[Prodigal Son]

I was moving from one apartment to another and upgraded from a 55 to my 100. I was keeping african cichlids back then, and took all the lace rock out to transfer it. I piled it all in the sink while I was netting out fish to transport them to thier new home. A few hours later I had all the fish moved, the 55 cleaned, and I started moving the lace rock. At the very end, I looked in the drain and saw a 3" marble pleco, which was apparently suctioned onto the rock. I figured it was surely dead after so many hours, so I went to pick it up. I nearly jumped out of my skin when it chirped and started thrashing! The story repeated when I sold the cichlids and most of the lace rock. Turns out the cichlids' new owner has that pleco now because he repeated his hitch hiking habbit.

Then there's catfish, I never know if my bumblebee cat is still around. I haven't seen him in months. There's a baby ripsaw cat in the tank too that finally made his fisrt appearance today after two weeks. I had heard they were voracious eaters, so I was a little concerned at having not seen him. Then of course there's the nano reef. I haven't seen the baby hermit in months, and the neon goby makes a weekly appearance.