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i learned 6 year old boys lots of sugar and my 90 gallon reef tank do not mix
the wonderful kind hearted kid (best friends son) thought the fish i had in there were thristy and gave them cherry koolaid a whole lot of koolaid now im gonna do a freshwater tank
DeLgAdO
10-08-2005, 3:42 PM
LOL!!!!!! :ROFL:
oh man thats funny
hehe sorry for you loss dude
any idea on wut your gunna keep?
i dont understand how a kid would think that fish are thirsty :screwy:
i couldnt figure out how he came to that idea but hey nothing i could do now i dont have the money to start another reef tank so im thinking of a fresh water still trying to get ideas on fish
DeLgAdO
10-08-2005, 4:06 PM
try african cichlids their so colorful and they do great in a 90 gal
i want bigger fish i had cichlids before and i love them but i want differnt i was thinking a freshwater ray (motorro)and after that i draw a blank on what else to put in there
need help
DeLgAdO
10-08-2005, 4:23 PM
i think a 90 would be too small for a motoro
you choices are very limited
damnit why hasent anyone else responded to this thread besides me?
A$$HOLES!!!!!! j/k :)
Mourinho18
10-08-2005, 5:04 PM
why don't you make his parents refund you for your lost fishies. what a little weiner :screwy:
thamunsta
10-08-2005, 5:18 PM
what a feckin retard this just gos to show why momies shouldnt get drunk and play body shots when pregnant
joeytoe
10-08-2005, 5:24 PM
Thats it No more Coolaid in your House......
who wouldve thought that fish dont like Cherry flavored water. :ROFL: Reminds me of when I found a PB&J in my VCR a few years ago, I dont know what my nephew was thinking.
as for what large fish youd fit in a 90Gal, your a lil limited.
What are the dimensions on you 90g? Do you like beefy fish or sleek ones?
My sister once ended up with dead humming birds all over her yard when the kid tried being helpful and refilled the feeders with diet koolaid, they don't deal with nutrasweet very well.
how big a tank would i need for a motoro? as far as fish i just want different not the same things you see in every pet store or aquarium it dont matter beefy or sleek... i just want different something new.
TeethKeeper
10-09-2005, 11:31 AM
You could get a group of tea cups not as fancy as motoros but still very cool.I've kept them in the past their a lot of fun. GOOD LUCK
thatfishguy
10-09-2005, 10:14 PM
OMG, thanking lord my son (3 1/2) doesnt do stuff like that anymore (learned his lesson a nice ass whooping., he did give a pair of convicts a donut milk but they didnt care. didnt seem to harm them just kept on breeding
Vitaliy
10-09-2005, 10:18 PM
Damn, that is really messed up. Considering the prices for saltwater setups I have no idea how you managed to hold yourself back from drowning that kid in that same tank.
I mean seriously, have you talked to his parents? I mean I would have hard time getting over this.
I3u11he4d
10-09-2005, 10:48 PM
Holy crap..................Best freind or not I think I may have had a few choice words about thier parenting skills and another few words for the little monster with the koolaid.I bet you wont let him out of your sight again,atleast while he's in your house.If your friend is any kind of decent person he would offer to replace or reinburse you the cost of your losses.If one of my kids did anything dumb like that ,The first words out of my mouth,after the verbal lashing of the child ,would be the immediate offer to replace any damaged items.Sorry for your loss and I hope you have better luck with your next venture. :)
i was reimbursed......i still picture that in my head to this day but now i laugh about it we all do im gonna do a small reef setup now prob a 40 breeder might even set the 90 back up dont know just watch kids and koolaid arround reeftanks :)
rumblesushi
10-11-2005, 3:48 AM
did you give the child capital punishment?
How about teacup rays, Hujetas, a few bivibranchia sand suckers, and a few spotted leporinus? It would be an interesting tank that was not what you see everywhere else.
shekes
10-11-2005, 2:03 PM
How about a piranha pond to stage the 7th birthday poolparty for this kid?
I got a motoro on Sunday. It is with my 1' black aro and 2' SAL in a 130g and it is really happy because it used to live in a 60g with the same SAL. It swims all over the tank, eats its body weight every half hour and I am really worried because he is freaking out the aro.
How about a piranha pond to stage the 7th birthday poolparty for this kid?
