What are some of your worst fish experiences? One of mine (well not something I did, something my father did), was the time my father decided to clean out the fish tank and filled it up with the bucket my mother used when she scrubbed the floor. It was a 10 gallon tank with 2 or 3 goldfish (many moons ago), we could smell pinesol for about 2 days before we knew what was going on (my father didnt know it was the bucket used when scrubbing the floor). Luckily none of the fish died.
Worst fish experiences?
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Dead fish on the carpet is definitely a bad one. I found my pleco a while ago dead on the carpet. 
I recently did my first injection of antibiotics into a fish- pretty stressful for the both of us.
One of my Goldfish has "hole in wen" disease- a bacterial infection of the large fleshy growth on their heads.
The injection of Baytril (into the belly) went well- but with a bit more bleeding than I anticipated. For a moment or two I was convinced I had killed him, but he's doing fine.
One of my Goldfish has "hole in wen" disease- a bacterial infection of the large fleshy growth on their heads.
The injection of Baytril (into the belly) went well- but with a bit more bleeding than I anticipated. For a moment or two I was convinced I had killed him, but he's doing fine.
dead fish on carpet
i, too, have had sightings of DFoC... very depressing. and it's all my fault. i guess it comes with open-top aquariums. i tend to keep my water levels a bit lower now, and it's helping.
other stories which i've read that also popped into mind are the filling up the tank ones. ppl not remembering to attend to the faucet and ended up having water overflowing onto the floors. although i must admit it's very amusing to read, the experience must've been very traumatic.
i, too, have had sightings of DFoC... very depressing. and it's all my fault. i guess it comes with open-top aquariums. i tend to keep my water levels a bit lower now, and it's helping.
other stories which i've read that also popped into mind are the filling up the tank ones. ppl not remembering to attend to the faucet and ended up having water overflowing onto the floors. although i must admit it's very amusing to read, the experience must've been very traumatic.
my friend had a betta he stupidly put in with a pictus cat and a red-tailed black shark. the poor betta had its fins completely chewed off. it was sad. the end.
lol id have to say when i was a beginning aquarist i had a freshwater crab of some sort and an african dwarf frog and both of them escaped, and, well, we never found them.....
, lol.