wrost day ever

fishboy · 04-21-2005, 11:46 PM

today i was watching my fish swim around and i turn around for 5 seconds to give my brother something and when i turn back i count the fish and i'm one short. Roscoe my guppy is gone. I begin to search for him. He sometimes hides behind the heater or in the gravel but it looks like he just up and vanished. As i look to my filter i see his body hanging out of the intake tube his large tail be ripped throuth the strainer. Out of instinct i grab the intake tube and rip it off the filter and he falls out...dead. I keep staring in disbelif half of me understands while the other half is torn in disbelif and the hope he'll start to swim agian. But that moment never comes. i net out his small body and wrap him in a napkin and print on it RIP Roscoe. I restart the filte and walk outside with my shovel choking back tears and bury him next to the banks of our pond were he'd be near water he would've like that and cross two sticks over it as a grave marker.
Now it is bad enough i lost my fish but through an act of cruel fate my fish dies less then a hour after my dog was put down. Sounds like a bad day huh?

Rice · 04-21-2005, 11:54 PM

yea that is a bad day. sorry about your loses. thats the reasons why i RARELY use filters after that happened to me a couple of times. FIRST time half the tube got knocked off somehow or probaly loose and than 2 of my guppys got sucked in. i was at school at the moment so i couldnt save them. got home disappointed since they were my favorite since one was a neon blue and black looking guppy and other was neon red and black. scales turn kinda shiny in the light. learned it was by cross breeding tetras and guppys. the second time i was there when it happened, stupid tube fell out again. it only been a minute and i got him out but i knew he was gona die soon. the filter was to strong and bend his body in a U shape. i just let it live thinking how us ppl would like to live as long as possible in the world. after that time i REALLY threw the filter out the window into my backyard angry that it was my fault (since i didnt get rid of it the first time it happened). after that i only used the filter to mix chemicals into the water faster. other than that i dont use it for cleaning the water. i let nature do all that for 2 months

**Fishfirst** · 04-22-2005, 01:51 AM

you might want to cover your intake with a sponge to prevent this from happening!

fishboy · 04-22-2005, 08:38 AM

Its just that roscoe was so careful to avoid the filter's current that i never saw the need

Simoriax · 04-22-2005, 10:44 AM

hmm, in england our filter intakes have a guard type thing to stop this happening. You guys just have a open pipe or something?!

Imbrium · 04-22-2005, 03:10 PM

Every filter I've seen has a guard.

fishboy · 04-22-2005, 06:24 PM

mine has a guard my guppies tail got stuck in the slit of the gaurd. If i had only been looking

. Well today i went to mt LFS and got a female betta and some ghost shrimp for the tank

Thunderkiss · 04-22-2005, 06:38 PM

Everyone loses fish mate, live and learn as they say, so it won't happen again.

Your dog .... that's another story.

Sorry for that man, it sucks.

Pac-Man · 04-22-2005, 07:10 PM

yah i would cry more about the dog.. im really srry. why did ur dog get put down??

fishboy · 04-23-2005, 10:34 AM

my dog lost her battle with cancer. The cancer was so big on her neck it was choking her. Soon she couldn't even walk and i had to carrie her around our house. It wasn't fair that we let her live like that. I am more sad about the dog because i've had her since i was 3 but I understood that she had to go but my fish was an acident. Today i woke up to find my new betta suffered the same fate as my guppy and died plus 1 of ghost shrimps died so i did a 50% water change and promised myself to be more careful

fishboy · 04-23-2005, 05:35 PM

Now i've replaced the betta with a blue gourami. used planty of stresscoat. everythings fine in the tank

fishboy · 04-23-2005, 05:35 PM

Now i've replaced the betta with a blue gourami. used planty of stresscoat. everythings fine in the tank

Lexus · 04-23-2005, 11:45 PM

It may not be the filters fault, what are your water perameters, how big is the tank, what is in there?

1KoidialDude · 04-27-2005, 06:43 AM

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As i look to my filter i see his body hanging out of the intake tube his large tail be ripped throuth the strainer

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By the way Fishboy talk's bout Rosco
I don't think the water was so bad,
that the fish threw himself to his death.
But then again maybe he was distraught,
over an old flame

Hamm3592 · 04-27-2005, 04:24 PM

Im so sorry to hear about your pets.

I also just recently lost my favorite fish. And i've never lost a dog but i can image how that must feel.

**fish_doc** · 04-28-2005, 09:10 PM

So far in my life I have had to put 3 dogs down. 1 of them I had for 19 years. They definitally become part of the family. The joy tand memories they bring through the years are worth the pain in the end. Remember to look at the good times and it will let you know the right thing was done.

As far as fish go - Usually when they get pulled into the side of a filter it usually means they were somewhat weak to start with. Healthy fish dont ususally die by getting sucked aginst the tube.

boroughmal · 05-01-2005, 01:15 PM

Only answer to that mate is a new fish and a new dog, when you get older like me you will have a few of these friends to see you through life. Last time it happened to me, the wife had to have a dog too because the other one didnt like her as much as me. I have three graves in the garden & I still say hello when I mow the lawn.
regards
www.fishkeepingsupplies.com
Aquarium and Fish Supply Tropical

fishboy · 05-01-2005, 02:57 PM

we get new dog and new fish in the fall. my 10 gallon now only contains a gourami and a molly. plus after the summer i'm thinking of a new 20 gallon and setting up my 2 and a half gallon