I got a motoro on Sunday. It is with my 1' black aro and 2' SAL in a 130g and it is really happy because it used to live in a 60g with the same SAL. It swims all over the tank, eats its body weight every half hour and I am really worried because he is freaking out the aro.
hmmmm piranha pond :D hmmmmmmmmm might be on to something lol
He_Man_81
10-24-2005, 9:03 PM
What are the dimensions on you 90g? Do you like beefy fish or sleek ones?
My sister once ended up with dead humming birds all over her yard when the kid tried being helpful and refilled the feeders with diet koolaid, they don't deal with nutrasweet very well.
that is F'ng funny about the hummingbirds... sad, but morbidly hilarious!!!
i'm just glad that my 4 year old is scared by the Dovii... but then again, he does try to eat her fingers through the glass...
gomezladdams
10-24-2005, 9:27 PM
I think the piranha pool party is the best idea yet!! :ROFL:
90 is the perfect size for an oscar tank.
oscars are boring to me im gonna do cichlids or angels havent decided yet
fishguy306
10-26-2005, 6:38 PM
Wow, that really sucks! Kool-aid and fishtanks, who figured that be a bad combination? :screwy:
You could breed angels in that tank if you wanted too. Im sure that tank could be interesting with a few different types in there.
Or, just another thought is plant tanks are a ton of fun. They look great when done right and can be interesting to watch the fish swim through all the leaves
its either angels or cichlids i dont think i can mix so its one or the other :confused:
fishguy306
10-26-2005, 9:40 PM
o, sorry, didnt relize it was one or the other
Personally Id do angels
AngelicGreenTerror
10-27-2005, 1:21 AM
Do Angels, Blue Dempseys, keyhole cichlids, and like some rubbernose plecos.
No one likes discus anymore? a nice pleco, and maybe a dwarf catfish, synodontis eupterus or petrikola. 90 gal should be plenty for those fish. Discus also love to swim around plants and lay their eggs on them. Get a party of five...and go from there. They are also good tank mates for angels.
I educate my kids about the fish tanks. And if their friends come over to "see" the fish, I usually supervise the visit. But can't watch kids all the time. Hope my daughter does not decide to give candy to my mbu puffer.
rayman45
10-28-2005, 7:17 AM
HAHA
are you in ny.. have have tanks for sale
Damn coolaid....i dont know what that is but it sound funny :ROFL:
But yeah damn! A whole reef system! lol, im at school and i can barely support a 75 gal JD tank! :cry:
fish_mike
11-03-2005, 2:46 PM
hahaha thas hilarious but sorry :(
if someone did that to my tank i wud be p/oed!! :WHOA:
gibbles
11-03-2005, 11:14 PM
hahahahahahahahahaha
silverhawk97
11-10-2005, 7:17 AM
damn kids these days what are there parents thinking :(
fish get thirsty :screwy:
guppy
11-10-2005, 11:32 AM
Damn coolaid....i dont know what that is but it sound funny :ROFL:
But yeah damn! A whole reef system! lol, im at school and i can barely support a 75 gal JD tank! :cry:
No Kool-aid in Australia, how barbaric! :ROFL:
Kool-aid is a beverage powder, mainly for kids, it comes in about 9 billion flavors.
Kool-aid is a beverage powder, mainly for kids, it comes in about 9 billion flavors.
who are you calling a kid? :SaiyanSmi
:p
i prefer juicy juice
how about angels, rams, and other small peaceful cichlids with a bunch of corycats
mainy999
01-19-2006, 9:17 AM
We were playing poker at a friend's house...his son walked into the room we were in, and said "Daddy I feed your fish!". He said "No, Alex I already fed the fish." About 10 minutes go by, and the kid comes back. He says "Daddy I just fed the fish!". Since this guy had a nice 75 gallon reef tank, we got up to see what the kid did. The little boy poured a whole glass of milk in the tank. Bye-bye reef tank.
:swear: :swear: :swear:
If that happened to me i think i would have gotten out the belt and whipped that kids a**.
as far as ideas for freshwater you could go with 3 RBP's, or wolffish, or do a community tank.
or you could do a brackish tank with different monos, and maybe a few columbian sharks :naughty:
Discus would be a PERFECT for a 90 gallon...they can get massive when fully grown...some can get to 10" in diameter!! A school of 10-12discus in a 90 would be perfect. They come in almost every color variety...red, blue, yellow, orange, violet, green...and everything inbetween. Do some research on discus...they arent that hard at all. Secret is to keep up with weekly water changes...daily is ideal, but impractical for most hobbyists. Get discus and you'll be amazed.
-Ryan
We were playing poker at a friend's house...his son walked into the room we were in, and said "Daddy I feed your fish!". He said "No, Alex I already fed the fish." About 10 minutes go by, and the kid comes back. He says "Daddy I just fed the fish!". Since this guy had a nice 75 gallon reef tank, we got up to see what the kid did. The little boy poured a whole glass of milk in the tank. Bye-bye reef tank.
i know the feeling all to well "nic can i go down stairs and look at the fish tank"
me "yes" kid yells " i gave your fish some koolaid they were thirsty" me :swear: :swear: :swear: :swear:
mikehawk
01-24-2006, 5:51 PM
Damn, I've been on both sides of this kind of situation. :redface:
When I was about 4 I decided that our pet hamster should learn to swim, so into the fishtank he went. That fat little bastard sank like rock with a trail of bubbles coming off his nose. We got rid of the tank shortly after that. :(
We hosted a Christmas party this year and this one little kid kept slapping the **** out of my aro tank and that made my fish freak out and jump. Not only did I get to wipe chocolate smears off the glass the next day, but my aro got some new scars. I was so tempted to grab the kid by his ankles and dunk him in the turkey fryer... But, then I realized it was his parents' fault for not keeping an eye on him. :swear: :headshake
viciousconvict
04-02-2006, 8:00 PM
since the kid likes koolaid so much, just dump HIM in the tank.....And duck tape the top.....and raise the water level waaaaaaaayy up......and leave for a while.Oh, and don't forget to take out the airhoses so that he can't escape robert langdon style. (read angels and demons)
have your tank out of reach of tank lids?
Mudfrog
04-06-2006, 4:28 PM
One of my kids put a cereal bowl with milk in my 55 once. Needless to say I was not happy.
Either way you can't really blame the parents, kids to crazy things, those with kids will agree with me, those without are probably saying to make the parents pay for it. The fact that a kid does something wrong is not a reflection on their parents, it just means kids get into trouble for not thinking.
johnlinds
04-15-2006, 4:11 PM
i'm surprised my 2 year old hasn't tried that yet!
mothernature
04-15-2006, 7:06 PM
funny i find this thread today when my backyard neighbors kids threw cookies to my turtles , who knows how many cookies (or what else) is in the pond.
It gets worse, this just made me realize these are the same children that threw sharp tools and cooking knives and pitch forks over my wall last summer.
and i just built my pond out back and my turtles love it, im scared for my turtles should i bring them inside or call the police? ive allready tried talking to them and there parents they do not understand english, i think?
funny i find this thread today when my backyard neighbors kids threw cookies to my turtles , who knows how many cookies (or what else) is in the pond.
It gets worse, this just made me realize these are the same children that threw sharp tools and cooking knives and pitch forks over my wall last summer.
and i just built my pond out back and my turtles love it, im scared for my turtles should i bring them inside or call the police? ive allready tried talking to them and there parents they do not understand english, i think?
WOW THAT SUXS !!!
TankBuster
04-15-2006, 8:13 PM
The better question here is, how is the lawsuit coming along? :grinyes:
messytank
04-20-2006, 1:45 AM
:WHOA: yeah thats why I try to keep my nieces and nephews away from my tank :D
dmarinko
04-25-2006, 5:33 PM
haha
dougefresh
04-25-2006, 8:56 PM
wow thats horrible.....sorry for your loss.....the worst thing that has happened to me so far is our brand new puppy likes to watch the fish so a couple of weeks ago it stuck its head in the tank when i was feeding them and grabbed a gourami........killed it too...........but its ok that gourami killed everything i put in with it................
sour_girl
04-26-2006, 1:20 PM
One of my kids put a cereal bowl with milk in my 55 once. Needless to say I was not happy.
Either way you can't really blame the parents, kids to crazy things, those with kids will agree with me, those without are probably saying to make the parents pay for it. The fact that a kid does something wrong is not a reflection on their parents, it just means kids get into trouble for not thinking.
This is very true but a good parent should take responsibility for their childs actions and offer to pay for the damages.
OMG if my daughter did that I would have to leave the house before she got a VERY red bottom!!!! Good thing my 2 main tanks are very High! Oh I dont know what I'd do if she did that man it makes me soooo mad just to think about it!!!!!!!!!:swear: :swear: :swear: