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Monday, June 19

Beyond frustrated

by Mike on Mon 19 Jun 2006 09:04 PM EDT

Well, it's beyond the point of being funny now...In just under 60 days, I have lost a total of 6 fish. Captain Marvel kicked the bucket last night after only 4 days in the tank. I took his remains back to the pet store this afternoon and exchanged the dead fish for a live one. While I was there, I had a water sample tested from my tank and the pet store guy said that my water looked fine. No other ideas, no other answers..."He just died," -- that's what the guy told me.

I have a 10 gallon glass tank waiting in the wings and I might get that cleaned up and ready by the weekend. I am not sure what it will accomplish to move to a bigger tank, but I am almost out of ideas and I am beyond frustrated.

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Thursday, June 15

Tales from the fishbowl: The saga continues

by Mike on Thu 15 Jun 2006 10:14 PM EDT

Captain Marvel

Well, today the inevitable happened...When I got home from work today, I made my way to the fish tank and I found that Chloe II had finally given up the ghost. It was a good run. We had purchased her back on May 7 and she lived longer than any of our fish to date. I disposed of her remains and then cleaned up the tank by changing out some of the water and doing a thorough vacuum job on the gravel.

After dinner, we headed for the pet store...again. I had a nice chat with a very knowledgeable young fellow and he recommended we try our hand with some goldfish, as they are much heartier than mollie fish. So as of this evening, we now have two new fish. One fish is a Calico Fan tail and the other is a Black Moor. I have dubbed the fish "Captain Marvel" and "Black Adam," respectively...and yes, I am that big of a geek!

I have decided that there's really no point in uploading pictures of the new fish at this point, given that we have gone through them pretty quickly up to now. If they make it past thirty days, then perhaps we'll share them with everyone. Keep your fins crossed!

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Thursday, June 1

Farewell, Cronos!

by Mike on Thu 01 Jun 2006 06:18 PM EDT

The late Cronos

Cronos started out looking pretty good. He stood up against some periodic bullying by Chloe II and he eventually became very comfortable in the tank. By Tuesday morning, Chloe II had become strangely lethargic but Cronos was still doing exceptionally well in his new surroundings. Tuesday night, I decided to take Chloe II out of the tank and put her in a fishbowl for a bit. I had read that when new fish are introduced into a tank, they may be carrying ich and consequently, the other fish in the tank mich contract the illness. So I treated the main tank for ich and I also treated Chloe II while she was in the fishbowl. After about 30 minutes in the bowl, Chloe II seemed to be thriving again. Instead of sitting at the bottom of the bowl (as she had been doing in the tank), she was swimming all around and she seemed very comfortable. I added her back to the main tank before going to bed. At that point, Cronos still looked as if he was doing very well and I started to think that both fish would be all right for a while.

Chloe II

By Wednesday morning, Cronos had taken a surprising turn for the worse. He was hiding behind plants and sitting on the gravel at the bottom of the tank. He did not swim up to eat in the morning. When I arrived home from work in the evening, he had passed away. One flush of the toilet later, Chloe II was all alone again.

Chloe II is lethargic again, but I have not given up on her just yet. The pH in the tank appears to be just fine and the continued demise of fish after fish has become a very frustrating conundrum. There is a chance that the whole problem might be that two fish simply cannot survive in our small aquarium, so we’ll see how things progress with one fish from here on out.

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