Goonch catfish hurt

[Zues1725]

Dam that sucks for big bro right there man I hope my lil guy gets big like tht one day and I don’t get no issue with equipment failure

 

[Zues1725]

I made a rookie mistake the goonch jump out of tank while I was out for errands I forgot to close the lid man now I’m really upset making me wanna quite fish keeping overall and I just started ?

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

That must feel awful. Is the catfish still alive or did the jump suffocate and kill it?

 

[Fishman Dave]

So sorry for your loss. Don’t give up though. Brush yourself off and go again - we all learn by our mistakes.

 

[Zues1725]

Yea he is gone I’m so sad I put him back in the tank I try to wilggy him but he was just floating back up I try to see if maybe he would move but it’s lifeless in the tank floating I knew I just had to throw him away after that before I start getting emotional

 

[Zues1725]

No more goonch for me for atleast a bit till I get more experience it cost me
A lot for no reason even brought the rocks was going to start spacing his caves to hide

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Sorry about the turn of events. It's likely no consolation but I've lost thousands of valuable fish. Like Dave says, please, be strong, learn and press on. We can't go through life cherry picking pleasures, successes, and smiles. Losses are a natural part of it.

BTW, your homework would have shown that it is pretty hard to raise a goonch to adulthood, way too many unknown, unpredictable, unexplainable deaths occur with them, seemingly across all species of goonch. People dispute this but the statistic is impossible to dismiss. One of a couple reasons I've never tried a goonch.

 

[Fishman Dave]

BTW, your homework would have shown that it is pretty hard to raise a goonch to adulthood, way too many unknown, unpredictable, unexplainable deaths occur with them, seemingly across all species of goonch. People dispute this but the statistic is impossible to dismiss. One of a couple reasons I've never tried a goonch.

Would fully agree, over the years I have had four redtail catfish two of which were into double figures age wise and I have had five Goonch, none of which I have managed to get past 2 years or 2 ft ……

 

[xenacanth9]

I made a rookie mistake the goonch jump out of tank while I was out for errands I forgot to close the lid man now I’m really upset making me wanna quite fish keeping overall and I just started ?

Man, that's really too bad. I'm sorry this happened to you. I agree with thebiggerthebetter on this one

 

[Zues1725]

yea i understand they are hard to keep alive i was going to try to grow it out as much as i can and maybe trade it or donated to an expert like OFR or other resuce that might have better luck