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New hillies, appear to be doing well so far.

Post by tglassburner » Tue May 08, 2007 10:12 pm

I got more hillies, my fish girl came through again got me 12, yes, the fish girl from walmart. I will get pictures here tomorrow or thursday, I want to let them settle in. I like to see the little paths ((((((((((((((((( in the algae.

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Post by Jim Powers » Tue May 08, 2007 10:13 pm

Congratulations!!! What kind are they?
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Post by tglassburner » Tue May 08, 2007 10:25 pm

good question, appears to be a similar mix as the last batch, saw a few Gastromyzon ctenocephalus, or Gastromyzon scitulus not sure about the rest but they look about the same mix as my last bunch that all died.
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Post by grizzlyone » Tue May 08, 2007 10:27 pm

Did she order them or did they just come in?

I've scoured my local walmarts and they haven't had hide nor hair of any hillies.


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Post by tglassburner » Tue May 08, 2007 10:38 pm

She ordered them specifically for me :lol: :D My wife refers to her as my "fish mistress" If you have a good fish dept. at your walmart find the department manager and ask him\her to order "hong kong plecos" off the A-pet list. A-pet is the supplier who is distributing the hillies to walmart. PM me if you want more info. It helps to have "inside" knowledge.

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Post by Jim Powers » Tue May 08, 2007 10:39 pm

I need to start checking the Walmarts again. I really want to find some vanmanenia.
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Post by grizzlyone » Tue May 08, 2007 10:41 pm

who would have thought?


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Post by tglassburner » Tue May 08, 2007 10:50 pm

I only have 1 vannie :( I need more too Jim.
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Post by Mad Duff » Wed May 09, 2007 4:12 am

Glad to hear you got some more Hillies Tom, I hope they all settle in fine :)
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed May 09, 2007 4:51 am

Congrats Tom! 8)
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Post by tglassburner » Wed May 09, 2007 6:46 am

They have all colored up and seem to have been busy all night. They are all still doing their thing leaving trails in the algae. (((((((((((((((((((
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Re: New hillies, appear to be doing well so far.

Post by palaeodave » Wed May 09, 2007 7:24 am

tglassburner wrote:yes, the fish girl from walmart. I will get pictures here tomorrow or thursday
Pictures of the fish girl? :P

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Post by grizzlyone » Wed May 09, 2007 2:07 pm

okay guys, now get this. I called up my closest petco after chatting with tglassburner and talked to the ordering guy mentioned that I heard that he could order hong kong pleco aka Sewellia....when I mentioned HK plecos, he says "oh, Borneo sucker loaches, right?....I just got 3 of those in."

Talk about coincidence.....They are going for $7.24 each.

Guess where I'm heading tonight?

I must be getting that Jedi mind thing going...lol. I called a couple other stores and no luck...but he said he could order whatever qty I wanted.


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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed May 09, 2007 3:30 pm

I do hope they are Sewellia. :wink:

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Post by grizzlyone » Wed May 09, 2007 4:21 pm

The last two hours at work are gonna be murder...but I do have a 20% off coupon....lol, that will bring them down to $5.70.

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