Biggest unexpected fish loss ?

[redtailfool]

We all know fish will die sooner or later. But what is the most painful unexpected fish death you have experienced?

Mine was probably when i was 9 , i set up a pond , no filtration and no cycling..
i dropped about 200 juvy kois and most were dead in a few days =(

Ive also lost an asian aro that somehow jumped through a heavy glass lid.

[M|L]

the most surprising:
all was good until I woke up the next morning to find my first ever pair of rays dead. they were rectic rays.

the most painful:
my pair of motoros perished, after about 8 months in my care.

[piranha45]

the three most memorable fish fatalities I have experienced are, from greatest to least:
1) my caribas dying off due to heater failure in 6th grade
2) losing a N. venustus cichlid due to unknown cause
3) losing a 4" green terror due to larger texas cichlid.

[WckedMidas]

went on vacation last august to florida keys. Old ladys son was suposed to be takeing care of the fish feeding them takeing care of our raccoon we had . **** like that. Told him anything goes wrong with my fishtanks callme. I could either tell him how to fix it get a friend of mine to come fix it or worse case secnaryo ide cut vacation short in a hartbeat. Anyway week latter get back come upstairs to take a piss somethink stinks like death. Open the bed room door look at my 65 gal its completely green no filtration running no airpump nothing a dead ****ing tank. Altogether the folowing died
1 dovi
1 peacock bass
1 red forest jewlcichlid
1 goldnugget pleco
1 albino ancisturus pleco
butterkofery tilipia
2 mbuna
3 sunnys
orange stripe raphial
and some others i cant remember.
now all were under 2 inchs in size . they all died
onlything survived was the other jewl fish amazeingly, my bichirs and channa gachua

Then comeing to find out instead of him takeing care of the coon he just came in the room threw some food in the bowl and walked out . Now this is a baby coon wanting lovein and petting he abandond it. And it never was realy the same . Acted like it didnt even no us. took while for it to get use to us again

[piranha45]

eeshhh, that's........ that's bad. In only a WEEK this all happened?

[redtailfool]

I remember Phatboys ray loss... WW was Pfish back then.. it was big drama over there everybody wanted to know how you killed you ray. LOL

But in your defense,, rays are very unforgiving when it comes to water quality..
you make the smallest mistakes, you already see something the result on the ray..


Wickedmidas, i also remember your loss.. that was just a few mos ago right??

[neoprodigy]

:( .... just checked my frezzer... 13" Albino Cobra Snakehead... jump out less than 12 hour after i bought him....

[redtailfool]

well after you said that, i checked my freezer too.. found a juvenile frt frozen as a mammoth. .died 2 days after i got it. :confused:

[piranha45]

2-day FRT loss?! man that is weak. what seller was it from?

[redtailfool]

it was just probably shock from shipping. Sellers a good guy, he promised to replace the loss.

[narc]

movers were 9 hours late. fish suffocated:

1- 16" ocellaris bass male
1- 14" monoculous bass female- these were proven breeders

1- 12" royal pleco

1- 13" tiger shovelnose cat

1- 9" blocii/ shovelnose hybrid cat

1- 11" lapradei bichir jumped out and died the next night

1- 12" alligator gar died the next day

1- 9" orbignyi ray took a month to die but was whithering away the entire time and wouldn't fatten up.

if you're wondering, never use the company called "two men and a truck".

[The TRUST]

I had some weird mysterious die off. My guess was a tank poisoning but still not sure what caused it as all my water parameters were perfect.

-18" Peacock Bass
-16" Peacock Bass
-15" Peacock Bass
-14" Peacock Bass
-12" Multi bar Datnoid
-24" Clown Knife
-10" Paroon Sharks x 2

You can view pics of these fishes in the Gallery before the die off happened. I Miss them so. May they RIP :(

[WckedMidas]

:( .... just checked my frezzer... 13" Albino Cobra Snakehead... jump out less than 12 hour after i bought him....


i new you got that. how the hell it jump out. I no you pissed off bout that omg.
Why wasnt there any liods dude or how it get out

[The TRUST]

The lids were on the tank and it was weighed down as well. But the Snakehead was so strong that it jumped through the lid and the weights. :(

[WckedMidas]

and nobody herd this?
If a tree falls in the woods and nobodys around does it make a sound lol
Was this late at night while u working or what. Ide be supper supper supper pissed neo

[Wesley]

i had a 15 inch silver jump@ 3 am athrough a very thick home made glass lid
with 1 water bottle on top . It made a huge noise like someone banged the door.
I knew something was up but i was too tired from doing the squeaky :D
Needless to say i found the aro dead the next day. :mad:

[WckedMidas]

squeaky wasnt worth it was it. See nomatter what ya think your still paying for it one way or another lol

[neoprodigy]

i was mad as hell.... she was so sexy... now she lives in the frezzer along with my other rare fish...

