Over a fish?
As silly as it sounds, I did this afternoon, and I still feel depressed over it. Now, I've shared pictures of my beta, Sushi, here, but since then, I have aquired six more fish, three more fishbowls, and two tanks. Unfortunately, I may have sentenced my poor little goldfish(Tofu) to death. He was lonely in his little 2.5 gallon tank, so I moved him to a 10 and gave him a friend. But then they looked lonely, so I got two more. Of course, after getting a new filter just yesterday, I notice that he is swimming spuratically, gulping air, and is missing his ENTIRE top dorsal fin. I called up the petshop where I had gotten him and discribed the symptoms. Apparently the goldfish were spawning, and they show dominance by chewing off the fins of lesser fish. Poor Tofu is the smallest, and he's barely an inch big. I didn't know what to do, so I asked if I could bring him in with the hopes he might get a better home, or flushed by someone else because I couldn't do it.
And I cried.
I don't know why I cried, but it was probably because I felt like I was responsible for even a small, insignificent creature like a goldfish. I called my boyfriend and he calmed me down, but I still feel so depressed that I was so blind to these fish that I didn't notice his fin slowly dissapearing. Aquarium Salts and fishy antibiotics in the smaller tank (after juggling my beta placement, the three of them arn't so happy at the moment with their new living arrangements) seem to be helping him alot. He's not doing any air gulping and he's swimming around a bit more lively.
But long story short, I feel small and silly for crying over a fish, but my stomach still lurches when I think that I almost lost him. Is there something wrong with me?
As silly as it sounds, I did this afternoon, and I still feel depressed over it. Now, I've shared pictures of my beta, Sushi, here, but since then, I have aquired six more fish, three more fishbowls, and two tanks. Unfortunately, I may have sentenced my poor little goldfish(Tofu) to death. He was lonely in his little 2.5 gallon tank, so I moved him to a 10 and gave him a friend. But then they looked lonely, so I got two more. Of course, after getting a new filter just yesterday, I notice that he is swimming spuratically, gulping air, and is missing his ENTIRE top dorsal fin. I called up the petshop where I had gotten him and discribed the symptoms. Apparently the goldfish were spawning, and they show dominance by chewing off the fins of lesser fish. Poor Tofu is the smallest, and he's barely an inch big. I didn't know what to do, so I asked if I could bring him in with the hopes he might get a better home, or flushed by someone else because I couldn't do it.
And I cried.
I don't know why I cried, but it was probably because I felt like I was responsible for even a small, insignificent creature like a goldfish. I called my boyfriend and he calmed me down, but I still feel so depressed that I was so blind to these fish that I didn't notice his fin slowly dissapearing. Aquarium Salts and fishy antibiotics in the smaller tank (after juggling my beta placement, the three of them arn't so happy at the moment with their new living arrangements) seem to be helping him alot. He's not doing any air gulping and he's swimming around a bit more lively.
But long story short, I feel small and silly for crying over a fish, but my stomach still lurches when I think that I almost lost him. Is there something wrong with me?
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