The Fish (fishkeepers, breeders, fish lovers)

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The discussion revolves around the experiences of fish keepers, particularly those who own Betta fish. Participants share their journeys, including the challenges of maintaining healthy tanks, dealing with fish illnesses, and the emotional attachments formed with their aquatic pets. One user recounts the loss of several fish due to poor advice from a pet store and the subsequent learning curve that followed, emphasizing the importance of proper tank cycling and maintenance. Others chime in with their own stories of fishkeeping, highlighting the joy and heartache that comes with the hobby. The conversation touches on the complexities of caring for different species, the emotional toll of losing pets, and the community support found in sharing these experiences. Overall, the thread reflects a deep passion for fishkeeping and the bonds formed with these creatures, despite the challenges faced.
  • #51
Evo said:
awww {{{Lacy}}} I'm sure he'll be ok.

Thank you Evo and all. This is a hard time. One of the forums I go to is for fish keepers and sometimes the sense of support and community given to a fish and the owner at times like this really leave one sobbing.
We went through this with my daughter and a forum for rabbits this last summer when a bunnie left in her care turned out to be a female and gave birth. I think she had five babies die in her hands.
All of these forums are wonderful to the communities they serve.
I don't want to go to my fish forum because I was an idiot and hurt our fish causing this. Those people might kill me. Then who would care for the other two fish we have? Rocky (hhtn) and Hubby? :cry:
 
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  • #52
Lacy33 said:
Thank you Evo and all. This is a hard time. One of the forums I go to is for fish keepers and sometimes the sense of support and community given to a fish and the owner at times like this really leave one sobbing.
We went through this with my daughter and a forum for rabbits this last summer when a bunnie left in her care turned out to be a female and gave birth. I think she had five babies die in her hands.
All of these forums are wonderful to the communities they serve.
I don't want to go to my fish forum because I was an idiot and hurt our fish causing this. Those people might kill me. Then who would care for the other two fish we have? Rocky (hhtn) and Hubby? :cry:
You never intended to harm him, your intentions were good. Just remember that.

Love and {{{{hugs}}}} from all of us Lacy dear. We're all with you.
 
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  • #53
Evo said:
You never intended to harm him, your intentions were good. Just remember that.

Love and {{{{hugs}}}} from all of us Lacy dear. We're all with you.

I only cried hard one other time when on pf and that was an angry, selfish, temper tantrum having some thing to do with a pink never.

I appreciate your post so much that I just can't really express it.
I didn't think Rocky would take a turn for the worse when starting this thread. But since the thread has been going, I have learned to laugh at dead fish jokes and experiences.
OK! Darling Rocky collided with the sword I was knighting him with. :frown: That's why he was being knighted. He's brave.
We hope for the best and even if he leaves. I suspect he will be back because I never met a fish that so much enjoyed trying to bite my hand off at pellet time.
xoxo
 
  • #54
Lacy33 said:
I only cried hard one other time when on pf and that was an angry, selfish, temper tantrum having some thing to do with a pink never.

I appreciate your post so much that I just can't really express it.
I didn't think Rocky would take a turn for the worse when starting this thread. But since the thread has been going, I have learned to laugh at dead fish jokes and experiences.
OK! Darling Rocky collided with the sword I was knighting him with. :frown: That's why he was being knighted. He's brave.
We hope for the best and even if he leaves. I suspect he will be back because I never met a fish that so much enjoyed trying to bite my hand off at pellet time.
xoxo


:frown: Evo is right, you have love and hugs from all of us!
 
  • #55
lisab said:
:frown: Evo is right, you have love and hugs from all of us!

Thank you Lisab.
I just read all this to Rocky and he snapped at me and said, "you sorry? Huh? You sorry you stabbed me? Do you think I am going to forgive you? I'm going to bite your face off! :mad: Come close to the top of the tank. You know like you did the day you tried to make me Fish On A Stick!"

I think he will get over it. :!) Rocky loves me. :-p
 
  • #56
I love yellow santa fish!
 
  • #57
rootX said:
I love yellow santa fish!

He loves you too. What do you want for Chrismas?
 
  • #58
Rocky (da shark) Balboa joins Spike and Sting today.
RIP dear boys.
 
  • #59
Lacy33 said:
Rocky (da shark) Balboa joins Spike and Sting today.
RIP dear boys.
:cry: Noooo. Oh noooo. :cry:

Lacy I am so sorry.

{{{{{hugs}}}} He knew you loved him.
 
  • #60
Lacy33 said:
Rocky (da shark) Balboa joins Spike and Sting today.
RIP dear boys.

That's very unfortunate. Hope they lived well and enjoyed love from you guys.
 
  • #61
Lacy33 said:
Rocky (da shark) Balboa joins Spike and Sting today.
RIP dear boys.