[M|L]

I lost 5 rays all together. It was horrible, and everyone was flaming my ass off; it was a big dispute to the point where the seller was almost forced to refuse selling me any more rays.

[piranha45]

I lost 5 rays all together. It was horrible, and everyone was flaming my ass off; it was a big dispute to the point where the seller was almost forced to refuse selling me any more rays.
good times :D truly classic

[redtailfool]

squeaky wasnt worth it was it. See nomatter what ya think your still paying for it one way or another lol


LOL True True

[redtailfool]

good times :D truly classic


I remember that too.. I was thinking what in the world was Phatboy doing?

[neoprodigy]

good ol days....

[rayman45]

2 FRT FROM ******* ** DONT WANT TO SAY

[rayman45]

DEAD NEXT DAY

[redtailfool]

squeaky wasnt worth it was it. See nomatter what ya think your still paying for it one way or another lol

LOL youre right it wasnt worth it. Then i got a black aro to replace that silver... made sure the lids were tight, duct taped the corners etc... it was 8-11 inches.. bought it off season ,,, next day the black aro was gone... there were couple of large scales on the bottom of the tank..


FREAKING RAYS ATE THE ARO :mad:

[piranha45]

hahaha, jeez

[redtailfool]

LOL Sorry i had a lot of unexpected losses!!
Heres another one..


My sister bought me my 1st jardini for my bday and i bought a 75g tank to house the jar.

Took the tank, filled it up with water ,put some anti chlorine heater, filter and im done. I dumped the fish after acclimating it and i was lucky enough to watch the poor jardini disentigrate and die the same day.

I believe it was because NJ has chloramines and i only used a chlorine and not a clorine/chloramine remover.

[neoprodigy]

LOL Sorry i had a lot of unexpected losses!!
Heres another one..


My sister bought me my 1st jardini for my bday and i bought a 75g tank to house the jar.

Took the tank, filled it up with water ,put some anti chlorine heater, filter and im done. I dumped the fish after acclimating it and i was lucky enough to watch the poor jardini disentigrate and die the same day.

I believe it was because NJ has chloramines and i only used a chlorine and not a clorine/chloramine remover.
that sucks... i still havent call the water company to check if they use chloramine in their water treament... i suppost to called them like 4 years ago....

[fishmadness]

couple years ago... when i first got into this fish hobby... i forgot to add the dechlorine and didnt cycle... kill all my fish the next day... :eek:

[sypher]

hello all new guy here... biggest lost for me was waking up one morning to find my male clown knifefish floating... both my male and female were about 12-14 inches... got rid of female a year later when she was just over 18 inches long...

[piranha45]

you think she killed the male or he died of some other cause, sypher?

[sypher]

the male had no marks on him so had to be something else... what it was i have no clue... very strange...

[guppy]

Biggest unexpected loss was a whole 55g community tank, some ******* dropped a cigar butt in it during a party and by morning everything was dead, even the snails. Most unexpepted was an american eel whick was found one morning in my nieghbors swimming pool, lesson on that one is that if you keep eels you should use clamps to keep your lids on, they are strong and like too explore.

[missyb0o]

my biggest fish loss was Sam, my Pleco. I moved from Ohio to Charlotte. Sam was in the car with me the whole way in "his" cooler with his water. All was good here until that first water change. He was in suspended animation- nearly frozen during an Ohio blizzard, in a national diaster (flood) evacuation, no power, the whole mess, and then a 9 hour car ride. Was a real trooper and then I changed 25% of his water and BAM! Ick, then death.

[redtailfool]

the male had no marks on him so had to be something else... what it was i have no clue... very strange...


Ouch..it hurts to lose a fish that size.. Nice Avatar BTW..

[redtailfool]

my biggest fish loss was Sam, my Pleco. I moved from Ohio to Charlotte. Sam was in the car with me the whole way in "his" cooler with his water. All was good here until that first water change. He was in suspended animation- nearly frozen during an Ohio blizzard, in a national diaster (flood) evacuation, no power, the whole mess, and then a 9 hour car ride. Was a real trooper and then I changed 25% of his water and BAM! Ick, then death.


Sorry about your pleco.... what did you use to try to cure the ich ??

[missyb0o]

rid-ich and a little coppersafe. it was very accelerated. he died in like 3 days. covered from nose to tail.

[redtailfool]

Ugh.. sorry to hear

i use high temps and salt for ich..

[piranha45]

my biggest fish loss was Sam, my Pleco. I moved from Ohio to Charlotte. Sam was in the car with me the whole way in "his" cooler with his water. All was good here until that first water change. He was in suspended animation- nearly frozen during an Ohio blizzard, in a national diaster (flood) evacuation, no power, the whole mess, and then a 9 hour car ride. Was a real trooper and then I changed 25% of his water and BAM! Ick, then death.
was the temp of the new water much different from the temp of the old water? was the water dechlorinated/dechloramined?

