Rhinopias Owners ..

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Phew .. he ate a fish this morning.

isn't it weird to be thinking "i wonder if the fish will eat today?"

great news!
 
Well -- I am bit stressed because I really blew it in my QT -- I treated with prozipro following the instructions and it killed them all. And I had a cockatiel die just a few weeks ago from something piercing her gut, I have lost a mandarin, 2 tangs, an angel fish and perhaps the neon gobies in QT, and I have a friend who has an aggressive cancer that just showed up suddenly all over her body. I think I am getting paranoid... justifiably. Sorry .. I guess I am saying too much just because a fish would not eat another fish....
 
trust me...we get it.

one of our dogs was just diagnosed w/lymphoma...we've been riding that roller coaster for a couple of months.
 
Just to clarify, the mandarin was not in the QT. And to be fair -- was sold to me as eating -- turned out that it was not healthy. One of the tangs was not healthy either and was refunded. So the problem for me was treating the QT with the angel, tang and 4 neon gobies and everyone died. Just happened today so I am stunned. Too much death and dying.
 
Sorry about your dog -- I went through that too -- 8 year old GS with a tumor in the mouth -- he died in 3 months. I love my animals but I guess I just stink with the whole death thing. Breaks my heart every time. I cry.
 
I'm sorry -- don't want to get too off topic here, but can completely understand where you are both coming from. Three weeks ago today I lost my cat, just shy of her 14th birthday, most likely to thyroid cancer.

Just wanted to mention, in case anyone is interested, there is a charity called "Chase Away K9 Cancer" that a woman started after losing her beloved labrador to cancer. All the funds go to the ACVIM (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine) Foundation, which helps fund "humane animal health studies that translate to new techniques in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease." I really think it is a good thing, as the benefits can trickle down to all animals (and some of the science even helps human medicine.)

Should anyone be interested, their website is: http://www.chaseawayk9cancer.org/index.html

Sorry to derail your thread.
 
Elysia-
sorry bout your cat-but it was almost 14yrs old. Advanced age is the #1 risk factor in cancer.
Anyway, almost all vet oncology comes from human oncology. There are so little monies to do Vet-based oncology work that the vet oncologists just take human SOCs and apply them to animals
Also sorry to derail the thread

Renee and Greg- Also good luck w/ your Dog, depending on what type of lymphoma you may have a great outcome
 
on a more happy note, Renee has been fooling around with the video setting on her 5D mk II. she'll get a handle on it soon, but here's our frondosa on the move:

CRUTCHING ALONG

other than feeding time, that's a full day for a frondosa!
 
Anywhere from $300 to $1000. I paid $650 for mine but he was housed for four months and eating frozen. There was a red one on the Cherry Corals website for $1000 -- it was the color but paying more for color can backfire and they can and do change color. Same as always in this hobby -- unusual demands high bucks.
 
yeppers...Sherri is spot-on.

our frondosa has kept its color, but our eschmeyeri went from "tang yellow" to a "tequila sunrise" color (it's in a very purple tank).

that being said, they're simply awesome fish...don't do much, but are just off the hook as far as i'm concerned. and each fish definitely has its own "personality".
 
I just lost my large Rhyno..
He was laying on the floor in my office this morning. They can barely swim much less jump?? Could he have jumped or did someone grab him out of the tank?

I'm real bummed it took me forever to get him to eat frozen foods and he wasn't cheap.

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RIP
 
OMG -- no way he jumped. Someone tried to grab him and got stung. How deep is your tank? That is crazy. Oh I am so sorry. I have never seen mine leave the bottom of my tank. I can't believe you found him on the floor -- your heart must have fallen out of your chest!
 
It did, I don't understand how he could have jumped though. I mean he barely swims..
Has anyone ever heard of them jumping?
I don't really see any of my employees sticking their hand in the tank to grab him

The tank is 24 in deep, I had it custom made to house those fish
 
You know we had a weird thing happen here in our office with stuff being stolen constantly. We finally changed the lock and do our own cleaning because someone could gain access somehow and we could not figure out how. I did not believe it was any of my employees either or even the cleaning company but it has all stopped since we changed things. Someone had one of the master keys who should not have had it. If someone knew the value and could get access? I do not see how he could jump. Have any surveillance cameras?
 
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