my new goldfish Update: BRIGITTE IS DEAD

[DavidT]

Sushi.

[fearfaoin]

I went to my flute lesson yesterday, and my teacher had a new fishbowl
on his desk. In it was a betta that he had named “MacBeth”. I thought
it appropriate.

[Congratulations]

@DavidT

Sushi.

Gasp!

[izzarina]

@Lambchop

Remember last August when there was a discussion about betta fish? Rob G told me all about them.

Just a few days later at Walmart, there were a number of bettas on a dark, depressing shelf in the back. All but one of them were dead. The remaining one looked awful–faded and pale–but I felt so terrible about it that I bought him. I thought he’d die, but I didn’t want him dying in that horrible, filthy little container.

At home, I put him in a pretty 1-gallon spherical bowl, gave him a meal of betta kibble, and was rewarded the next morning by the sight of a happy, healthy, brilliantly colored, deep-red fish. He had even built a bubble nest during the night.

It’s been 10 months. He’s still happy and healthy. This is what he looks like, except that his fins and tail are about twice as long:

I named him Cranberry.

I’m so glad that you rescued him, Lamby. How sad it is that the employees didn’t even care to look at their own inventory, thus allowing them to die! It makes me want to put them into a bowl, not feed them or give them a clean place to lay their heads, and see how they like it

[gonzo914]

@izzarina

How sad it is that the employees didn’t even care to look at their own inventory, thus allowing them to die! It makes me want to put them into a bowl, not feed them or give them a clean place to lay their heads, and see how they like it

This is why Walmart should not be allowed to sell fish. (Although conditions are hardly better at Petco or any of the other chain pet stores.)

[Lambchop]

@Flyingcursor

@Lambchop

Remember last August when there was a discussion about betta fish? Rob G told me all about them.

Just a few days later at Walmart, there were a number of bettas on a dark, depressing shelf in the back. All but one of them were dead. The remaining one looked awful–faded and pale–but I felt so terrible about it that I bought him. I thought he’d die, but I didn’t want him dying in that horrible, filthy little container.

At home, I put him in a pretty 1-gallon spherical bowl, gave him a meal of betta kibble, and was rewarded the next morning by the sight of a happy, healthy, brilliantly colored, deep-red fish. He had even built a bubble nest during the night.

It’s been 10 months. He’s still happy and healthy. This is what he looks like, except that his fins and tail are about twice as long:

I named him Cranberry.

Will the irony ever cease?

Irony? What irony? I’m serious. I named him “Cranberry” because of his lovely color. He’s exactly the color of fresh, ripe New England cranberries. Everyone thinks the name fits.

Cranberries are one of my favorite snacks. Should I refuse to eat them? Turn up my nose at cranberry juice? Boycott Thanksgiving celebrations . . . just in case?

Besides, he’s got me blocked, so that post was officially invisible to him. The rule is that if you’ve announced that you’ve blocked someone, you cannot complain further about their posts. You cannot eat your cake and still have it.

Thank you, Izz. You, too, Gonzo.

[Flyingcursor]

@gonzo914

@izzarina

How sad it is that the employees didn’t even care to look at their own inventory, thus allowing them to die! It makes me want to put them into a bowl, not feed them or give them a clean place to lay their heads, and see how they like it

This is why Walmart should not be allowed to sell fish. (Although conditions are hardly better at Petco or any of the other chain pet stores.)

That’s why my daughter quit her job at the local SuperPets. Too many animals dying daily.

[flanum]

@Cranberry

I had to have her euthanized within a month.

Without being sarcastic, how the hell does one Euthenize a fish??
Surely just a flick to the head or a swift flush down the toilet?

By the way, what about “Kaya” as a name. It is the name of the lead singer from “youth in asia”… geddit!
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_in_Asia

[Jack]

Clove oil.

[flanum]

@Cranberry

Clove oil.

Explain?

[Jack]

@flanum

@Cranberry

Clove oil.

Explain?

Clove oil is an anaesthetic to fish. It has to be administered very specifically, but in larger amounts it can be used as a painless form of euthanasia, for fish. They go to sleep and never wake up.

[Jack]

Update: BRIGITTE IS DEAD! Oh no. This is why I dislike ryukins. They have a tendency to die. Grr.

Her tank was cycled and everything. I’ve had tanks running of the same mosquito fish (Lat. Heterandria formosa) for three years, and the same gourami for 2 years, so I really think ryukin goldfish are simply cursed, but so pretty.

Here’s an adult photo of one, why I like them so much:

In a few months I will be traveling out of state, and I might try to get another one, if I think it’ll live. They’re sooooo pretty.

[Walden]

R.I.P.

I’m fixing to set up my fish tank and get some fish.

[Nanohedron]

@Cranberry

…a ryukin, which is a Japanese type of goldfish bred for its large humped back and hardiness.

@Cranberry

This is why I dislike ryukins. They have a tendency to die. Grr.

I’m confused. Anyone else?

[Jack]

It really pisses me off. I wish they wouldn’t die. Mary Baker Eddy had a long illness, and Brigitte just simply decided to die, or something. There’s a theory that because of their body shape, ryukins have more health problems. Blah. Blah.

I will bury her body in my houseplant.

[Jack]

@Nanohedron

@Cranberry

…a ryukin, which is a Japanese type of goldfish bred for its large humped back and hardiness.

@Cranberry

This is why I dislike ryukins. They have a tendency to die. Grr.

I’m confused. Anyone else?

The Japanese ones are hardy (they stretch back a long way). In America they tend to be less so. It sucks. If anybody is going to Japan soon, tell me and I’ll give you the money to bring me back a fish.

[fearfaoin]

@Cranberry

This is why I dislike ryukins. They have a tendency to die. Grr.

Maybe this is just Cran expressing frustration at the inexorablility of mortality.
You could just as easily say “This is why I dislike stars. They eventually go nova.”

[Jack]

@fearfaoin

@Cranberry

This is why I dislike ryukins. They have a tendency to die. Grr.

Maybe this is just Cran expressing frustration at the inexorablility of mortality.
You could just as easily say “This is why I dislike stars. They eventually go nova.”

To be fair, I think Nanohedron had a ood point. I tend to be confusing to people besides myself.

[izzarina]

I’m sorry Cran. They really are pretty fish…maybe this one had something from the pet shop? I bought a fish from a shop once, and it turned out it had Ick, and died shortly after.

[Bloomfield]

Andreas Gryphius:
Es ist alles eitel
(1630)

Du siehst, wohin du siehst nur Eitelkeit auf Erden.
Was dieser heute baut, reißt jener morgen ein:
Wo itzund Städte stehn, wird eine Wiese sein
Auf der ein Schäferskind wird spielen mit den Herden:

Was itzund prächtig blüht, soll bald zertreten werden.
Was itzt so pocht und trotzt ist morgen Asch und Bein
Nichts ist, das ewig sei, kein Erz, kein Marmorstein.
Itzt lacht das Glück uns an, bald donnern die Beschwerden.

Der hohen Taten Ruhm muß wie ein Traum vergehn.
Soll denn das Spiel der Zeit, der leichte Mensch bestehn?
Ach! was ist alles dies, was wir für köstlich achten,

Als schlechte Nichtigkeit, als Schatten, Staub und Wind;
Als eine Wiesenblum, die man nicht wiederfind’t.
Noch will, was ewig ist, kein einig Mensch betrachten!



(itzt, itzund = jetzt)