[guppy]

hadtohurt

[shovelnose]

I lost my dorado to poor water quality, my own fault what an a$$. The main reason i'm in support of bare tanks. Damn gravel hides too much.

[SharkLover]

I lost 3 bettas in one day. :(

[iturk]

Worst fatalities:

6 inch Wolf fish eaten by Pirahna
4 inch wolf fish jumped 6 inches out of tank
12 inch sabertooth died eating too many goldfish


NEVER BUY FROM RIVERWONDERS.COM

Shipped 10 P's -- 9 Dead on Arrival. No refund. Shipped in dinky bag, no heater packs, packed like a true amateur.

[Doc]

Glass Heater Broke and the surge suppressor failed to kick over. Cooked my 7" Undulatus and my +/- 40" Green Morray. Came close to really hurting myself finding out.

[redtailfool]

Ouch i sometimes dont want to read this thread because bad memories come back.
But you do learn a lot though from reading this.

[sephir420]

had 2 rays that wouldent eat. they lived for about 2-3 months and the killed over :cry: . the worst was they where a gift. i found out later it was probably the ph. tride to get it down but due to the hardnes of the water in my area it wouldent go down. i would adjust it and the next day it was right back where it started. good news is it is perfect for my african cichlids.

hey why do you freez the fish?

[Aimhigher38]

I lost a 24" tigrius catfish due to overfeeding the tank with market shrimp. I was bummed since I had him for about 4 years and the weird things was all my rays were still doing fine when the catfish died.

i lost a 20" arapima for no reason too and I raised him from a 4 inch baby...

I'm sure theres more but those were the ones that died mysteriously and not killed..

[fishing4exotics]

A 13" RTG. I was devestated and quit the hobby for a while. The RTG was purchased back in '86 and it was my 1st Monster fish worth mentioning. The RTG would still be alive today.

[R1_Ridah]

Came home to acclimate 4 datnoids and 1 frontosa into my tank and come to find them all dead :cry:

Error on both parties involved. Hard lesson learned. Still sad to this day and I still have them in my freezer :(

[nick]

lost my pair of channa gachua (7in male and 9in female)


anyone wanna buy my fish collection? i have frozen rays (2 rectics a humerosa and 2 motorros) lots of cichlids , i cant remember much else cuz i dotn wanna , oh wait my 500 dolalr hoplias aimara..... spent 5 days in shipping becaus eof christmas , he mad eit through alive and died of amonia burns a few weeks late rm not before giving me 7-9 stiches and a lot of pleasure WINK

[redtailfool]

Ouch that really is painful, physically and financially.

[piranha45]

Worst fatalities:
NEVER BUY FROM RIVERWONDERS.COM

Shipped 10 P's -- 9 Dead on Arrival. No refund. Shipped in dinky bag, no heater packs, packed like a true amateur.
that's not the first time ive heard nasty things about that place...

[guppy]

My fish were almost always fresh caugt or given by friends, I have never bought online.

[piranha45]

ive never purchased online either, but thats not saying much since im not an old bag yet :P

[RTairgun]

Glass Heater Broke and the surge suppressor failed to kick over. Cooked my 7" Undulatus and my +/- 40" Green Morray. Came close to really hurting myself finding out.

Same thing happened to me a few years ago in my 55 gal tank... My 10" oscar used to go nuts when the kids ran through the room... one day he hit the heater and there were sparks everywhere... killed him instantly and my 6" jack dempsey, an 8" sailfin pleco, and a big 8" clown loach (that all the fish in the tank surprisingly got along with, even the oscar). The surge even blew out the motor on my cannister filter.

After that loss, I gave my tank to my sister for her preschool classroom and stuck with my 39 gal boring community tank.

But now that I've found this site, the mfk in me is starting to come out again. Now all I need is a bigger tank!! or 2... or 3... or 4........

[piranha45]

Same thing happened to me a few years ago in my 55 gal tank... My 10" oscar used to go nuts when the kids ran through the room... one day he hit the heater and there were sparks everywhere... killed him instantly and my 6" jack dempsey, an 8" sailfin pleco, and a big 8" clown loach (that all the fish in the tank surprisingly got along with, even the oscar). The surge even blew out the motor on my cannister filter.

After that loss, I gave my tank to my sister for her preschool classroom and stuck with my 39 gal boring community tank.

