Trip to Cinci

A big thanks to Jerry Riegel for hosting us today in Cinci. Jerry is from the Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society (GCAS). He and his wife, Sue, opened up their home to us this afternoon. We even were able to enjoy food at a local restaurant. We do wish we could have spent more time with Jerry and Sue but there is always next time. While at Jerry and Sue's home, we picked up two wonderful species of plecos, Ancistrus sp. "Snowflake" and Hypancistrus sp. "L411", the Monte Dourado Pleco. If you ever get the chance to visit Jerry's fishroom, be sure to do so. He sure loves his plecos!

On our way back, we made a stop at Gerber's Tropical Fish in Dayton, OH. We have visited Gerber's before but wanted to check out the larger freshwater section. While they did not have a ton of rare species, they did have one of the largest collection of monster fish I have ever seen including large cichlids like Texas and Jaguar cichlids, pacu that were easily 12-14", silver dollars and two really nice Vulture Catfish, Calophysus macropterus. Surprisingly the two 12" fish were getting along just fine and perhaps have grown out of their terrible twos. We did spot an interesting yellow spotted Ancistrus but there was no location from South America given and only a single male fish. The fish was a stunning and every bit of 6"! Until next time Cinci!