Are there any fish....

[Tokis-Phoenix]

(WARNING: depressing subject!)
So, are there any fish that you just couldn't bear to lose?
I was thinking about how my gold and black female molly is just over 2yrs old now and how she's only got another 2yrs years left in her at best if we are talking about the average life expectancy of mollys is 4yrs old- im very attached to her and she is one of those fish where it is going to be a very sad day when she dies...
I couldn't bear losing my big plecs either although they have another 20-30yrs left in them if all goes well although so i think its more of a question of wether im going to out-live them !
Ahh....fish keeping is very addictive but fish can make such great pets and you can get so attached to them, i guess somtimes its kinda hard to imagine having a tank without some of them somtimes ...

 

[Polardbear]

I have 2, Meri, a marigold wag swordie female who I've had for a little over 2 years. And Lucy, a red lyretail swordie female who I've had for about a year. They both have personality and additude and I can't bear the thought of losing either one of them. I hate to even admit the things I've done to keep Lucy happy.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I hate to even admit the things I've done to keep Lucy happy.

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When i think of the money i've put into keeping my fish happy, my wallet starts to have nightmares ...
Most of it though goes towards buying varied expensive foods for my fish right now, although when i get my big tank....Bye bye money ...

 

[kevin007]

my largest and oldest female sterbai cory

 

[RandomWiktor]

I can't bear to lose ANY of them. I was crying for about three days straight when my one year old betta Tiny Tim, who I nursed back to health from the brink of death, died of a stomach mass. He survived fin rot so bad his fins were literally nubs in the pet store, two bacterial infections from his weakened system, a "stroke" that left part of his body paralyzed and gave him trouble swimming, only to die because of a tumor. He wasn't healthy, but I loved his little waggle-dance for food, and the bubblenests he used to build, and his adorable little face. Actually, just thinking about it now is making me cry.
Yeah. I get really attached to fish; I consider them all to be companion animals, and am just as alarmed when they die as when a mouse, bird, ferret, or cat dies. I especially love the boys and girls I have right now, so I hope they'll all be with me for a long time.

 

[SPLiSH]

My betta Jerry has been with me for only half a year but I am so attatched to my little guy... he has a good year and a half to two years in front of him.

I get really attatched to any pets, I cried when I had to let my tadpoles go as they matured into frogs.

 

[fish_keeper2]

all any fish dying depresses me. the worst for me would be one of my bettas which ive had for nearly 4 years and sadly i think hes comming near his end.....maybe only a few more months and my dwarf puffer which ive only had for a few months but im so *$%^) attched to it(its still a juvi so i dont know if its male or female). when i lost all my goldfish i was real depressed and still am a bit.....i got one for my 13 birthday and im now 16 and the another i had for 1.5 years and the other 2 a few months.

 

[plainlazy]

My Ghost Knife, Pai Mei. Had him for like 2 years

 

[Angry_Platy]

I hate to even admit the things I've done to keep Lucy happy.

Just admit it polard

I lost one of my favorite fish when my first male bnose plec died. He was an awesome little fish and fathered many baby plecs (most of which I still have).

As for current fish, as much as my male peacock cichlid frustrates me with his aggroness, I would be sad to lose him as he is the focal point in the 75. My neon swordy (now male) juvie, who was the first swordy baby I ever had. My little orange swordy fry whos mum was my first ever lyretail swordy (who died a few weeks ago)...it was the only one I rescued from the tank (and only cause it got stuck between the glass and the breeding net). My whiteskirt tetra which was one of my first fish....it has survived EVERYTHING!!!

AAAKKK

I get sad when any of my fish died. I still get sad when I think of my bnose plec

 

[Synirr]

It doesn't bother me as much when a fish dies of old age... this has happened recently with some of my bettas and is likely to happen again soon as most of my veiltails are 2 years old or more, but I can just think of that as a life well-lived. It's when they die of disease or an accident that I am really heartbroken. One of my favourite bettas ever died a year or two ago because he got swimbladder disorder and got stuck under his plant at night and drowned. I cried all day long after I found him
I could not stand to lose either Aristotle or Marie Antoinette (oscar and bloodparrot-midas hybrid, respectively.) They're just like dogs to me... I don't know what I would do if either of them ever got seriously ill. I'd be willing to pay expensive vet bills if that would be the way to save them. I'm also extremely attached to a couple of my bettas in particular, specifically Mini, Valefor, and Yura.

 

[Fishist]

After waiting for my LFS to get a good specimen and having observed him at the shop for a month, I brought home a beautiful baby (2") RTBS a few months ago and added him to the tank where he was very happy for several weeks. However, I was devastated to find he had jumped out through the single and tiniest hole in the lid and had dried up on the floor.

RTBS's are my personal favourite and I am still bothered about losing him now.

 

[@ombomb]

I've had my RTBS and Bristlenose for about 5 years now and have watched them grow from about 3cm and 2cm respectively into fully grown fish. I've put them through some tough times before really reading up on fish keeping and would be very upset to lose either of them.

Having said that I have to add to the list my Gold Nugget plec. Not had it long but it's such a beautiful fish and full of character.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Id hate to see any of my fish die, But the ones that would hurt me the most would be my skunk cory and the bandit. They always swim around together and chill by one another. I dont think im going to seperate them after all when my 15g has cycled because they are best mates and i will just have to find them some mates! Im just under 3 weeks into the fishless cycle now (I think ) so hopefully some nitrates will show themselves!

 

[mr.dark-saint]

I once had a Shovel Mouth Catfish (Bagrus Sp.) I always planed to have him mounted (taxidermy style). But didn't happen since I was inbetween jobs. I could've froze him but that wouldn't be cool shoving him aside while I looked for a Orange/Cream bar.

Then a mob of 'Coons came and visited my pond and ate some choice Kois (some were $500.00 wholesale) after that I suppose I went numb and now I suppose I can just shrug it off.

But I'll let y'alls know when my African Lungfish goes.

 

[dwarfgourami]

I feel that way about my platy Smudge, who has been ailing for several weeks now, but is still not dead. I've never had a fish with a nicer personality; it's horrible to see her all listless and withdrawn. I get up every morning and expect to see her lying dead but she is still hanging on.
Only had her for 6 months, but we are so fond of her. I know platies are not as long-lived as some fish, and not very up-market, but I do feel special about her.