But now that I've found this site, the mfk in me is starting to come out again. Now all I need is a bigger tank!! or 2... or 3... or 4........

holy ****.


hey dude, http://www.glasscages.com makes them reeeeal cheap :)

[guppy]

Same thing happened to me a few years ago in my 55 gal tank... My 10" oscar used to go nuts when the kids ran through the room... one day he hit the heater and there were sparks everywhere... killed him instantly and my 6" jack dempsey, an 8" sailfin pleco, and a big 8" clown loach (that all the fish in the tank surprisingly got along with, even the oscar). The surge even blew out the motor on my cannister filter.

After that loss, I gave my tank to my sister for her preschool classroom and stuck with my 39 gal boring community tank.

But now that I've found this site, the mfk in me is starting to come out again. Now all I need is a bigger tank!! or 2... or 3... or 4........
Get rid of kids, Snicker.

[nick]

that would be cool



i would be fine witha 180

[piranha45]

Get rid of kids, Snicker.
man aint that the truth

[nick]

sounds like a pain in the ass to me , i really dont wanna have kids now , it will take away from my hobby

[piranha45]

nobody with common sense wants kids. The problem is people who dont want kids are naturally bred out of the population by their own choice, lol.

[Rui]

My biggest was the last time I had monsters..

DEAD:

19" RTC
22" TSN
15" Tiger Oscar
13" Midas with biggest nuchal I have ever had (still not great, but nice..)

Alive:

14" Paroon
22" Red Tail Giant Gourami
26" Silver Aro
19" Blue Snakehead

230 gallon - I know I was playing with death...too crowded, but 20% water change every 3 days, tank was sumped - 60 gallon overflow with 600gph pump, 3 fluval 403, 4 Aquaclear 500 and a Rio pump for extra surface aeration..

What happened:
I fed my catfish large sticklebacks, beef-heart and squid - lots of it.
Power went off during the day while I was at work
I come home, park my car in front of my house, and I could alread smell the stench of dead fish outside by my car 15 ft away from the house.
Get inside, see about 10 partially digested sticklebacks, and other crap..2/3 of my favorite fish dead. When the power went off, they must have been breathing hard, and they all must have threw-up. Made things worse.

What surprised me was the Paroon shark made it. Would have figured he would be a goner. Can understand all the other fish, as they all breathe air, but the paroon..I was so heartbroken I got rid of EVERYTHING and shut-down the tank for about a year...told myself no more monsters...

2 years ago, I started up the tank, got africans and SMALL centrals..and a few odd-balls here and there. Now I come across this site, and it has renewed my passion! lol

I am leaving work right now to pick up my first Tigrinus..wish me luck..no more crowding...I have to pick between getting rid of a 3.5" black rhom or 4 - 2.5" Herichtys bartoni - all in full color....I just can't decide.....Tigrinus will eat bartoni, rhom will kill Tigrinus, Tigrinus-rhom-bartonis all fish food in big tank..

hmm...rhom in sump...that should work! Yet another sump fish!

[kman]

rui, man that is one huge disaster.....no wonder u shutdown tank

good luck with your tig.....this guy will be monster soon

[guesswho2005]

the most surprising:
all was good until I woke up the next morning to find my first ever pair of rays dead. they were rectic rays.

the most painful:
my pair of motoros perished, after about 8 months in my care.

Sorry brother, About to take the plung with rays my self any advice. I think I have the water quality down, but you never realy know.

[amindbesideitself]

went on vacation last august to florida keys. Old ladys son was suposed to be takeing care of the fish feeding them takeing care of our raccoon we had . **** like that. Told him anything goes wrong with my fishtanks callme. I could either tell him how to fix it get a friend of mine to come fix it or worse case secnaryo ide cut vacation short in a hartbeat. Anyway week latter get back come upstairs to take a piss somethink stinks like death. Open the bed room door look at my 65 gal its completely green no filtration running no airpump nothing a dead ****ing tank. Altogether the folowing died
1 dovi
1 peacock bass
1 red forest jewlcichlid
1 goldnugget pleco
1 albino ancisturus pleco
butterkofery tilipia
2 mbuna
3 sunnys
orange stripe raphial
and some others i cant remember.
now all were under 2 inchs in size . they all died
onlything survived was the other jewl fish amazeingly, my bichirs and channa gachua

Then comeing to find out instead of him takeing care of the coon he just came in the room threw some food in the bowl and walked out . Now this is a baby coon wanting lovein and petting he abandond it. And it never was realy the same . Acted like it didnt even no us. took while for it to get use to us again

Ouch, what a terrible loss. And the poor racoon..
:bs: :bs: :bs: :bs: :bs:

[d20monsteroscar20]

I had lost many fishes that I liked, however last yr on my birthday I lost an albino coridory. I know you must be laughting but that was the oldest fish I had and if she/he would be alive that would be 3 yrs now. during my party someone must had scared the fish by shaking my tank or something, so wen after everything was over I went to cheack on the fishes and he was sucked by my filter and died. After that I dont let no one, I mean no one get closer to my tanks without my permition!