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September 11, 2005
I see dead fish

Lotus--Up Close and Personal
Originally uploaded by Fishcentric.
I should never be allowed to go near fish. Some people aren't good with plants, others aren't good with kids, and I'm not good with fish.

It was only with Herculean effort did I manage to sum up the courage to net that fish and put him in another bowl in order to deal with the sludge that had accumulated in the tank. I only did this because D is golfing and as we've already lost one fish, Johniford*, to who knows what, exhaustion most likely**, I wanted to give the remaining fish, Quack, a happy place to roam.

*Franklin named both fish. He actually put a lot of thought into Johniford's name. Quack was most likely named this because this was what Franklin predominately said around the time that we got him.

**Johniford, being the second child, would tend to try and stand out in the crowd. He did this by eating too much food and thus caused his stomach to take on too much air. As a result, his bottom side would become a pocket of air and he'd float upside down. It took a lot of effort to swim this way (obviously) and the only way to right him up again was to feed him frozen peas (I have no idea why).

Nevertheless, I think I've killed Quack. He's flip flopping around the tank right now and he's not looking good.

However, the tank looks wonderful.

I can't handle dying fish. I wish I could be anywhere else but here right now.
I can't get the stupid filter going either.

When I was in boarding school I had a fish tank. I cleaned it out with dish detergent one day and neglected to rinse it properly. The tank had soapsuds covering the water for about two weeks and all my fish were pooping on a constant basis. I didn't loose any that time though. I don't remember if I did, anyway. I may have blocked it out.

I'm blogging because I'm too scared to turn around and see if Quack's okay.
I know, I'm such a wimp.

Okay, I'll look.

HE'S RIGHT SIDE UP!!!!

I gotta go get that filter working....
Posted by Ada
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I couldn't stand the smell coming from the home of our fish one day, so I cleaned it good! I used oxigel, and I rinsed it and rinsed it and rinsed it. The fish lasted 4 hours max. The kids have never let me live it down.

I can't keep fish or bake bread.

Posted by: monarch @ 09.12.2005 6:01 AM | #

My condolences to Quack and your family on the your loss of our friend Johniford. He was a good fish. Please send Quack my best wishes on a speedy recovery.

Posted by: marc @ 09.12.2005 8:06 AM | #

My problem is I can't kill em and they grow to humongeous proportions, and then when they get old and die, its a real tragedy. I got the goldfish thing all figured out. Best thing to do is not clean out the whole tank. I do a water change once a week (1 pail full) don't forget the chlorine remover and then I do a quick filter cleanup or change depending on how long it's been in there. If you do this, they will last forever. Also overfeeding is not a good thing.

This is probably way more info than you needed or cared about LOL...

Posted by: Joan @ 09.12.2005 8:31 AM | #

aargh, you need to let the water 'rest' for a while before putting the fish into it... they don't like 'fresh' tap water all at once. fish killer*. Sorry to hear Johniford bit the dust, he was a valiant soul what with the upside down swimming and all.

*Like I'm one to talk, once I looked after my sister's bunnies and one died. That was rather pitiful.

Posted by: hayley @ 09.12.2005 2:05 PM | #

Jeeeez. I don't feel freaked out enough as it is, now you tell me I was torturing him.

Greaaaaat.

Posted by: Ada @ 09.12.2005 3:32 PM | #

I have a fear of fish failure.

It makes me sad.

Posted by: Joan W @ 09.13.2005 12:33 PM | #

Someone please help me, my fish tank is soooo dirty and soooo smelly. Send a comment to onemomthreeboys@hotmail.com, thanks so much.

Posted by: @ 12.08.2005 4:52 PM | #


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