Back Again

TheSims3Dude · Jan 24, 2011

Hello everyone! I haven't been on in a very long time, anyways, my fish are doing well, err kinda, I only have 2 fish left in my tank, I'm letting them die off, then going to restart the whole tank, I've been wanting to do this for a very long time, but never bothered, my one fish that I have left is a yoyo loach, and the other is a tetra I believe, got them both about 2 years ago, so not sure how much longer they have, once I restart the tank, I would like to get a variety of fish this time, I usually stuck to mainly livebearers, but it'd be nice to have a bit of mixed species,

Well, that's about all I have to say, I really missed you all & I'm glad I'm back! Cheers!

-TheSims3Dude

saltynay · Jan 24, 2011

Perhaps re home rather than kill

TheSims3Dude · Jan 24, 2011

No no, lol
I'm not going to specifically kill them! sorry for that lol
I just mean when they die they die, even if it's a few years, I got time

saltynay · Jan 24, 2011

So your going to keep that tetra and yoyo loach unable to school causing stress thus making them more likely to get sick thus more likely to die. Yoyo loaches should be a threesome minimum and the tetra 8+ specimens. Go trade them in for your next fish at your LFS for credit and lets get started planning that next aquascape.

TheSims3Dude · Jan 24, 2011

Ah yes, that's why I stopped going on this site, too many rude people,...
And actually, no one close to my area has fish tanks, and the stores around here don't take fish, only from breeders,. so that's why I'm keeping them,

btw,
you being rude doesn't help my anxiety disorder, thanks,....
I'm not gonna come here on very often,

saltynay · Jan 24, 2011

I am sorry if I offended you it was not my intention.

I was trying to give a clear and concise reason why leaving the 2 fish in the tank until they eventually succumb to death from natural causes may not be the best methodology. Killing them humanely using melafix, less humanely flushing them (your local sewage treatment plant doesn't like people doing that though) or including them in your next aquascape would for me be more logical. If you have no shops or keepers nearby then those are pretty much your options. Keeping them long term will only cause you to be unhappy because you can't have a new aquascape and the fish unhappy as they are schooling fish that are not in schools.

If you gain significant anxiety when someone you have never met or know before is coming to you with an objective debate with a difference of opinion then perhaps the realm of internet forums is not for you. I see forums as a place for sharing ideas, theories and knowledge resulting in debates between people researching and using personal experience to create a clear counter-arguments until a resolution is found. That explains why depending on where in the world the forum is based, there are differing opinions by the veteran members from different forums as each counter-argument has its own subjective flair. It is the role of the moderators to prevent these debates becoming arguments or slogging matches (trolling) and mediating between the 2 parties using their own extensive aquatic experience.

I can see how you may of taken offence to the bluntness in my description of the course of events that your fish will go through but I do not believe I was attacking you personally and if you feel I was then I apologise.

TheSims3Dude · Jan 25, 2011

Oh, thank you for apologizing,
I was talking to my mom last night about it, my dad has a 15 gallon tank with just some endlers in it, do you think they would be okay if I put them in there for a few weeks while the tank cycles?