So sorry to hear if it :frown:! RIP, sweet fishies.
 
  • #62
lacy33 said:
rocky (da shark) balboa joins spike and sting today.
Rip dear boys.

:( :(
 
  • #63
Thank you all.
Spike and Sting were Dimensional's dear lionfish who passed about the first week in December.
Rocky, I had to help sleep yesterday because he had stopped eating and could not even really move much.
Perhaps a mistake, I held him in my hand while he went to sleep. I don't know how I could not have done that as I have been holding both of the fish in the water during water changes and they had become so tame.
But I had and continue to have this feeling that I murdered him.
WAIT!
I think that is why the professionals say to cover the fish while it goes to sleep from the clove oil and then add the vodka when fully asleep.
Our situation was such a mixed package because we played with them and they were/ are use to human contact. Maybe like dolphins.
Goldie (hhtn ) is still with us. Thankfully
We are thinking though about getting something "mommy" can really play with,... like a T-Rex.
 
  • #64
Fish would be cooler if you could somehow engineer a reverse-scooba suit like in Futurama :)
 
  • #65
dydxforsn said:
Fish would be cooler if you could somehow engineer a reverse-scooba suit like in Futurama :)


http://hight3ch.com/fish-controlled-vehicle/"
[PLAIN]http://www.techepics.com/files/fish_robot.jpg
 
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  • #66
DaveC426913 said:
http://hight3ch.com/fish-controlled-vehicle/"
[PLAIN]http://www.techepics.com/files/fish_robot.jpg[/QUOTE]

Dave, that's pretty clever. Do you get many fish that way? HUH?
Anyway, Goldie took one look at that and took off. 5:35 est. Take good care of our Goldy. OK?
 
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  • #67
DaveC426913 said:
http://hight3ch.com/fish-controlled-vehicle/"
[PLAIN]http://www.techepics.com/files/fish_robot.jpg[/QUOTE]That's cool!
 
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  • #68
That's what Goldie thought. Just up and left. We guess he wanted wheels too.
 
  • #69
Lacy33 said:
That's what Goldie thought. Just up and left. We guess he wanted wheels too.
Is goldie ok?
 
  • #70
Evo said:
Is goldie ok?

No, all in about ten minutes, he swam around funny and went head down and out dead. We didn't even get a chance to say good bye. Very strange.
Though I may sound dry, that is not the case here and I have a feeling in a blizzard we will be bringing more boys home tomorrow. Jerry knows we need kids in the house. We are a family kind of couple.
Thank you for noticing.

Because it's Christmas I didn't want to say our boy left on Christmas and make people sad.
We are sad but thankful we had them for so long.
 
  • #71
Lacy33 said:
No, all in about ten minutes, he swam around funny and went head down and out dead. We didn't even get a chance to say good bye. Very strange.
Though I may sound dry, that is not the case here and I have a feeling in a blizzard we will be bringing more boys home tomorrow. Jerry knows we need kids in the house. We are a family kind of couple.
Thank you for noticing.

Because it's Christmas I didn't want to say our boy left on Christmas and make people sad.
We are sad but thankful we had them for so long.
OMG! OMG!

{{{{hugs}}}}} Lacy... :cry: I feel so sad for you. You lost both in the last few days. So sad.

Do you have a nice potted plant as a resting place?
 
  • #72
We took them of both to the same place in the park and put them to rest. We are very sad.
It should not surprise me but it still is how much adults can get attached to these tiny creatures. They were not really "tank" fish but when we moved to a different room we would take them with us so that they would not get lonely. Perhaps we forgot they were fish. Though Goldie didn't act like one. At times I really thought he was Grandpa come back. o:)
 
  • #73
I'm so sorry, Lacy :frown:!
 
  • #74
Thank you Evo and Lisab. We are dealing with our loss here like adults. :cry: :cry: :cry:
We have a storm coming so first we go to go get supplies and then to the store and grab the ones looking like they need to be rescued.
A lady on FB once said she was not smart enough to swim with the fish. I can't make it to hospice anymore. These little bettas are my teachers for the moment.

RIP Professors Rocky and Goldie.
 
  • #75
DaveC426913 said:
http://hight3ch.com/fish-controlled-vehicle/"
[PLAIN]http://www.techepics.com/files/fish_robot.jpg[/QUOTE]

I really have to thank you for this, and the fish habitrail post. I thought maybe I was the only nut in the world who thought of such things.

Though I would never install the fish guidance system. They are bad enough as it is...

Om: Hi fishies, what's up?
Fishies: We're hungry!
Om: But I just fed you 5 minutes ago.
Fishies: We don't care. We're hungry!
Om: Ok. Just a bit more.
Fishies: Yay!

repeat, forever and ever

I'm sure if they could move that tank to follow the food god around the house, they would.
 
