I noticed my OB peacock had noticably goten grayer i found this od that its within a couple hours so i decided to test my water. The two tests were soo off i decided to go out and buy another test kit and double and tripple check.

Liquid testing set, please.
Don't come back with different teststrips, or you''ll keep having false readings.

No what happened with the liquid test is that my uncle gave it to me without instructions so thats probly why im doing it wrong.

true, you need to follow the instruction carefully and you need a colour comparison chart as well.
Did you go to the LFS allready???
And if so ,did you inquire if they could rehome some fish for you?

No ima wait til my mom comes home and i asked one of the managers at petco over the phone if they can take one or two of my fish and they said no because they only have one isolation tank in the back. So now idk where to go my uncle would take them but he lives in new york and i live in virgina thats a four to five hour drive idk if theyd survive. Hopefully my mom wont be to tired by the time she comes home other wise i could see if a friend can drive me.

Well, just make sure the liquid test gets done for right now.

I would look around for other pet more local stores, many times if there's a smaller stores, or a mom/pop local place around they will be more apt to take fish off your hands. Petco and the big chains can be picky about that stuff sometimes.

If all else fails you can maybe have your parents put a craigslist ad up--when I put an ad to rehome my fish I got about 10 emails in a day. Thing is you do not want to make it so much of a hassle that your parents think its not worth the time effort...they probably don't really understand too well anyways.

Just be calm and collected about it, and explain rationally to them again why its so important. Don't go 'freaking' out on them or acting like a jabronie about it just so they say "NO" and then you think you're 'off the hook' about it not being 'your fault.' Mistakes get made, we all make them, and that's ok, but keep in mind It's you who overstocked, so you are the one who's gotta do something about it if you want to be 'aquaaaaaa booooyyyyy' in your neighborhood.


(i visualize matt looking like calvin anyways for some reason)

johnnyphoenix wrote:


well i checkd round for mom/pop shops and the closest one is an hour away and my parents refuse to drive me

Then I agree with Johnny... Place an add on Craigslist. I have sold and rehomed and adopted LOTS on there...

Nicki--Sue wrote:


Okay ill try and figure this craigslist out

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


You need to have your parents supervise and approve of you doing that b/c adults are going to be sending you private emails, and if you respond to them they will receive your email address. There is also a possibility that if you find someone to take them they might have to come to your house to pick them up. So you need to have your parents be in charge of deciding all that stuff. You never know what kind of wackjobs are out there--Hell, they could even turn out to be scottish ...I've been to Glasgow before where they have pretty much free run of the place and trust me, it ain't pretty, kid. I mean, I'm sure you could handle all this craigslist stuff yourself but that's what you need to do.

BTW, don't go running off and get sidetracked about getting on that liquid test. Rehoming is going to take a few days at the very least, the liquid test you can do something about today.

You amaze me, Johnny, some Star wars for any occassion.

Noddy wrote:


..and I'm not even 'into' star wars at all. I obviously liked the earlier ones since Im almost 36 and they came out when I was of perfect age, but not any of those 'new' travesties. Those are for the L 314159265358979323846264338327950288 'Planet Catfish' dorks. I'm surprised they don't have dual catfish/star wars conventions