glass while I am working on my computer. He will start
strutting around, eyeballing me, making his little sparring movements in the
sand, as if to say "Hey! What are you waiting for?! I'm hungry!" And of
course, being the old softy that I am, I give in and feed them.

I've never kept Oscars of any kind, although I do find them to be interesting
fish...particularly when they reach a large size. There is just something
about large fish that is cool.

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