Goodbye old friend...

[Kittiee Katt]

I believe nature has taken its coarse. No movement.

Sorry for your loss. Its always hard losing a pet/loved one.

This might sound a bit silly to some, but it is possible to have your fish cremated. I had my geo (named Horrace) cremated last year when I lost him, I'm still looking for a pretty urn that I can put him in, when I find one I plan to resin coat and put back in "his" tank.

Just a thought for if you want to keep *her* with you forever.

 

[ehh]

Dang. This post is sad.

As mentioned, Oscars are usually not so fortunate to live for very long.

 

[Warborg]

It can be rough. I had some goldfish that lived to 9-10 years. They died nearly at the same time.

 

[HarleyK]

Rip

Hat off for a dedicated fishkeeper.

 

[Frank Castle]

Sorry to hear it, man but mad-props for giving it a good life.....when you lose a fish that old it's like losing a dog.

I personally do not believe in freezing. That process puts fish through clear distress. It sucks but it's my obligation (in my opinion) to do it quickly and painlessly. I use the one hit method. Heavy on the owners heart but it's instant for the animal.

this is the 1st time I have seen this posted on here, and I always shunned the thought of clove oil or deep-freeze. I was just fishing Sunday w/ a friend and had a Green Sunfish I was using for bait and generally they are so hardy I can remove them afterwards, put them back in the livewell w/ salt and stress coat and they heal up for next time or just release them, however this one got battered into the rocks and wasn't going to make it, so when I realized he was a goner, I didn't want to drag it out and let him suffer so I sent him head-first into a rock.

Brutal, but I have your back in saying it's MUCH quicker and MUCH more humane to make it quick. I used to do the same w/ my rodents when I couldn't find any pre-killed-frozen.......grab them by the tail, whack the head on the ground, then submerge them in water while unconscious. Dry ice is cruel and so is cutting their throats. Places that use animals for research for cancer and diseases do NOT practice humane way of dispatching test animals......I saw one girl drain a Rooster of blood to the brink of death and simply tossed it in a trash bag while it was still alive and breathing.


For God's sake, make it quick and painless if you have euthanize.

R.I.P. to all the animals who died in our care.

 

[Balraj Thethi]

I feel your pain. My Frontosa died a couple of months back. I bought her when she was tiny and she was around 10 inches when she died. Had her for about 10 years, nursed her back to health somehow after she got beaten up so badly she had no fins left and was just sitting at the bottom of the tank, then one day when i fed them she didnt eat which wasnt strange as she didnt like eating every day, then she had some sort of fit and died instantly. I wish i hadnt seen her go as it was horrible to see. By far the best fish iv ever owned, such a great personality

 

[krichardson]

I was under the impression that most fish were still rather young even at ten years of age?

 

[convict360]

I was under the impression that most fish were still rather young even at ten years of age?

I thought the consensus on MFK is bigger cichlids don't tend to reach that age, but I could be wrong; be interesting to hear some opinions on this

 

[krichardson]

Indeed it would.

 

[Hendre]

I thought the consensus on MFK is bigger cichlids don't tend to reach that age, but I could be wrong; be interesting to hear some opinions on this

There are large fish that have lived a long life with the best conditions and general luck like that kissing gourami that lived for 24 years (in a 55!)