Farewell, my best little buddy, Spot

[OneThunder]

It was black saturday. Spot went to fish heaven. No matter what I tried, hyposalinity, Kick-ich, nothing worked. I am so on the verge of giving up. I am glad there is a meeting tomorrow if only to meet all of you. He was the last to expire because of the ich. Beauty still has spots, but she eating and bopping around the tank. Angel has no spots, never did. Bob and Tom don't either. If I get the nerve to start over, my first purchase will be a qt tank. Next will be a refractometer. The lfs talked me out of it, said he used a hydrometer for 20 some years, never failed him. I should have known better. My husband said I should pick a store and only trust them. This is such a total bummer.

 

[broden]

sorry to hear that

 

[Dubbin1]

Major bummer Julie. What kind of puffer was spot anyway

 

[zaireguy]

if you have a fo tank you should run uv..you wouldn`t have to worry then

 

[OneThunder]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7140582#post7140582 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dubbin1
Major bummer Julie. What kind of puffer was spot anyway

He was the most beautiful and gentle dog face puffer I have ever seen.

 

[MACDad]

Sorry for your loss Julie. Hang in there!


Fred

 

[Andrew]

Sorry for your loss. :'(

 

[MBuck]

I'm so sorry Julie......I can understand your excitement in having him, he was a very special fish....

Please don't give up though...you obviously loved him very much, and got tons of enjoyment out of him....

Just keep reading, and set your tank up as a reef, like you originally wanted, and when you're in the LFS, another DFP will capture your heart, and then you can set up that 125 or 150, and build it around him/her....or "them"....

Don't lose faith... sorry won't ge to come to the meeting today, I have to go to work, they will not let me off....I'll have 72 hours this week, just trying to get today off...

Will talk to you soon...if you want to talk, feel free to PM me....I am a very good listener!

 

[jenghes]

Julie - I am close. Anything you need, let me know. I have a QT setup that you can use too

 

[OneThunder]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7142505#post7142505 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MBuck
I'm so sorry Julie......I can understand your excitement in having him, he was a very special fish....

Please don't give up though...you obviously loved him very much, and got tons of enjoyment out of him....

Just keep reading, and set your tank up as a reef, like you originally wanted, and when you're in the LFS, another DFP will capture your heart, and then you can set up that 125 or 150, and build it around him/her....or "them"....

Don't lose faith... sorry won't ge to come to the meeting today, I have to go to work, they will not let me off....I'll have 72 hours this week, just trying to get today off...

Will talk to you soon...if you want to talk, feel free to PM me....I am a very good listener!

I know it sounds stupid, a fish and all.... but I really did care a lot about the little guy. Well, big guy. I couldn't even dispose of him-I made my husband do it. I wish you could have made it to the meeting. The next one is in Sylvania at Jen's. Hope to meet you then, and thanks for caring.

 

[MBuck]

Never stupid to care about something you love, admire and enjoy...no matter how big, or small it's brain is!!

You're a hospice nurse, you're supposed to care...that's what you do!!

Do we have a date for the next meeting.....????

I am going to have all of next weekend off....first days off we've had in 8 weeks....supposed to get 3 days Fr Sat Sun...too bad it's Easter wkd, everyone will be busy!

Well, going to go finish plumbing my tank, finally have everything to get it done....been a long stratch of time with an empty tank!

Take care, and will talk to you again soon!

 

[OneThunder]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7142520#post7142520 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jenghes
Julie - I am close. Anything you need, let me know. I have a QT setup that you can use too

Jen, you are the best. I just went and told my husband about the great people in our club. Wow. I said our club.

 

[Dubbin1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7142529#post7142529 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by OneThunder
I know it sounds stupid, a fish and all....

Its not stupid at all. Even though it is a fish, it is still a pet and something you take care of.

 

[HotMermaid]

I am so sorry and I can totally relate! I'm really not into reefkeeping like Ron is, but I LOVE my clown fish!

Ron and our son went to a coral swap some time ago and my son picked up a pair of mated clown fish for me. He was so proud of himself that he found me a pair and I was happy to have a pair once again.

Once they got to know me, they would come up to the top of the water and I could "pet" them. Plus the big one would race you from one end of the tank to the other when you walked past.

Then Ron added a Nazi Naso to the tank and all of sudden I lost the little clown fish {I never did find him}. Then about a week after loosing him, I lost the big one. Talk about being emotional over loosing fish, of course the pregnancy hormones didn't help either.

My son was pretty upset also that the fish he picked out for me were gone. Ron's Naso was very lucky that I couldn't find any nets or my Ragdoll kitty would have had a very nice supper!

 

[skippysmind]

good luck with any future fish.

 

[XeniaMania]

Supplement your tank w/ Lugol's Solution, it works as a disinfectant and cell regenerator. Soak dried food w/ Vitamin C enriched liquid or fresh squeezed OJ. Never lost a fish to ich w/ this method. Feeding is key, you need to keep em healthy but water condition is such an issue that most don't feed as much as they should.

 

[OneThunder]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7144675#post7144675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by XeniaMania
Supplement your tank w/ Lugol's Solution, it works as a disinfectant and cell regenerator. Soak dried food w/ Vitamin C enriched liquid or fresh squeezed OJ. Never lost a fish to ich w/ this method. Feeding is key, you need to keep em healthy but water condition is such an issue that most don't feed as much as they should.

Ya know, I had a feeling I should have been feeding them more. Jim kept saying I was putting too much food in there, and he pointed to a thread about overfeeding...well too late now. I am on a mission to get a hospital tank up and running. I will be converting my tank to a coral reef tank. :mad2:

 

[skippysmind]

No, overfeeding is not the key. The fish died from ich, not starvation. Overfeeding will cause many more problems than you think, red slime algae, a spike in ammonia, etc. Freshwater dip your fish before adding to your main tank and you should be fine.

 

[OneThunder]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7144938#post7144938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skippysmind
No, overfeeding is not the key. The fish died from ich, not starvation. Overfeeding will cause many more problems than you think, red slime algae, a spike in ammonia, etc. Freshwater dip your fish before adding to your main tank and you should be fine.

I am going to do everything to make sure I NEVER go thru this again. I am going to quaranteen everything for at least 30 days, freshwater dip....Lugols solution...they are going to get it all. I just can't fall in love with a little creature and loose it again. Not like Spot.

 

[XeniaMania]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7144938#post7144938 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skippysmind
No, overfeeding is not the key. The fish died from ich, not starvation. Overfeeding will cause many more problems than you think, red slime algae, a spike in ammonia, etc. Freshwater dip your fish before adding to your main tank and you should be fine.

If you have a properly designed biological system, you won't suffer from red slime, ammonia, etc, except if it's in a QT tank which is why I don't quarantine.