A big thumbs up to Monster Fish Rescue!!!

WOW! Thanks very much for the kind words I must say, Bert's a trip, everyone loves him and if I don't get him to the Zoo quick my wife might be the one missing him the most! She says he's so ugly he's cute... There's lipstick marks all over the glass from her

TheFishGuy;2936650; said:

WOW! Thanks very much for the kind words I must say, Bert's a trip, everyone loves him and if I don't get him to the Zoo quick my wife might be the one missing him the most! She says he's so ugly he's cute... There's lipstick marks all over the glass from her

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very cool I've seen the for sale threads on this guy. I'm glad he's got a new home.

Well, now I need everyone's help... I posted this on the thread about the tank but I think it's appropriate here too:

So I'm a little fired up at the moment... Let me explain... I went to the village of Orwell (my home town) to ask if I could put out my Monster Fish Rescue.com sign in the front yard because I was hosting a board meeting for the Ohio Cichlid Association as I'm a board member and voulonteered to host a meeting. The sign is 18" x 24".

I went to the village and I asked if there was a permit I needed to get to put the sign out, she (Vicki Thomson who is the zoning inspector) said she wasn't sure but if I wanted to put it out this one time that was fine and then we'd talk about it at a later date... This came in the mail for me:


After calling this morning she tells me people were complaining about the sign... Likely story. No one has ever complained about the sign before I brought it to her attention. When I brought it to her attention I also told her that we're not open to the public and that rescues were performed over the internet and that at a last resort fish would come here. And 99% of the time I go get the fish IF the fish even needs to come here. Thankfully most rescues are resolved before even making it to the website or here! The last time someone came here and brought a fish that needed rescued was four months ago. And the sign was out for a couple of weeks at that time... Not a single complaint then...

So now I've got 90 days to shut down my non-profit LLC for running a buisiness out of my home. There's a Planning and Zoning Meeting April 21st @ 6:30 P.M. at:

179 West Main Street
Orwell Ohio 44076

They want me to come and ask for a conditional use permit which costs $175 because I run an internet fish rescue.

I'm asking for your support. If you believe that what I do is a good thing, if you're a supporter of Monster Fish Rescue then come to the meeting, it's open to the public. If you can't come to the meeting write a letter and send it to:

Orwell Zoning Commision
c/o Vicki Thomson
179 West Main Street
Orwell Ohio 44076

I'm not asking for donations, I'm asking for your support in any way you can. Personally I find the entire situation rediculous. No good deed goes unpunished.

If you sell Avon, or Creative Memories supplies, or have ever sold a single thing on eBay or Aquabid you're an internet buisiness. If you've ever babysat for someone, you're running a buisiness out of your home. Better run out and get that permit!

On a lighter note, youtube has pulled their head from their !@#% Here's some videos of the tank and our latest rescue!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJN3661BQjs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jKOvdnT7pg

OMG What is wrong with people. Your helping fish out that would rather end up being in harm or even death. How do they consider it a business. I hope you don't have to clsoe down the site, that's ridiculous.

thats silly very silly that what some people are like though ''sigh'' :/ well if i was over there i would come and help you mate GL with it all

She went as far as to blame us because they found a dead fish in the water treatment plant.... Because you know... We're the only ones that keep fish in Orwell....

you save them though

Bert should be the MFR mascot.