Anyone kill a fish on accident?

[buzzojones]

I got called an animal abuser on Reddit because I didn't realize that taking a fish from LFS salinity .016 to .025 is a multi day affair not an hour. So he died and I pretty much tortured him and I feel horrible

 

[fish_collector]

Worse things have happened.

 

[exnisstech]

I won't buy out of tanks that run low salinty. It can suppress disease that becomes active when fish are acclimated to normal salinty. I introduced velvet several years ago adding s fish that was housed in 1.015 salinty.
Sorry about losing the fish. It sucks and a life was lost but all you can do is learn from it and maybe say a prayer to the fish gods asking for forgiveness It's not like you did it intentionally.

 

[DmitryB]

Yeah that's absurd. Don't take comments like that to heart. We have all lost fish; I put a Coral Beauty to sleep yesterday because of problems. It's hard, but all we can do is try harder and do better next time.

 

[Reef Jedi]

The interwebs can be a brutal place. Especially on Reddit. A loss of life is never easy or what any of us intend. Although it does happen. Learn from it and remember that R2R is the best community for the salty friends. Anywhere else is sub

 

[fish_collector]

I read it on Reddit, therefore it must be true.

 

[Paul B]

I eat fish almost every day that suffocated on the deck of a ship or on a fish hook so it wouldn't bother me.

 

[Kooma]

I got called an animal abuser on Reddit because I didn't realize that taking a fish from LFS salinity .016 to .025 is a multi day affair not an hour. So he died and I pretty much tortured him and I feel horrible

We all learn, not always with success.

I had a tank move last year that i purchased rock and a bunch of fish. We had one of the anthias hide in a rock so we took the rock out with the fish in it. The rock was a two person job, probably 70 lbs. unfortunately between the time we took it out of the tote of water and got it into the tank, the anthia jumped and ended up under a foot. Didnt notice until after we had placed the rock.

I still feel bad :(

 

[NeMoo]

The interwebs can be a brutal place. Especially on Reddit. A loss of life is never easy or what any of us intend. Although it does happen. Learn from it and remember that R2R is the best community for the salty friends. Anywhere else is sub

Copy this!!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Yes and it’s the worst feeling!

But it teaches you to be more careful next time.

Sorry it happened but don’t beat yourself up, you obviously care and that’s what matters.

 

[Joe.D]

Yes! Still traumatized!

1) I added a beautiful, large Diamond goby. Fed the tank and forgot to replace the little piece of plexi on the lid for feeding. Next morning - he was all dried up laying on the lid after jumping out overnight.

2) I cleaned the sandbed for the first time in forever, really stirred it up. My nice large one spot foxface - I surmise - ingested whatever crap got stirred up and died. I saw him shortly after cleaning the sandbed huffing and puffing in the corner of the tank - I prodded him to move, which he did. Next morning, rigor mortis.

In the words of Sergeant Phil Esterhaus, “Let’s be careful out there!”

Let’s see who knows who Sergeant Phil Esterhaus is. Yes, I’m showing my age.