MANDY IS GONE!!!

[Sasha]

This is the worst day in my life!! I can't believe this! My beloved Mandy is gone!!!

She was the "daughter" of my favorite balloon molly, Mindy, who sadly died a few months ago from a filter accident. Mandy was the only fry that survived out of a batch of eight, and I promised myself that I would do anything to keep this little girl alive. The 6 months of her short life were very special to me and I absolutly loved her! I had decided to move her out of the 46 gallon tank because she was very difficult to find and the tank had a disease breakout so I wanted to avoid using medication on her, from past expereinces with fry. I moved Mandy in my 29 gallon tank with her best buddy Susie (a black molly about the same size of her) since the tank house older fry.

This morning when I went to look on Mandy, I found her nowhere! I immediatly reached my arm into the tank and began shifting through the plants and looking through gravel. Sadly, I discovered Mandy in the filter . . . it was just like her mother died! I was heartbroken! Of course, tears flooded down my face at the sight of my beloved balloon molly Mandy! I keep on remidnding myself that Mandy is in a place without pain and she's happy, but I only cry when think of her!

MANDY
(November 11, 2003 - June 2, 2004)

 

[kittybug]

so sorry for your loss.

 

[karrihug]

i am so sorry for your loss. i lost my favorite angel , spike yesterday after a fight with fin rot then ich.

 

[jaimoe]

Sadly, I discovered Mandy in the filter . . . it was just like her mother died!

Maybe she missed her mom and thought she could follow her?

 

[Bradder]

It is amazing how attached we can get to some of our fish. Sorry to hear of your loss.

 

[DOLORES]

sash...im sorry shes with mommy now cheer up!

 

[wuvmybetta]

That's such a touching story,Sasha. I'm so sorry for your loss

 

[Ben]

sorry foryour loss im sure mandy is swiming with her mommy in fishie heaven

 

[Idolz]

Very sorry to hear
I remember her being the only one who survived out of that batch of fry.
It's so unfortunate that she had to leave so soon

 

[Sasha]

Thanks everyine! I'm very heartbroken about Mandy and I know that no fish could replace her. I hope she's happy in fishy heaven and I hope she knows that I miss her a ton. She was the best little molly that I ever had and ever rasied. This all just seems like a terrible nightmare and everytime time I look into my 46 gallon tank I am forced to turned away because Mandy would always greet me and niow she's not in there. Even though she didn't die in that tank, I have plenty of memories of her in that tank. I'll always love you Mandy!

(I'll post some pictures of her as soon as I can look at them without crying)

 

[RattleSnake]

Sorry for your Loss

 

[patchwork_python]

I am so sorry to hear of your sad losses. However, were the filters the trapped both fish the same kind? If so, if it were me I would be making the manufacturers aware of the safety hazard and look at ways of screening it off so any other fish can't get into it.

I had the same problem with Interpet filters and baby pencilfish and tetras, had to use a fine mesh to cover the inlets so the fish didn't get trapped in them.

 

[cutechic]

I'm so sorry Sasha!

I felt teary just reading your post

 

[njnauticalnut]

Sasha,

I am so sorry to hear about Mandy. We would love to see pictures when you are up to it.

 

[Sasha]

Thank you for helping me this difficult time of sorrow. I've relaxed now, so I posted a bunch of pictures of Mandy in the "Memebers Aquarium Photos" if you want to see them.

All of my main tanks have the Aquaclear filters, and it was the Aquaclear 200 that trapped Mindy (her mother) and Mandy. I always adjust the filter to its lowest speed, but I have had several probelms with fish getting sucked up. Neon tetras, guppies, mollies and platies have all been caught in the suction, but I don't know how else to stop this. The only souluction that I worked out is to slip a small plastic ball over the intake pipe to keep fish from the suction, but even with this I have lost many fish and found their bodies wrapped around the ball. I should contact the manufacturer and warn them about these accidents.