THE DEAD FISH THREAD!!!!!

[FishRfine]

This thread is easier to look at once you've contributed. I still miss my Bob less than 9 months, and the monster dream is over. I have a 220 community tank for now, until I have settled down a bit (college)

 

[JeremyXXXX]

I hate the fact that I can post in this thread...

 

[inssane]

I may not have lost fish that are as rare or huge as some of these, but everyone has.
I have lost many different types of fish over the years, but my most recent was the worst I can remember.

My Firemouth was MIA for over 5 days, and he did this once before for 3 days, and reappeared with scratches on him, I thought that maybe he camped out in the driftwood stump. Sure enough, I was cleaning the tank, and at the top view, I could see he lodged himself inside the driftwood, and I couldn't get him out even though I tried. I saw his tail and dorsal and he was well alive, even after 5 days in there. I reached and broke off some wood to clear a path and was trying for 20 minutes. I looked back down and I didn't see his tail anymore.

I knew then, that he would die alone, and starve, and I could do nothing about it (the dw is literally a tree stump). It made me a little sad that the Oscar was hanging around the part of the dw that firemouth was stuck in. Sure enough, the Oscar didn't hang around that part anymore after a few more days, and all that was left were bones on occasion and the loach cleaning alot up there.

Sorry if it sounded sappy, but that was hard for me because I couldn't have even ended his suffering.

The only feeling everyone here has probably had is leaving your tank for the day, and coming back to a fresh dead fish - and just wondering what could have happened. The first glimpse always startles me, but then recovery and reasons need to come next.

Anyhow, sorry for everyone's losses

 

[crayfishguy]

betta jumped into turtle tank

 

[Fish_Man_Dan]

1) cold front in FL with no heater
2) as these three female trimac grew older, i tried to pair them with a fader FH... bad idea
3) and 4) lost this guy about a week ago in another cold front
5) same cold front as 3 and 4
6) lost the OB Red Zebra in the background from some kind of disease... he lost all equilibrium, so i put him in a narrow breeder box to keep him straight, but he never recovered. everytime he would try to swim, he would start doing barrel rolls, then panic and crash until i forced him to stay upright til he calmed down. he tried to eat, but couldnt navigate to his food he was spinning too fast.
7) my mayan cichlid has only ever eaten one fish, and it was this yellow lab still ignores the other fish that range from newborn mbuna to adults! (he is 8")

I've also lost my first baby duboisi, all 3 elongatus, 3 out of 4 albino cobalts, and several other mbuna in a bad cold front last year, in addition to all the native fish in a 500 gallon tank (2 FL gar, a dozen various sunfish, 2 huge channel cats, and 2 small channel cats)

losing your fish sucks!!! (i may try that skull cleaning idea from pg 10 for the larger jag that's in the freezer, lmao)

 

[Zeppelin3k]

Just got my new breeding pairs of severums shipped since the rainy weather it took 2 days in stead of overnight shipping

OUCH! that really sucks! Let me guess it was shipped usps, ive had problems with them shipping overnight before! How do you sex them?

 

[polypteruskeeper]

Sad thread.

 

[negative_tea]

One of my Clown Loaches died this morning...

From a bad case of ich.

Sorry little guy.

 

[mshill90]

My Fiance's B-day gift- 12+ inch ornate Bichir.

Came home to him on the floor in front of his tank- I heard that you can revive him.. I was able to revive him for about an hour. Then he died. I drove 4 hours for him another fish, and the other fish isn't fairing too well either... FML.

And yes, I cried.

 

[negative_tea]

That's a beautiful Bichir. Sorry for your loss ms