Thanks guys for your kind words....she really was up there, definitely one of my favourites, she survived quite a few of my early fishkeeping blunders, and made me proud the way she grew and flourished. I've never had a fish commit suicide before, which to all intensive purposes is what she did, grieving for her mate, I just hope he's waiting for her, it helps to think he is....boy O's can be stubborn fish. I suppose that's what makes them so popular, their highly developed personalities and individuality. I only wish they had actually managed to produce some fry. She laid eggs a couple of times but all got eaten before they hatched. I suppose 7 years in't too bad a life for a captive fish......still feel like crap tho.....time will heal I suppose.
Buried her in the garden next to her hubby I owed her that at least.....
The second male I got her is looking seriously lost without her...he is young though....he'll get over her.....
Buried her in the garden next to her hubby I owed her that at least.....
The second male I got her is looking seriously lost without her...he is young though....he'll get over her.....
