I have found some really cheap plecos that I have been wanting for a long time that someone is just getting rid of for the reason of moving and getting rid of their tank. One is a clown pleco and one is a gold nugget... However, my tanks are all african cichlids w/ high
pH/hardness, etc... so I came up w/ a solution... save up get a new tank and do a south american w/ the german rams I have been wanting and let my mom put the plecos in her tank in the mean time... she has a south american right now.
Then I have the issue of mixing some really aggressive mbunas in my mbunas and they might have some issues when they are mature so I am going to need another tank to separate the mel. species... hence a new tank....
total for me 6 tanks..... my husband makes jokes (well so does my mom and stepdad when they come over) about how my house looks like a fish store.... I say well its a "theme" and I love it.... My grandmother which is 78 loves it... she said she could sit in my living room for hours and her blood pressure would be lowered w/o all the meds she has to take she says go w/ my hobby... of coarse when she was younger she had a ton of tanks too...
In fact the last time she came over she got in my rocking chair and sit in front of my 55g as if it was a big screen tv and just stared (maybe I should get her a tank for christmas this coming dec)
I plan to take my treadmil when I move my younger sons bed out of my bedroom and put it in my bedroom that would give me some room for another tank.. at least a 55g, that would make for a good south american.. ??