anyone else cried over a fish?

vsecret

vsecret

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just wondering but has anyone ever cried over a fish dying? My blue hippo was really sick and didn't make it through lastnight :( and i got laughed at by a few people because i cried about it! These people are obviously not fish keepers. Am i just abnormal to cry over a fish?
 
casper1875

casper1875

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I cried when my golden head goby died. I just loved him. We was such a joy to watch. And fish are just like people, no two are alike. I bought another GHG but he hides everytime I come in, and I have to wait until he feels safe before he'll come out. He also covers everything with sand and will move my frags around and totally cover them.
 
outsdr2

outsdr2

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Originally Posted by vsecret
http:///forum/post/3098681
just wondering but has anyone ever cried over a fish dying? My blue hippo was really sick and didn't make it through lastnight :( and i got laughed at by a few people because i cried about it! These people are obviously not fish keepers. Am i just abnormal to cry over a fish?

Nothing wrong with a caretaker expressing sorrow for a loss. perfectly normal. Its NOT just a fish to us.
 
fretfreak13

fretfreak13

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I read Meowzers thread about her little seahorse, Skinny dieing and I started tearing up. You spend a lot of money on fish, and it's a lot of hard work to keep chemical levels, salinity, and temperature a good level for them to live. You make their homes as pretty as possible, all because you love your aquarium. I'd say it's perfectally normal, but if not me and you can be freaks together, vsecret.
 
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dragonzim

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I got a little teary eyed when i had to put down a 10 inch Volitan Lion that a trigger attacked and mangled. Learned the hard way not to keep triggers and lions together.
 
vsecret

vsecret

Member
I'm glad that I'm not the only one - not i want any of us to have to cry - And you're all right - they aren't just fish! No one around me has fish of any sort so they're just like "oh its just a fish, get over it" well i love them, and they love me! HA! Well i hope everyone's fish are doing well! My LFS felt really bad about my Hippo dying that he said he would give me another one free of charge, which i thought was nice :)
 
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rcreations

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I didn't cry but I was really sad when my flame wrasse jumped out of the tank and I found him the next day dead on the carpet.
 
lietz06

lietz06

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I cried when one of my clowns died last august. My tank crashed while on vacation..there was the hawkfish and 2 clowns left. one of them died and i lost it, i felt so bad for the other clownfish, they had mated up and i knew he didn't know where his buddy went or why...so that's my sad story:) lol!
 
gypsana

gypsana

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Of course I cry. I love my critters and I am responsible for their well being. I wonder if the people that made fun of you cry when and actor fake dies in a movie?
 
vsecret

vsecret

Member
I think that's the real hard part. To me its not the money, its the fact that I am responsible for them and its because of me (whether it actually is or isn't) that they died.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by gypsana
http:///forum/post/3098730
Of course I cry. I love my critters and I am responsible for their well being. I wonder if the people that made fun of you cry when and actor fake dies in a movie?
I cry then too...but try not to let anyone see

My kids actually think there is something wrong with me cause I put sooo much into my fish tanks

I wish they knew more people with this hobby so they would understand...
 
vsecret

vsecret

Member
I wish i knew anyone with the same hobby that lives around me - right now i'm just sharing my joy with myself and my LFS
 
king_neptune

king_neptune

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Ive cried tears of joy over amazing sushi, or maybe it was the $500 meal between me and my friend that I so genoursly offered to pickup on the tab.
 
aquaknight

aquaknight

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Almost, teary-eyed/sniffles, twice. Both times it wasn't so much that I was going to loose the fish, it's that I was frustrated in myself and that I was powerless to do anything to help.
I had a juvi Queen Angel only for about 3 days before she developed a swim bladder infection. She couldn't keep herself down in the water and kept floating belly-up to the surface. I held her down in the palm of my hand for about 3 hours, she was so tired from the constant day before of battling the problem she wasn't even scared of my hand. She starting looking better after about an hour of resting in my hand (I wasn't holding her, more so 'cupping' her little body to keep it right up and lower in the tank), so I continued, but it was to no avail...She was so physically exhausted, just didn't have anything left...
The other time was having to put my Harlequin Tusk down. He was literally dying in front of me. I attribute it to organ failure from cyanide collection. He starting getting so bad his fins were rotting off when he tried to swim, and had nasty red sores, and he just laid virtually motionless on the bottom. I could tell he was in pain and he was past the point of no return.
 
rlablan

rlablan

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My very first tank was a fresh water 10 gal with a small green spotted puffer. Such a grat little fish, very happy, great eater. Lived in my very first apartment with me and kept me company since I was living alone. I came home from a really bad night at work and I felt like that little fish was all I had. He died because the LFS I bought him from told me he was a FW that just needed a little salt. I didn't do enough research and and I still feel responsible for his little fish death. I cried for days after that.
 
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