I was in my LFS today ordering some new bulbs, when I saw that they had a new fish in one of their "For Sale" tanks -- a 15-inch vlamingi. She's a girl. Apparently they went into someone's house to do maintenance on a tank and found this giant fish stuffed in a 75-gallon tank. My LFS convinced the tank owner to give up the fish by telling them it was in a tank that was wayyyy too small.
Anyways, I went in to order my bulbs and he told me the vlamingi was for sale, as it was too big for any of their tanks, and he didn't want to put it in his display tank, and he didn't know of anyone in town except for me with a tank big enough to keep the girl. He said he'd give me the fish for $100. Can you believe that? A 15-inch vlamingi for $100? That would easily go for $800+ anywhere else. My LFS said he just wanted it to get a home since he didn't really want it in the store and there weren't really too many people in town who could take it.
So I said sure thing. I'll have to go back to the store tomorrow or Saturday to pick her up.
I will name her Jill.
Jill will be the 30th fish in my tank. And I think she will be the last. I actually did a tally of all my fish last night, 29. I hate odd numbers, so I was going to get one last fish anyways. Might as well be a behemoth.
