Not wanting to keep fish after losses

[Supergeorge123]

As i mentioned earlier i had recently suffered a major power outage. Ten days later i did suffer multiple casualties. A huge school of kuhli loaches (20+) was the worst. I believe it was the cold that got them rather than any toxins. My first thought was to replace them but in reality i dont feel like keeping those species again after letting them die under my care.

So what about you guys?

 

[Fat Homer]

Anytime you lose a prized fish or collection it sure can hurt, especially when the fault was caused from things such as power outages for extended periods of time...

I guess one could also look at it as a way to try something new or if you really liked the species, maybe something similar but mot quite the same?

 

[Iamfish]

Form me, once a fish I have kept for a long time dies I don't keep that species again. If a fish dies in he first weeks I will replace it but I just can't stand to replace something that has been in my life for a long time. For example a few years ago when I accidentally killed my synodontis multipunctatus in a cleaning incident I could not stand to replace as he was my first semi exotic fish I ever kept. I will keep other synos but the I could never get another multi. I always have viewed my fish more as pets then average hobbyist.

 

[kno4te]

Lost fish when Irma hit fl. Had to replace a 1/3 of my stock. Really upsetting but decided to keep going. Had time to self reflect but still wanted to keep fish. As long as it’s something u get meaning from then do it.

 

[Tobiassorensen]

Form me, once a fish I have kept for a long time dies I don't keep that species again. If a fish dies in he first weeks I will replace it but I just can't stand to replace something that has been in my life for a long time. For example a few years ago when I accidentally killed my synodontis multipunctatus in a cleaning incident I could not stand to replace as he was my first semi exotic fish I ever kept. I will keep other synos but the I could never get another multi. I always have viewed my fish more as pets then average hobbyist.

I agree with that. I had an 70cm semishort rtc that died a year ago in an poweroutage. I got offered a real shortbody a couple of months later but i could not stand to replace the original one so i decided to never keep an rtc again.

 

[PYRU]

That's out of your control.

I had a tornado hit my neighborhood and knock power out for 2 wks. The worst was when I tree fell on a power line outside it yanked the terminal from the house which pulled all the slack out of the wire I had in the garage. It shot chemicals off the wall into several tanks nearby including a pond.

Then the real kick in the nads was someone stole my generator cutting off the life support system. I lost everything but a really tough jaguar cichlid.

Life sucks sometimes you have to keep pushing forward.

 

[MrsE88]

I’m so sorry for the loss of your fish. It’s such a sickening pain.

I understand not feeling up to getting the same species again.
I lost my first Oscar to a newbie mistake. No more Oscars for me now. They just wouldn’t be the same.

I also just lost my entire pond. I didn’t have show quality koi, but I’ll never be able to get back what I lost. It hurts. They got me into being a serious fishkeeper.
But, I know I’m not done with koi. Maybe it’s because there is such variety.

IMO some pets are just once in a lifetime. Not because you choose them to be, but because they just are. If that makes any sense.

That's out of your control.

I had a tornado hit my neighborhood and knock power out for 2 wks. The worst was when I tree fell on a power line outside it yanked the terminal from the house which pulled all the slack out of the wire I had in the garage. It shot chemicals off the wall into several tanks nearby including a pond.

Then the real kick in the nads was someone stole my generator cutting off the life support system. I lost everything but a really tough jaguar cichlid.

Life sucks sometimes you have to keep pushing forward.

That is horrible!

 

[duanes]

Unless we sell or give them away, we aquarists (in reality) all kill all our fish,, but....
in nature most fish don't make it the first week of life, if they do, the most survivors don't make it thru the first year.

 

[philipraposo1982]

Good opportunity to learn from this and think about having a battery backup or generator. We keep animals and must be able to do what we can for them. This also means ensuring we can provide a home for them during outages. Obviously this is only expected within reason.

 

[LBDave]

Unless we sell or give them away, we aquarists (in reality) all kill all our fish,, but....
in nature most fish don't make it the first week of life, if they do, the most survivors don't make it thru the first year.

Sort of the biologist point of view?