What was your first fish?
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Goldfish. My parents got me 5 Comets in a 10 gallon for my 12th birthday. Very bad idea, I know, but I somehow managed to grow them to about five inches each before selling them back to the pet store and converting to tropical.
Goldfish from those fairs and the LFS
I think I had 14 of them in a tank at one point...and based on the bucket I used for 100% water changes, the tank was only a 5g barebottom, filterless tank >.>
This was when I was 5 or 6
Surprisingly, all or nearly all of them survived for a while. 12 of them died one day when my sis(only a yr older than me) unplugged the air pump by accident. 2 of em survived for a few more years
Poor fishies
I think I had 14 of them in a tank at one point...and based on the bucket I used for 100% water changes, the tank was only a 5g barebottom, filterless tank >.>
This was when I was 5 or 6
Surprisingly, all or nearly all of them survived for a while. 12 of them died one day when my sis(only a yr older than me) unplugged the air pump by accident. 2 of em survived for a few more years
Poor fishies
My first fish was a betta when I was in Kindergarten. Poor fish didn't make it that long. My three year old sister decided to get up super early and "clean" the house before my mom got up. "Cleaning" the house consisted of hauling this super sized bottle of detergent around and spreading it on everything....including my fish tank. I was so mad at her when I got home from school and found out my fish had died. My mom had to go out and buy me another fish the next day. My poor mother lol. She had detergent spread and rubbed into every conceivable place including the beds in the house, a laughing, conniving three year old, and a distraught five year old to deal with.
My first fish memory was a large (probably around 5 in) comet goldfish my older sister owned when I was about 5-6. It had a basic large bowl and just swam around in circles. I look back and feel so bad for its boring existence! Lived for a long time, though!
My first fish I took care of were a red capped oranda and a black moore in a 2.5 gallon fishbowl shaped like a gumball machine. It was actually pretty cool! I was about 14. I also attempted keeping a pond of koi for a summer but didn't understand about filters and whatnot and the fish died in a few months...
I JUST got back into fishkeeping and I LOVE IT! I have a 10 gallon tank with all the fixins and I'm working on starting a community tank. I have 3 girls and 1 boy mollie. One of them just had babies! It's tons of fun.
My first fish I took care of were a red capped oranda and a black moore in a 2.5 gallon fishbowl shaped like a gumball machine. It was actually pretty cool! I was about 14. I also attempted keeping a pond of koi for a summer but didn't understand about filters and whatnot and the fish died in a few months...
I JUST got back into fishkeeping and I LOVE IT! I have a 10 gallon tank with all the fixins and I'm working on starting a community tank. I have 3 girls and 1 boy mollie. One of them just had babies! It's tons of fun.
I just remembered a story I needed to share about my goldfish. My parents got me this red acrylic crayola crayon tank with a capacity of maybe 3 gallons. I of course had SEVEN comets in there. I actually distinctly remember feeding them every day before school. One day, I forgot to put the top back on and came home to 6 goldfish. Looked all around and couldn't find the 7th (we had no cats or dogs at this point). Never did find him until weeks (months maybe?) later I was playing with my Legos (which were kept in a big basket on the floor in the corner very close to my "tank") and found the mummified goldie that had probably landed in there and dug himself into the Legos with all of his flopping around. That memory is embedded very distinctly into my brain some 15 or so years later.andyjs;3413836; said:
andyjs;3414951; said:
haha, euuuww. I always have worries of a fish getting out and just dying on the floor. sad!
