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Offline CobraR

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My last fish has died; I'm now officially fishless.
« on: July 14, 2009, 06:44:16 PM »
Technichally, anyway.  Yesterday, I lost Spike; my blood parrot I've had for 9 long years.  Ironically, he was the very first fish I ever had, and has outlived and/or killed every other fish I've bought in the span of time I've had him.  The only fish that are left now are a smaller blood parrot and a lace catfish in the tank that Spike was in, but those are my girlfriend's fish.  Once she gets her new 40 gallon up, running and cycled, she's going to want them back, which will leave me with an empty 29 gallon that I'm going to have to figure out what to do with.

Spike was more of a pet than an ornamental fish - he would eat out of my hand, try to attack you through the glass if he didn't know you, and would wrestle around with my hand if I held it in the tank.  Every morning when I woke up, he'd be right there watching me (the tank is next to my bed.)

Spike was too big to flush, but he deserved better than that, anyway.  There's a creek that runs through the woods behind the house, that forks with another creek that leads to my neighbor's property - I buried Spike in the bed of this creek, in the center of the fork.

With that off my shoulders - that 40 gallon I mentioned earlier should be ready soon.  Soooo... what would go good in this 29  :)
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Re: My last fish has died; I'm now officially fishless.
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009, 10:05:11 AM »
Bettas? :p

Sorry I'm fishless too and I can't get any bettas but a sorority would look great in a 29 gallon. :P

I'm sorry about Spike, sounds like quite the character.

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Re: My last fish has died; I'm now officially fishless.
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2009, 01:46:24 PM »
If you're going to go larger, you could start an oscar, as SW once said they're like aquatic puppies.
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Re: My last fish has died; I'm now officially fishless.
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 07:35:24 PM »
I would get a couple of dwarf gouramies as a "centerpiece" and a school of some beautiful rasboras (like harlequins). Is your tank planted?

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Re: My last fish has died; I'm now officially fishless.
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2009, 07:38:13 PM »
Or a few livebearer males would be beautiful too. Gupplies and platies have wonderful personalities, very playful and funny to watch. They are also very brigt, and color variety is endless.

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Re: My last fish has died; I'm now officially fishless.
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 04:57:22 PM »
I just got a warning that this topic is 120 day old.  I find that really sad.  I am fishless and feel I can really sympathize with the original poster.   I know how it feels to come home to an empty tank, and to remember the wonderful times I used to spend scrubbing algae off the glass and hauling buckets of water through my living room.  Oh, the smell of the swamp in the morning.  There is a lot of adjustment that goes into being fishless.  I feel kind of empty, without purpose.  OMG this is so hard for me.  I’ve had a few tequilas tonight.  Maybe this wasn’t the best time to think about how meaningless my life has become.  ……I’m sorry, I’ll have to finish this another time.




 


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