Rescued death-row discus...
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spelling geek alert: the word meaning "brave, valiant, carrying on despite adversity" and all that is "trouper." As in, member of a theatrical troupe, where the term originated.
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Anyway, his name is clearly Severus. Severus Snape. Appears to be entirely dark and possibly even evil in the beginning, goes through much suffering and danger, and is revealed in the end to be brave and heroic.
(We will overlook the fact that he dies almost immediately thereafter as being irrelevant to our name search here. The name is in any event immortal in print and film now.
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/end spelling geek alert
Anyway, his name is clearly Severus. Severus Snape. Appears to be entirely dark and possibly even evil in the beginning, goes through much suffering and danger, and is revealed in the end to be brave and heroic.
(We will overlook the fact that he dies almost immediately thereafter as being irrelevant to our name search here. The name is in any event immortal in print and film now.
)
I can not tell you what a superb human being I think you are.
When I saw the first post in this thread I thought to myself,
I may have tried to buy him too- to take him home and euthanize him.
You are a better man than I by a mile- I don't think I could have sat in that chair with my head in my hands, I think I would have given up, and sobbed the whole time I prepared his clove oil bath.
I commend you for being able to see the hope in him. You inspire me. And so does this little fish. I have high hopes for him, and if you haven't given up yet- I think one day I will see a totally different picture of this same fish.
When I saw the first post in this thread I thought to myself,
I may have tried to buy him too- to take him home and euthanize him.
You are a better man than I by a mile- I don't think I could have sat in that chair with my head in my hands, I think I would have given up, and sobbed the whole time I prepared his clove oil bath.
I commend you for being able to see the hope in him. You inspire me. And so does this little fish. I have high hopes for him, and if you haven't given up yet- I think one day I will see a totally different picture of this same fish.
Absolutely awesome!!! What a wonderful thing you've done!!!!
Tubo put said it all... you are a superb human being!!!
Tubo put said it all... you are a superb human being!!!
He seems to have some white clumpy stuff on his face... is this debris? Or could he be showing signs of a bacterial infection? Just worryin'. You have done so well for this sweet guy. I hope with all my heart he will make it.
Hi everyone. I apologize for the delay in getting Troopers update posted. Life happened, as it does and sucks right now 
My grandma "Oma" is in the hospital after a broken hip. The hip surgery has been postponed since Tuesday of last week when she broke it. Many complications are arising and at this point they have told us there is not much else they can do than send her home and let her pass. I’m just having a hard time dealing with this and with the negligence of the doctors that are getting paid big bucks. They overlooked some major issues that could have been prevented... So angry right now.
Anyhow, Trooper seems to be getting his strength back, a little each day. He now rams the chunk of blood worms that floats around. ( he doesn’t care as much when I defrost them for him and then just pour them). His eyes are still clearing up a little each day too. The little white puffs on the tips of his fins are gone now. I treated with Jungle Labs Parasite Clear, since it had both Prazi and Metro in it. Round two comes tonight after work. I no longer see the strings of slime coming from his gills, so that makes me happy. We lost the two orange babies, and took them back and got one orange and one red/blue one, both bigger and much healthier looking. They are helping trooper “hunt”. Buddy (the little white one) has also been improving with the treatments. He is eating more than he ever did before and I no longer see the “pinch” on his forehead. Trooper has also started showing his colors more lately, especially after a water change. I pour the water in very slowly, but still creates a bit of a current. He will glide from side to side in the tank, to go under the “waterfall”. The others just hover in the corner, but he likes it! His face is starting to keep the yellow on it, with the black stripe, while the rest of the body is still dark. He does show the red and blue thru a little better than the first few days. He’s eating, swimming and greeting me at the front of the tank. When I sit at the computer he stays as close to me as he can. He is really starting to show his personality a lot more and I can’t wait to see what the next week holds for him. My LFS gets their brine shrimp in on Thursday, so we will be picking up more then for him.
I will post some pics of him after lunch, I forgot the camera cable at home
My grandma "Oma" is in the hospital after a broken hip. The hip surgery has been postponed since Tuesday of last week when she broke it. Many complications are arising and at this point they have told us there is not much else they can do than send her home and let her pass. I’m just having a hard time dealing with this and with the negligence of the doctors that are getting paid big bucks. They overlooked some major issues that could have been prevented... So angry right now. Anyhow, Trooper seems to be getting his strength back, a little each day. He now rams the chunk of blood worms that floats around. ( he doesn’t care as much when I defrost them for him and then just pour them). His eyes are still clearing up a little each day too. The little white puffs on the tips of his fins are gone now. I treated with Jungle Labs Parasite Clear, since it had both Prazi and Metro in it. Round two comes tonight after work. I no longer see the strings of slime coming from his gills, so that makes me happy. We lost the two orange babies, and took them back and got one orange and one red/blue one, both bigger and much healthier looking. They are helping trooper “hunt”. Buddy (the little white one) has also been improving with the treatments. He is eating more than he ever did before and I no longer see the “pinch” on his forehead. Trooper has also started showing his colors more lately, especially after a water change. I pour the water in very slowly, but still creates a bit of a current. He will glide from side to side in the tank, to go under the “waterfall”. The others just hover in the corner, but he likes it! His face is starting to keep the yellow on it, with the black stripe, while the rest of the body is still dark. He does show the red and blue thru a little better than the first few days. He’s eating, swimming and greeting me at the front of the tank. When I sit at the computer he stays as close to me as he can. He is really starting to show his personality a lot more and I can’t wait to see what the next week holds for him. My LFS gets their brine shrimp in on Thursday, so we will be picking up more then for him.
I will post some pics of him after lunch, I forgot the camera cable at home
This is just wonderful news!!!!! I can't tell you how much this has brightened my day. Keep up the most excellent work!!!
