My husband's fish died today.

[mossrose]

He is beside himself with grief.

The passing occured sometime between feeding time last night and feeding time tonight.

A short service was held in the bathroom just a few moments ago.

He will miss you, Gordon. Or Gordonette, whichever the case may have been.

I, on the other hand, will be glad to get rid of the tank and all the other paraphenalia.

:yay:

[Leroy]

I, on the other hand, will be glad to get rid of the tank and all the other paraphenalia.

:yay:

The proper therapy would be to buy him another fish, tonight, help him to get over the loss, he may be acting like he's not hurting.

excerpts from leroy's wisdom

[mossrose]

Thanks, Leroy, but no.

I have been waiting for 15 years for this fish to die so I can get rid of the tank. It has been an only fish for many years, and we don't know why it lived as long as it did.

No more fish, and when the cat is gone, no more cats.

:yay:

[Leroy]

Thanks, Leroy, but no.

I have been waiting for 15 years for this fish to die so I can get rid of the tank. It has been an only fish for many years, and we don't know why it lived as long as it did.

No more fish, and when the cat is gone, no more cats.

:yay:

the insensitivity of this is very surprising

[Trout]

:stink:

[$cirisme]

the insensitivity of this is very surprising
Only if you don't know mossy. :hehe:

[Trout]

Only if you don't know mossy. :hehe:

I remember when her cat died, we had to observe a two week wake.

But she's gleeful over the fish's untimely demise. :no:

[mossrose]

It's a FISH!

It swims around in the water and poops and eats and that's about it!

It doesn't purr or jump on your lap to be petted!

Fish! 15 years old! Which has to be some kind of record!

:yay:

[norwegen]

Fish! 15 years old! Which has to be some kind of record!

:yay:Are you sure it hadn't been dead for the past eight years, "swimming" with the current produced by the air pump?

Did you notice a growing pile of fish pellets at the bottom of the tank?

[mossrose]

Are you sure it hadn't been dead for the past eight years, "swimming" with the current produced by the air pump?

Did you notice a growing pile of fish pellets at the bottom of the tank?
Well, I never paid much attention to it, frankly. My husband fed it every night, and he says that it used to come and meet him at the top of the tank when he came in and turned the tank light on.

:nsm:

But it was laying flat out on the bottom of the tank tonight. Dead as a dead fish can be.

[Trout]

It doesn't purr or jump on your lap to be petted!

And you're saying the cat is the superior animal. :no: Crazy Canadians, what next?

[mossrose]

And you're saying the cat is the superior animal. :no: Crazy Canadians, what next?
I don't know......crazy Americans, maybe?

:nsm:

[DesertBerean]

It's a FISH!

It swims around in the water and poops and eats and that's about it!

It doesn't purr or jump on your lap to be petted!

Fish! 15 years old! Which has to be some kind of record!

:yay: What kind of fish WAS it? That's incredible.

[norwegen]

What kind of fish WAS it?Whatever kind has preservatives, I'm guessing. Mrs. Paul's, maybe.

[mossrose]

It was a red-tailed shark. Let me see if I can find a picture of one. The pet shop where we got it all those years ago was surprised, many years ago, to hear that it was still alive.

:nsm:

[Nang]

It was a red-tailed shark. Let me see if I can find a picture of one. The pet shop where we got it all those years ago was surprised, many years ago, to hear that it was still alive.

:nsm:

Whoa!

A shark! In your tank! At home?

Was it big?




Nang

[mossrose]

It was 4 or 5 inches long at the end. About an inch or two when we got it.

[norwegen]

Whoa!

A shark! In your tank! At home?

Was it big?




NangRed-tailed sharks aren't sharks.

[mossrose]

And I don't know why it was called a shark. The mouth was different and it didn't have teeth like a shark. It looked very much like the picture, except it was more black than the blueish tones I see.

[DesertBerean]

How pretty! Strange name tho. Thanks mossy.

[mossrose]

yw

It certainly did have a red tail. And got along well with the other fish we had over the years. I would sure like to know how come it lived so long.

[Nang]

Red-tailed sharks aren't sharks.

Oh, good to know!

It was pretty though, even if Mossy did not ~love~ it.

Nang

[norwegen]

I would sure like to know how come it lived so long.Apparently, it's their life expectancy.

here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_black_shark#_note-2)

Yes, an interesting creature. Thanks.

[mossrose]

Wow! Thanks, nor!

Who knew!

[Nang]

Apparently, it's their life expectancy.

here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_black_shark#_note-2)

Yes, an interesting creature. Thanks.

Wow!

They live a lot longer than gerbils or trouts.

Nang

[Storico]

Admit it, Mossy. You knocked out the poor fishy, you let your husband find it, and THEN you decided God was on His throne so you and your pin could rest. :no:

I don't know... I think our friend Trout should tell Jr. about that hidden life insurance policy...

