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[Iceman]

I had to make a difficult decision today.

I have 4 goldfish of various ages: Elderly, adult, teenage, and junevile.

The adult goldfish got sick. Once I saw this I immediate applied medical treatment. Despite my efforts it died in a matter of minutes. It was then I actually looked closely at the others.

The juvenile was still normally, so I moved onto the other two.
The teenage animal had the same symptoms.
The elderly animal was difficult to determine. It could have have the disease, but it was already badly discolored due to its age.

I've seen this condition once before. Last year I witnessed 19 out of 20 goldfish fall victim to it, in less than 24 hours.

Not wanting the disease to spread to healthy fish, I eliminated the sick fish. (Death by toilet.)

I love animals, but it broke my heart to bury my pets. Did I do the right thing?

[Mr.Etcetera]

Coulda bought a 2nd bowl you sick grape

[Iceman]

Bowls are inhumane, not to mention these guys were way too big.

Not to mention I'm totally poor. :-(

Edited by Iceman Hotty, 11 January 2010 - 12:28 PM.

[Canti]

Boo

I thought this topic was about murdering Savior, the member/mod.

[Vaati]

Iceman you are a brave member.

[Chid0x]

Mr.Etcetera, on 11 January 2010 - 12:15 PM, said:

Coulda bought a 2nd bowl you sick grape

story of my life.

[Nomad]

Master, on 11 January 2010 - 12:29 PM, said:

Boo

I thought this topic was about murdering Savior, the member/mod.

Motion to hijack?

Seriously though, I'd have just gone with a 2nd tank/whatever instead of well, committing murder.

[Paradigm]

Living in a bowl is less humane than dying in a sewer or septic tank?

[Iceman]

The sick fish were attempting to eating the dead fish though.

Paradigm, on 11 January 2010 - 12:33 PM, said:

Living in a bowl is less humane than dying in a sewer or septic tank?

This is gonna come back to haunt me...

Edited by Iceman Hotty, 11 January 2010 - 12:38 PM.

[Nomad]

Paradigm, on 11 January 2010 - 12:33 PM, said:

Living in a bowl is less humane than dying in a sewer or septic tank?

Yeah, if this comes down to a debate between location & water quality, I'm preeeeeeettty sure the latter wins.

[Chid0x]

Iceman Hotty, on 11 January 2010 - 12:35 PM, said:

The sick fish were attempting to eating the dead fish though.

This is gonna come back to haunt me...

then flush the dead one down

[Iceman]

Once I was sure it was dead, I did. But seeing the fish cannibalize each kinda freaked me out. I'll admit, I might of jumped the gun on this one.

[Nomad]

So I guess for next time...

Ask ETC first, flush toilet later?

[Iceman]

Can do, Val. Most definitely.

[Mister Mischief]

Val, on 11 January 2010 - 12:44 PM, said:

So I guess for next time...

Ask ETC first, flush toilet later?

Are we applying this to just fish? If not, I have something you may be interested in if you give me 10 minutes or so...

[Dragonzealot]

You did the right thing. As a fish/cat person (go figure huh), you did what shouldve been done on a poor person's budget. Though I sympathize for your lose. If that means anything to you.

[Spike.]

My fish died as I washed the tank =/

[Iceman]

Dragonzealot, on 11 January 2010 - 12:54 PM, said:

You did the right thing. As a fish/cat person (go figure huh), you did what shouldve been done on a poor person's budget. Though I sympathize for your lose. If that means anything to you.

Thank you, DZ. I appreciate your kind words. It wasn't an easy choice to make after caring for them over a year.

Spike., on 11 January 2010 - 01:11 PM, said:

My fish died as I washed the tank =/

I offer my condolences for your loss.

[Canti]

Chido, on 11 January 2010 - 12:30 PM, said:

story of my life.

Since senior year, yeah

[Ira Aeterna]

Sorry to hear your Magikarps died off before they evolved. If they were Gyarados' already, they probably could have weathered the disease.