i coulfnt stand to see him suffer any longer and watch my dempsey tear him apart so i euthanized him the most humane way i found =( i miss him already
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R.I.P Oscar the Grouch
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sorry for your loss. sometimes good advice is hard to follow. when i got my jd i rehomed like 14 fish it was hard but right.
well its not that i didnt want to i had every intention of giving him back to the lfs but it wasnt open yesterday (sunday) and by the time i saw him this morning it waas to late. please dont misenterpret this for neglet or that i simply didnt want to give him back.i knew what was best and wanted nothing more than to keep them both happily together but i knew i couldnt and had only one tank so had no problem giving him a better home.but now it is to late and i could not watch him suffer.
is there anything i need to do to keep the tank safe after that could amonia have spiked that quickly? maybe a water change?or am i ok because he didnt actually die in the tank
your water should be fine unless the body actualy died and decayed in that tank.
p.s. sorry for your loss
p.s. sorry for your loss
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i really didnt mean to imply you did anything wrong. i know i have, i bought my jd when i knew the poss outcome. i thought they were just FISH till i had the first one die.
It is really, really unfortunate for you oscar that you did not heed repeated advice from those with more experience and knowledge about three weeks ago. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144568&page=5
If you had listened to what people had to say then, you could have taken your oscar or JD back that very day and he would still be alive and not have had to suffer. The sad part is, reading your thread then, this is exactly what I (and I'm sure others who read and responded) knew would happen - not surprising in the least. I tried to explain then that you needed a bigger tank or to get rid of the fish, that day, or there WOULD be major issues. I tried to explain that most people who say "I'll get a bigger tank in a couple weeks" never get one -- hmm, looks like you never got yours. I know you cared about your fish and honestly I am not trying to sit in judgment or be rude to anyone, but I just really hope you learned something from this, and I also hope others learn from this as well.
If you had listened to what people had to say then, you could have taken your oscar or JD back that very day and he would still be alive and not have had to suffer. The sad part is, reading your thread then, this is exactly what I (and I'm sure others who read and responded) knew would happen - not surprising in the least. I tried to explain then that you needed a bigger tank or to get rid of the fish, that day, or there WOULD be major issues. I tried to explain that most people who say "I'll get a bigger tank in a couple weeks" never get one -- hmm, looks like you never got yours. I know you cared about your fish and honestly I am not trying to sit in judgment or be rude to anyone, but I just really hope you learned something from this, and I also hope others learn from this as well.
Sorry that was only the link to the last page of Marxman's previous thread, here's the whole thing:http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144568