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A lesson i would never forget

Discussion in 'Freshwater Aquariums & Fish Photos' started by stevenrox, Jul 25, 2009.

  1. stevenrox

    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    here is a lesson i learned always quarintine.....i did it for 1 week with a couple wild caught ones......they had paracites i didnt notice 1 day came home to all of them dead..... i miss them but ill be back [dancing] :D but still biggest lost in my life (well fish loss) :( :( i post them now because i finally found how to resize pics ;) sad looking at the pics though :( it will never happen to me again and hope it wont for u guys to ;)
    fish 001.jpg fish 004.jpg fish 012.jpg fish 024.jpg fish 032.jpg fish 040.jpg
     
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    :'( *hugs*
     
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    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    ^thanks =]
     
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    *gives a smiley cookie*
    I am sooo sorry :(
     
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    :( sorry for your loss :(
     
    buzz4520, Jul 26, 2009
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    Sorry to hear that. I hate mass fish loss, too. I once lost a whole school of synodontis petricolas due to a heater that got stuck in the on position. I was heartsick to find them all dead.
     
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    With the price of Discus' that would make me sick.
     
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    Sick wouldn't be the word! I think that's what is making me hesitant/keeping me away from them.
     
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    You lost ALL of them!?!? Yeah... With Discus Quarantine is critical. I know I brought the Wilds in and put them right in my display... BUT in my case the Pet Store was the quarantine. They medicated the fish when they got them in from the distributor. I will be getting more wilds and they WILL come into quarantine without a doubt!

    Sorry for your loss!
     
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    so sorry, thats a LOT of discus' to loose, especially at their price
     
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    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    yea.....it was me and my bro saving up and out parents chiped in a little. they were close to 2k$ worth of discus.....='[. we were going to vacation to L.A. so me and my bro were like its been a week and they look fine so we put them in so all my grandparents have to do was feed them and when we came back i noticed a few of them dont look normal so i was thinking maybe cause their feeding scedule was off a little and they just started to die out like crazy and we never thought of internal parcites......and yes we lost all of them ='[. im not mad cause i used so much money but mad cause all the time we spent in collecting every single one of them but it brought us closer together but then my bro got tired of fish and went to cars my dad didnt care mom didnt care so it's just me now..... o well ill get a bigger tank with more discus =]
     
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  12. California Cowgirl

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    haha lol dude, you were like 30min to 1hr away from me. LOL bigger tanks are always fun :) i'm liking my bigger tank, and it's empty right now, but it's going to be a funnn project

    oh yea, where abouts in L.A. were you
     
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    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    lol what part of LA im not sure i might be going labor day just to but we just go to like tourist attraction xD i hope if i get a 350 gallon my mom lets me keep it >=]
     
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    lol your parents seriously let you get a 350 gallon, they really don't care do they, i had to fight my parents so much for my 46 gall. You should totally make it into a reef, if i had a 350 gall, that's what i would do
     
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    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    ahh they do care i when i got my 110 gallon they were mad at me for a night the next day they woke up they were like wow it's nice so i took my chances and got a ......125.... lol and reef would cost some$$$ and personally i find fresh water fish more attractive :p had some nanos didnt like it :eek: lol there is only gonna be 2 paths for me 1 expensive aggresive fish 2 discus planted so hmmm...... [scratch]
     
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    haha lol how were you able to get it without them knowing about it? do you just have a crazy amount of wall space in your house? if so, i'm jealous. lol and for me now that i have gotten bit by the reef bug, the only other path for me to go would be expensive aggresvie fish as well or shark tank :D
     
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    I agree Steven! Freshwater is BEST!!! FOrget that reef stuff :)

    You do that in a smaller tank just for fun... Save the HUGE tank for a Planted Discus tank! :cool:
     
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    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    Lemon knows what im talking about [sarcasm] but planted tanks for discus is hard well see i if i can pull it off xD plants+ discus just dont go hand in hand. but people pull it off so it's possible


    and how i got my tank i have some wall space but this one was taller (better for discus :D )so it fit were my 55 was and she didnt know cause i baught it and my bro just helped be pick it up [rofl] [dancing] ;)
     
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    Absolutely right that plants and discus DO NOT go together well! It is the toughest project I have ever done! Not easy at all....

    BUT it CAN be done! :)
     
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    im planning on planting everything check water for a month or to then introduce discus (ALREADY QUARINETINED FOR SURE THIS TIME LOL)
     
    stevenrox, Jul 27, 2009
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