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It's good we feel sad when our fish dies -- that's how we know we are still human. This is a cruel hobby. Not a one of us has avoided killing a few fish. Feeling bad is what motivates me to do whatever it takes to figure out why, and to do my best not to repeat my mistake.
What makes me sick is the people who just buy a new fish every few months (or weeks) when the last one died because they put no effort into even trying to learn why it died.
At some level it's the same thing. The fish doesn't much care of you feel bad, he's dead either way. But I think it does matter that we care, we feed bad, we recognizing that we directly cause the suffering of other things by participating in the hobby and we do our best to avoid it.
If you ever stop feeling sad when something in your tank dies, it's time to quit the hobby.
What makes me sick is the people who just buy a new fish every few months (or weeks) when the last one died because they put no effort into even trying to learn why it died.
At some level it's the same thing. The fish doesn't much care of you feel bad, he's dead either way. But I think it does matter that we care, we feed bad, we recognizing that we directly cause the suffering of other things by participating in the hobby and we do our best to avoid it.
If you ever stop feeling sad when something in your tank dies, it's time to quit the hobby.