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Behind my office is a large lake and I was walking back near the water this afternoon. Mostly pond snails that has been making me think to get a puffer and minnows are in the pond and I've seen a few rosey reds that someone probably dumped back there. Well today I spotted something very unusual, a spotted vampire pleco. It was on it's back, and I noticed it was acting like when last week I messed up my sponge filter and my angel was suffering from the toxic water.
Well I went up to my office and grabbed my car keys and went to my car and got a 5 gallon bucket that I recently put there yesterday cause I needed some sand from a bag I was storing at my parent's house. I scooped up the full grown pleco and put it into the overflow fountain thing, where the water is clear and not murky like the lake. Although dying and floating on its back mostly when in the bucket, it still had some fierce fight in it. I was unable to rescue the guy cause I didn't have all that I needed to transport and I had plans with my girlfriend and if I didn't make it cause I was doing fish stuff, I would be the one who would have to worry about getting killed. I checked on the pleco two hours later and it didn't seem any better in the cleaner looking water.
I am going back first thing tomorrow morning, with two buckets and some water conditioner. I know in all likely hood the fish is dead by now but if it still has life in it I am going to put it in fresh water and transport it here. I have an established 20 gallon and with moving a few fish around I could put it in there. I used this 20 gallon for my angel and once it got into good, clean, stable water my angel was returning to normal behavior within 20 minutes.
It is so unfortunate that since this full grown vampire pleco and was too big to flush that someone dumped it into the lake. This is the case far too often I'm afraid. If I the fish is still alive and I can get it to normal behavior would anyone want it? It is simply too large for any tank I own but it is or was a beautiful fish. Online you can buy these for $40. It is a slight chance, so tune in tomorrow (Friday) and see if I was able to successfully save this poor abandon pet.
Well I went up to my office and grabbed my car keys and went to my car and got a 5 gallon bucket that I recently put there yesterday cause I needed some sand from a bag I was storing at my parent's house. I scooped up the full grown pleco and put it into the overflow fountain thing, where the water is clear and not murky like the lake. Although dying and floating on its back mostly when in the bucket, it still had some fierce fight in it. I was unable to rescue the guy cause I didn't have all that I needed to transport and I had plans with my girlfriend and if I didn't make it cause I was doing fish stuff, I would be the one who would have to worry about getting killed. I checked on the pleco two hours later and it didn't seem any better in the cleaner looking water.
I am going back first thing tomorrow morning, with two buckets and some water conditioner. I know in all likely hood the fish is dead by now but if it still has life in it I am going to put it in fresh water and transport it here. I have an established 20 gallon and with moving a few fish around I could put it in there. I used this 20 gallon for my angel and once it got into good, clean, stable water my angel was returning to normal behavior within 20 minutes.
It is so unfortunate that since this full grown vampire pleco and was too big to flush that someone dumped it into the lake. This is the case far too often I'm afraid. If I the fish is still alive and I can get it to normal behavior would anyone want it? It is simply too large for any tank I own but it is or was a beautiful fish. Online you can buy these for $40. It is a slight chance, so tune in tomorrow (Friday) and see if I was able to successfully save this poor abandon pet.
. I like plecos and I especially like Vampire Plecos.
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