My Pleco

I thought i'd post a photo of my plecostomus. He/she is almost 10 years old, and has gotten quite huge.

I had read somewhere that they can live up to twenty-five years! It was originally less than an inch long. I have a 20 gallon tank, and it was supposed to be the fish that stabilized the water levels before I added figure eight brackish water pufferfish.

Well, I became insanely busy with work, school, and life, and I never added the pufferfish, didn't want it to be harmed, so he/she is my only fish. I attribute it's longevity to using only filtered water to change the tank, and not adding any sort of chemicals. If I had known it was going to get this big and live this long, I would have gotten a larger tank!

--Elizabeth
http://www.bluefizzure.com/

Giant African Land Snails

I was busy surfing the Internet, and came across something i've not seen or heard of. Giant African Land Snails!

http://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Giant-African-Land-Snails

I would love to have one of these! They are so cool. I would like to know what it would feel like to have a 10" snail crawling across the palm of my hand. Weird! It said they are sold where they are legally able to be pets. I wonder if they have any of these local, or even in the United States, but I highly doubt it.

--Elizabeth
http://www.bluefizzure.com/