[mossrose]

Admit it, Mossy. You knocked out the poor fishy, you let your husband find it, and THEN you decided God was on His throne so you and your pin could rest. :no:

I don't know... I think our friend Trout should tell Jr. about that hidden life insurance policy...
Storico, sweetie.

I could go for days without even looking at the fishtank. It's in a back room that I only go into to brush the cat there. And the fish could have been dead for weeks before I would notice it.

My hubby is the fish-feeder/tank-cleaner in this house.

Besides, it was too small to make clubbing it worthwhile. A bigger fish is needed for proper pin-whacking.

:nsm:

[Storico]

Storico, sweetie.

I could go for days without even looking at the fishtank. It's in a back room that I only go into to brush the cat there. And the fish could have been dead for weeks before I would notice it.

My hubby is the fish-feeder/tank-cleaner in this house.

Besides, it was too small to make clubbing it worthwhile. A bigger fish is needed for proper pin-whacking.

:nsm:

Okay, okay, you have a good point. (And apparently a small pin for "precise" jobs, which your cat borrowed!)

Sorry for your husband's loss. Hope the ceremony in the washroom was fitting, appropriate, beautiful, and free of tartar sauce.

[mossrose]

Well, it certainly was fitting, and absolutely, unquestionably, free of tartar sauce.

:thumb:

[norwegen]

Admit it, Mossy. You knocked out the poor fishy, you let your husband find it, and THEN you decided God was on His throne so you and your pin could rest. :no:Well, hopefully no one was on mossy's throne during the poor critter's interment.

[mossrose]

Well, hopefully no one was on mossy's throne during the poor critter's interment.
:lmbo:

Pearls for that one, nor......

[DesertBerean]

Wow!

They live a lot longer than gerbils or trouts.

Nang And they supposedly don't get along even with their own kind. But Mossy's did. Interesting.

[mossrose]

And they supposedly don't get along even with their own kind. But Mossy's did. Interesting.
Well, he was the only fish in the tank for about 10 of those 15 years.

:nsm:

[The Laughing Man]

Try to find the "Diff'rent Strokes" episode where Arnold's fish dies. It'll cheer him up.

[mossrose]

Nah. I think he's forgotten about it already.

:hehe:

[Trout]

You should get him a new fish.

[lao tzu]

Dead as a dead fish can be. It seems our Mossy has done an inordinate amount of research into the aspects of dead fish.


I would sure like to know how come it lived so long. Notice how Mossy fails to wonder why it died?


Admit it, Mossy. You knocked out the poor fishy, you let your husband find it, and THEN you decided God was on His throne so you and your pin could rest. Leave it to a cannibalistic Canadian to see right into the darkest heart of the matter.


Besides, it was too small to make clubbing it worthwhile. A bigger fish is needed for proper pin-whacking. First she clubs it, then she criticizes the fish for not being big enough to make the clubbing worthwhile. This is profoundly disturbing. I'm beginning to think these Canadians simply have no souls.

[themuzicman]

The two happiest days in a fish tank owner's life are the day he puts his first fish into the tank, and the day he sells the whole thing to the next sucker.

Michael

[mossrose]

The two happiest days in a fish tank owner's life are the day he puts his first fish into the tank, and the day he sells the whole thing to the next sucker.

Michael
:lol:

We had that tank since our daughter was in grade one and she brought a goldfish home that she won in some church fair or something.......that was 22 years ago!

It was time for the tank to be tanked, for sure!

:yay:

[Nang]

:lol:

We had that tank since our daughter was in grade one and she brought a goldfish home that she won in some church fair or something.......that was 22 years ago!

It was time for the tank to be tanked, for sure!

:yay:

Oh, my gosh . . . it was a sanctified fish?!!!

That changes the dynamics of the whole thread.

Like, should the body of the deceased, sanctified, shark, been flushed down the toilet, or should it have been properly buried according to the wishes of the rightful owner, and thereby next of kin . . .namely Mossie's husband?

IOW's, who declared the fate of the shark to a flushing of the toilet?

The legal owner (and surely the Executor of Estate), or the (obviously unemotionally involved, and unloving) spouse?

Honestly, this incident comes close to rivaling the news events on t.v. today!

Opinions are welcome . . .

Nang

[mossrose]

:hehe:

Well, he was the one who tossed it in the toilet, so it must have been the right thing to do.

[elysian]

I have to admit I was sort of glad when my husband's oscars died- they kept getting nasty infections (one lost an eyeball and still survived over a year like that) that I had to medicate the tank for. He was the one who wanted the fish but guess who got the day to day care of them. When the last big oscar died (the one sans eyeball) he tried to blame me for it.

Cats and dogs are mammals. They have brains and emotions. You can have a rapport with them. With fish all you do is scrape out their poop, drop in their food and try to keep the bloody filters clean. There's very little interacting there. Admittedly fish can be fun to watch but would you try to sneak into my house when the first thing you encounter is this::
http://home.att.net/~elysianhunter/claramouth.JPG

Clara is really a very sweet dog. As long as you are where you are supposed to be Clara is a big love dog. If not, she will let you know.