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  • #76
Sorry to hear about your fish Lacy :(
 
  • #77
HeLiXe said:
Sorry to hear about your fish Lacy :(

Thank you HeLiXe. I was just laughing hard at OmCheeto's fish shtick. Oh so true.
When we realized Goldie was not coming back up, Hubby frantically dumped a whole lot of food in his little tank accidently. Thank goodness Goldie was elsewhere because that little fish would have eaten every pellet if it would kill him! :rolleyes:
 
  • #78
Lacy33 said:
Thank you HeLiXe. I was just laughing hard at OmCheeto's fish shtick. Oh so true.
When we realized Goldie was not coming back up, Hubby frantically dumped a whole lot of food in his little tank accidently. Thank goodness Goldie was elsewhere because that little fish would have eaten every pellet if it would kill him! :rolleyes:

lololol...fish shtick...Lacy you crack me up!
 
  • #79
lisab said:
lololol...fish shtick...Lacy you crack me up!

LOL, you crack ME up! :smile: I didn't get it until you pointed it out. LOL:smile:
 
  • #80
Fish schtick :smile:

For the record, the Fishmobile is not mine; I simply pointed to a known internet phenom.
 
  • #81
Great Rocky and Goldie avatar, Lacy :smile:
 
  • #82
Lacy33 said:
Thank you HeLiXe. I was just laughing hard at OmCheeto's fish shtick. Oh so true.
When we realized Goldie was not coming back up, Hubby frantically dumped a whole lot of food in his little tank accidently. Thank goodness Goldie was elsewhere because that little fish would have eaten every pellet if it would kill him! :rolleyes:

My last fish tank was about two years ago--it was a 5 gallon. My sucker fish {I forget what it was...not a siamese or a plecos} got so huge I donated him back to the pet store for people with ponds. The tank was looking bare so I bought a few more neons which were on sale. I wish I would have kept them in another tank for a week or so because they introduced a fungus into my tank -_-. I lost all my fishies at once so I know how sad it is. *pc hugs*
 
  • #83
HeLiXe said:
My last fish tank was about two years ago--it was a 5 gallon. My sucker fish {I forget what it was...not a siamese or a plecos} got so huge I donated him back to the pet store for people with ponds. The tank was looking bare so I bought a few more neons which were on sale. I wish I would have kept them in another tank for a week or so because they introduced a fungus into my tank -_-. I lost all my fishies at once so I know how sad it is. *pc hugs*

Thank you Lisa.

HeLiXe, Did you take any pictures of your fish?
Fish keeping which we originally thought would be manageable price wise, is just like getting a good neighbor award.
Don't accept either or you will be broke in a month!
 
  • #84
I just noticed I haven't fed my http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/112581010116074801021/fish.swf?3" for past 1 year but I am glad they are still alive o:)
I also have a http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/112581010116074801021/treefrog.swf?2" .
 
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  • #85
Ohhh those are cute. I fed them for you. That hamster is adorable.
What a wonderful gift.
 
  • #86
Lacy33 said:
Thank you Lisa.

HeLiXe, Did you take any pictures of your fish?

No :( I had an orange and purple betta a few mixed tetras, that sucker fish and 8 neons. I kept the betta in another tank.

I do have a picture of my pet parakeet who passed away after 10 years.
 
  • #87
HeLiXe said:
No :( I had an orange and purple betta a few mixed tetras, that sucker fish and 8 neons. I kept the betta in another tank.

I do have a picture of my pet parakeet who passed away after 10 years.

Would you like to share the picture of your Parakeet? That's a long time to have a pet.
Good for you.
 
  • #88
Here she is, small pic but it's the only one I have of her. This picture was taken a month before she passed away. I don't like to cage birds tho, so I will never have a caged bird as a pet again. She was supposed to be a pet for someone else, but they did not want to take care of her. I was happy to take care of her, I really loved her <3
 

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  • #89
Oh, She is very pretty. She looks to be a real lady. And very modest.
I had Budggie birds, a few through the years. I mostly let the cage open when I knew the window would be closed. One only need clean a little more. :biggrin:
I think I was up to Scorpio 5, though they were not all called Scorpio. Most of them acted like one hence the name.
Did your bird talk? Did she sit on your finger. Mine use to like to sit on my head, so I had to start wearing the baseball cap around the house. lol
 
  • #90
Thx Lacy :) Actually she did talk, she said hello and hi, prior to I had no idea budgies could talk. She never went on my finger, but she would let me hold her.
 
  • #91
DaveC426913 said:
http://hight3ch.com/fish-controlled-vehicle/"
[PLAIN]http://www.techepics.com/files/fish_robot.jpg[/QUOTE]


haha, that was a good find! I enjoyed it ;D
 
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