- Location
- astoria,new york
A orbital bat fish in a 55gallon tank , he got to be about 14x14 round
So stopped into a local petland and to my amazement found this cruel site
- Thread starter kres1024
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- Location
- astoria,new york
So I called over the manager and asked him about the fish ,he told me someone just gave it to them last nite ,I told him really and you took him knowing very well that you not equipped to house such a fish..
And they were selling him for $139.99
So I told him here I'll give you $50 for him
Even though I have a 400 gallon it's still bit to small for him but at least it's better than a 55gallon
His new home for now!
And they were selling him for $139.99
So I told him here I'll give you $50 for him
Even though I have a 400 gallon it's still bit to small for him but at least it's better than a 55gallon
His new home for now!
- Location
- Garden city
Awesome!
- Location
- FREEPORT,LONG ISLAND
That's good story
He looks big in your 400gal so try to find a plan soon because if I believe they get bigger
He looks big in your 400gal so try to find a plan soon because if I believe they get bigger
- Location
- astoria,new york
Yea he does ..he shadows all my other fish and their around 10-12 inches
I believe these max out in captivity at around 18 inches
I mean at least he can turn around in my tank, plus my tank is 38 inches tall which is a plus
- Location
- astoria,new york
The orbital can do fine in a 300-500 gallon if it's the only one
The pinitus batfish need even bigger ,I believe they can get 3ft from top fin to bottom
Did take a big chance not qt him ,didn't have anything big enough ..all though he came into the store last nite so he wasn't their long plus was solo in the tank
Looked him over to see if I spotted anything out of the ordinary didnt notice anything,plus he took a silver side out of my hand which was surprising considering he just came in plus was in such a small tank..
Just gonna have to keep an eye out next few weeks on him and my other fish
- Location
- Garden city
Just awesome fish enjoy him
- Location
- Long Island, NY
Bread him and fry him.
- Location
- astoria,new york
Your gonna have to come by then ,more fish than I can eat alone..lol
- Location
- astoria,new york
Very large styrofoam box with heavy duty garbage bags doubled a few times..
Wouldn't fit into a bucket...
- Location
- Staten Island
I work for petland discounts. Would like to know what store this was, because those tanks are killing me. Also I can assure you that, that fish was more than likely dropped off. And since he took 50$ for it, he knew very well that he wasn't equipped to handle such a fish. All in all good job, I just wish people would stop dropping fish off, because they certainly wouldn't do it with a cat or dog so what makes fish different. Good job! 
PS. A 46$ koko worm?
PS. A 46$ koko worm?
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
Talk to Joe at LI aquarium I'm sure he can house a nice fish like this if /when it gets to large for you
- Location
- astoria,new york
I work for petland discounts. Would like to know what store this was, because those tanks are killing me. Also I can assure you that, that fish was more than likely dropped off. And since he took 50$ for it, he knew very well that he wasn't equipped to handle such a fish. All in all good job, I just wish people would stop dropping fish off, because they certainly wouldn't do it with a cat or dog so what makes fish different. Good job!
PS. A 46$ koko worm?
Yea absolutely it was dropped off,was told that the person wanted to go in a different direction and change over into a reef tank so the batfish had to go..
But me personally would of donated to an aquarium or at the very least found a pet-store capable of housing such a fish..
- Location
- astoria,new york
Yea I'll keep that in mind ,or I just found a great reason to tell the wife why I will need to upgrade in the near future ..haha!
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