View Full Version : Bad News On My Vacation...
xxblwn408
10-17-2006, 8:08 AM
I had to leave my beloved fish for a wedding in Ohio. So the I am supposed to fly out I Do my normal 50% water change on all my tanks. Feed the aros a little more heavy, since my brother says he will only be coming over to feed them every other day.
So the first night I get to Ohio my brother calls me and tells me my large silver aro is dead.:WHOA::( I was like WHAT!!! he was fine when I left.
I just don't understand why he died. I changed nothing with the tank and he was very healthy. I had raised him from about 3".
THEN to top it off, there was that massive earthquake that caused a statewide power outage. I had to scramble and try to get ahold of my brother (some phone service was knocked out) and have him get up to the house and hook up the generator.
By the time he got to the house, it had been about 3-4 hours without electricity.
He was being a dick cause he didn't want to take the time to make sure everything was okay.
Luckily I got ahold of a friend that also keeps fish, and he was like... Just tell me what you need me to do. He even went back to my house once the power came back on.
Thank goodness there was no more losses.
StiffMeister
10-17-2006, 8:36 AM
sorry to hear about your aro... sorry to hear about tjat you have such a brother too :(
Deathcurl
10-17-2006, 8:40 AM
Sorry to hear of your loss :(.
That sucks, man. At least there weren't any more losses with the power outage.
AquataHolic420
10-17-2006, 1:59 PM
How big was ur ARO? mine got murdered by my g'ma at 16"
DarthLungFish
10-17-2006, 2:04 PM
Man, Sorry about your lost. Did you ever find out what happend to your Arow? Did he jump, was he killed, poor water quality, WhAt???:(
Nate77
10-17-2006, 2:13 PM
Sorry to hear
gomezladdams
10-17-2006, 2:25 PM
Sorry about the aro.
Glad you had a friend that helped out
give your bro a:nutkick:
angeladay
10-17-2006, 2:27 PM
:cry:
thisbeme
10-17-2006, 8:10 PM
my jardini and ck was doing fine even when the power went out for 12 hours because of that damn earthquake
xxblwn408
10-17-2006, 9:13 PM
Thanks everyone.
thisbeme- I am glad your fish made it through ok.
To answer some of the earlier questions...
The silver that died was about 25". Water quality was spot on (like normal)
This one is strange, cause my brother found him lifeless on the bottom of the tank. I was told he looked alive and just to be resting on the bottom.
I think I know what happend though. I did notice a piece of a plastic plant missing. The piece was kind of sharp/pokey. I'm thinking this poked his insides when I feed himm all the smelt.
My smaller aro is looking lost. He used to follow the larger aro around the tank. since he is missing, he hangs on the bottom tryin to make friends and following around my planiceps.
Other than that, it is a big mystery to me???
DarthLungFish
10-17-2006, 9:23 PM
That sounds sad. I feel for the smaller Arow. Go out a buy him a new Friend. Once again, sorry for the lost! :(
big E
10-17-2006, 11:05 PM
Sorry to hear about your bad luck,
benzjamin13
10-17-2006, 11:22 PM
That sucks! Sorry :(
rust9000
10-18-2006, 2:00 PM
Sorry for your loss bro, i felt bad to when i lost my 14" arow :( RIP
xxblwn408
10-18-2006, 2:36 PM
As I sat in front of the 600g last night, I began to miss "Sterling" more. :( It was very depressing sitting there looking at a tank where the KING was missing.:cry:
Here is was in all his glory...
cichlid savage
10-18-2006, 2:41 PM
sorry for the loss of your aro. It always suck to loose a favorite fish. As for your brother:banhim:
xxblwn408
10-18-2006, 2:42 PM
Here he is with some frost bite...
HoangLan
10-18-2006, 2:42 PM
Sorry for your loss but he did have a good life (it's 600gal!) I like that last shot, with him arching his body, just awsome!
ps: I meant the last pic in the tank,
DeLgAdO
10-18-2006, 4:03 PM
Here he is with some frost bite...
OMFG!!!!!
THAS A HUGE *****!!!!!!
OH MAN I CAN DEFINATELY FEEL THAT!!!
and i havnt even lost one :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
flyrice
10-18-2006, 9:23 PM
sad to hear about the loss. you from hawaii? with the earthquake and no power, i had moved the water around a little every so often for my dad's aros. good luck with the other. shoots
Steve_89
10-19-2006, 3:50 AM
Sorry to hear :(
That is the worst thing about going on vacation...
xxblwn408
10-20-2006, 3:39 AM
sad to hear about the loss. you from hawaii? with the earthquake and no power, i had moved the water around a little every so often for my dad's aros. good luck with the other. shoots
Yup, from Wahiawa. Where are you from, and what kinds of aros do you have?
Red Devil
10-21-2006, 6:46 PM
You know i thought of all the problems you and everyone in the power outage areas were going through, happened to us in an Icestorm... we had little battery operated air going into all the 20 tanks until we were finally able to buy a generator. never again to be with out it. I am sorry for your loss of your big good looking arrow, Did you ever figure out what happened to him.?
Sorry dude, that was a very nice fish.
Opiate
10-21-2006, 8:52 PM
that sux man, so sorry
xxblwn408
10-22-2006, 3:07 AM
Thanks everyone for the kind words.
I am still clueless as to what did him in. I still think he swallowed something he shouldn't have, and when I power feed him with smelt before I left on my trip might have put pressure on the object and did some damage to his inards. :confused: