I doubt my biggest guy, the one in my avatar, will make it through the night. due to a new job, i hadent had much time to actually do more than toss a handful of food into in for the last 2 weeks, and had a heater die and ended up killing a big catfish, and a small raphael. Guess the time with polluted water and 72* water was just too much for this guy to handle. Yet the oscar, who is more sensitive to crappy water, is no worse for the wear. Makes no sense to me
Both eyes are now white, he has blood streaks through his fins and body, and is just floating vertically without much movement anymore. i changed out atleast 50% of the water, and have done everything i could think of to no avail to last 3 days. he's just getting worse
Its actually bothering the hell out of me. Ive spent so much time, energy and money ensuring he had quality tanks/pond and good food, after rescuing him from living in a 30g unheated/unfiltered tank for the first 2 years of his life. ive had him 4-5 years, and he went from 8" and almost all white and dead, to the 2 foot monster he is now. i know he had a better life than most other pacu, but its not much of a consolation. He's the reason i moved from a normal everyday goldfish/community keeper, to a hardcore MFK'er who wants to know everything.
Im hoping for a new years miracle, however i just dont see it happening. He was a great fish too, nice and calm, would let you "pet" him, ate like a pig, and never so much as even ate a rosey red in his day, even when offered to other fish in the tank.
Frozen ground or not, once he finally goes, i will find a way to dig a hole and bury him in my yard. Its only proper that a fish so loved gets to be buried were he lived for so long.
Sorry for the long post, but if anyone will understand how i feel right now, its the MFK community
Both eyes are now white, he has blood streaks through his fins and body, and is just floating vertically without much movement anymore. i changed out atleast 50% of the water, and have done everything i could think of to no avail to last 3 days. he's just getting worse
Its actually bothering the hell out of me. Ive spent so much time, energy and money ensuring he had quality tanks/pond and good food, after rescuing him from living in a 30g unheated/unfiltered tank for the first 2 years of his life. ive had him 4-5 years, and he went from 8" and almost all white and dead, to the 2 foot monster he is now. i know he had a better life than most other pacu, but its not much of a consolation. He's the reason i moved from a normal everyday goldfish/community keeper, to a hardcore MFK'er who wants to know everything.
Im hoping for a new years miracle, however i just dont see it happening. He was a great fish too, nice and calm, would let you "pet" him, ate like a pig, and never so much as even ate a rosey red in his day, even when offered to other fish in the tank.
Frozen ground or not, once he finally goes, i will find a way to dig a hole and bury him in my yard. Its only proper that a fish so loved gets to be buried were he lived for so long.
Sorry for the long post, but if anyone will understand how i feel right now, its the MFK community
R.I.P. Pacu.