I hope this is the right place to put this, it really didn't seem to fit anywhere, but here goes....
I rescued a channel catfish from someone who had him in a 20gal tank, he is about 12-14" and he was nearly touching both sides of this aquarium, he had a bent spine from the restricted movement and he was incredibly weak from not being able to exercize. (Did I mention he shared this tank for a year and 1/2 with an oscar?) He was scarred up and in pretty sad shape.
These people had never imagined he would have gotten this big, but no stores would take him back and noone wanted him, so they told my sis-in-law they were either going to try to flush him or toss him in a local lake... of course my sis called me and I took the catfish and oscar. They have both been treated for their wounds and I gave them some room to stretch out, the oscar now has fins and no missing scales and the catfish has healed all scrapes, his spine is straightening out, and the way he darts around, you would never know that when he first came here, the filter flow had him pinned in the corner he was so weak! They had a little bout with some sort of parasite, but I cleared that up and they have been under observation since. The oscar will soon be joining my other 2 oscars (cross your fingers they accept him), and I was going to put the catfish in our pond, but we have some small fish that he would make quick work of, so I was hoping to find someone who would care enough to give this guy a second chance at life. He's had it rough and I just don't think it's fair for him to be cramped up in even the biggest of tanks that I have, he needs a big pond.
So, if you are within reasonable distance of Metro Detroit and have a pond that needs some population controll or has no small fish and you would like to help this poor guy finally know what it's like to have a place to stretch his fins, please respond to this thread, pm me, im me, email me, whatever, get ahold of me somehow. (Yahoo ID is Krystal19_85 email is the same + @Yahoo.com) I would prefer he go to a pond at least 4' deep and at least 1000-1200gals or so, but let me know what you have. He should be fine with fish 4"+, would make excelent population controll for a pond with frisky fish that's getting over populated.
Thanks in advance for any and all help. Please spread the word to your pond friends!