04-21-2005, 11:46 PM	#1
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	wrost day ever today i was watching my fish swim around and i turn around for 5 seconds to give my brother something and when i turn back i count the fish and i'm one short. Roscoe my guppy is gone. I begin to search for him. He sometimes hides behind the heater or in the gravel but it looks like he just up and vanished. As i look to my filter i see his body hanging out of the intake tube his large tail be ripped throuth the strainer. Out of instinct i grab the intake tube and rip it off the filter and he falls out...dead. I keep staring in disbelif half of me understands while the other half is torn in disbelif and the hope he'll start to swim agian. But that moment never comes. i net out his small body and wrap him in a napkin and print on it RIP Roscoe. I restart the filte and walk outside with my shovel choking back tears and bury him next to the banks of our pond were he'd be near water he would've like that and cross two sticks over it as a grave marker. Now it is bad enough i lost my fish but through an act of cruel fate my fish dies less then a hour after my dog was put down. Sounds like a bad day huh? __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

04-22-2005, 01:51 AM	#3
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,704 Blog Entries: 6	you might want to cover your intake with a sponge to prevent this from happening! __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

04-22-2005, 08:38 AM	#4
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	Its just that roscoe was so careful to avoid the filter's current that i never saw the need __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

04-22-2005, 06:24 PM	#7
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	mine has a guard my guppies tail got stuck in the slit of the gaurd. If i had only been looking . Well today i went to mt LFS and got a female betta and some ghost shrimp for the tank __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

04-22-2005, 07:10 PM	#9
Pac-Man Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 5 Posts: 585	Re: wrost day ever yah i would cry more about the dog.. im really srry. why did ur dog get put down??

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04-21-2005, 11:54 PM	#2
Rice Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 33	yea that is a bad day. sorry about your loses. thats the reasons why i RARELY use filters after that happened to me a couple of times. FIRST time half the tube got knocked off somehow or probaly loose and than 2 of my guppys got sucked in. i was at school at the moment so i couldnt save them. got home disappointed since they were my favorite since one was a neon blue and black looking guppy and other was neon red and black. scales turn kinda shiny in the light. learned it was by cross breeding tetras and guppys. the second time i was there when it happened, stupid tube fell out again. it only been a minute and i got him out but i knew he was gona die soon. the filter was to strong and bend his body in a U shape. i just let it live thinking how us ppl would like to live as long as possible in the world. after that time i REALLY threw the filter out the window into my backyard angry that it was my fault (since i didnt get rid of it the first time it happened). after that i only used the filter to mix chemicals into the water faster. other than that i dont use it for cleaning the water. i let nature do all that for 2 months

04-22-2005, 10:44 AM	#5
Simoriax Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Norfolk, England Posts: 34	hmm, in england our filter intakes have a guard type thing to stop this happening. You guys just have a open pipe or something?!

04-22-2005, 03:10 PM	#6
Imbrium Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 26 Posts: 384	Every filter I've seen has a guard.

04-22-2005, 06:38 PM	#8
Thunderkiss Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 376	Everyone loses fish mate, live and learn as they say, so it won't happen again. Your dog .... that's another story. Sorry for that man, it sucks.

04-23-2005, 10:34 AM	#10
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	my dog lost her battle with cancer. The cancer was so big on her neck it was choking her. Soon she couldn't even walk and i had to carrie her around our house. It wasn't fair that we let her live like that. I am more sad about the dog because i've had her since i was 3 but I understood that she had to go but my fish was an acident. Today i woke up to find my new betta suffered the same fate as my guppy and died plus 1 of ghost shrimps died so i did a 50% water change and promised myself to be more careful __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

04-23-2005, 05:35 PM	#11
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	Now i've replaced the betta with a blue gourami. used planty of stresscoat. everythings fine in the tank __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

04-23-2005, 11:45 PM	#13
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,407	Re: wrost day ever It may not be the filters fault, what are your water perameters, how big is the tank, what is in there? __________________ 55 Gallon 1 Fantail Goldfish 1 Albino Bristlenose 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 4 Angelfish 3 Zebra Danios 14? Assorted Corys 46 Gallon 8 Tiger Barbs 8 Pulcher/Brichardi Cichlids 29 Gallon 1 Snail 1 Betta 8 Pulcher/Brichardi Fry

04-27-2005, 04:24 PM	#15
Hamm3592 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 55	Re: wrost day ever Im so sorry to hear about your pets. I also just recently lost my favorite fish. And i've never lost a dog but i can image how that must feel.

04-28-2005, 09:10 PM	#16
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,953 Blog Entries: 19	Re: wrost day ever So far in my life I have had to put 3 dogs down. 1 of them I had for 19 years. They definitally become part of the family. The joy tand memories they bring through the years are worth the pain in the end. Remember to look at the good times and it will let you know the right thing was done. As far as fish go - Usually when they get pulled into the side of a filter it usually means they were somewhat weak to start with. Healthy fish dont ususally die by getting sucked aginst the tube. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

05-01-2005, 01:15 PM	#17
boroughmal Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 9	Re: wrost day ever Only answer to that mate is a new fish and a new dog, when you get older like me you will have a few of these friends to see you through life. Last time it happened to me, the wife had to have a dog too because the other one didnt like her as much as me. I have three graves in the garden & I still say hello when I mow the lawn. regards www.fishkeepingsupplies.com Aquarium and Fish Supply Tropical

05-01-2005, 02:57 PM	#18
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	we get new dog and new fish in the fall. my 10 gallon now only contains a gourami and a molly. plus after the summer i'm thinking of a new 20 gallon and setting up my 2 and a half gallon __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

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