ok thank you very much for the info!
I will likely just give him some serious tlc to recover from the horrors from the store then I will look for a new home or try to convince hubby our family room isn't complete w/o a huge tank!

Looks more like Pterygoplichthys pardalis to me. Either way, it's going to grow huge! according to the different pages on this site, the difference is this one is about 13.8" adult size & the other is over 17"... Is there any way to tell which one mine really is? 13.8" would be ok in my 30gal as it ...

Really, you're absolutely certain???? EEK! Hmm well the tank is a 30gal, guess if he really is, when he grows some more we'll either have to upgrade or rehome.... a very good friend has a 55gal, she'd probably take him b/c I've helped her out in the past taking fish that aren't doing well in her ...

^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^ <- is what I will bestow upon whom ever is able to help me id my spur of the moment rescue! (he was in a little 5.5gal tank with a bunch of feeder goldfish @ the local pet store that had just started carrying live fish) I couldn't leave him there, the employee told me they were ...