Goodbye old girl...
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- Jim Powers
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Goodbye old girl...
I lost another one of my geriatric loaches today.
This was a large (probably female) Schistura kohchangensis that I have had for about 5-6 years. I thought I would lose this fish a few years ago when it started breathing heavy and developed a black head and bleached out body. Since it hid lots of the time, I didn't notice it at first. I didn't treat the tank because I thought the fish was ready to die. But, low and behold it pulled through and lived until this afternoon.
I just moved this fish and its male (?) counterpart to a larger tank several months ago and have been enjoying their boisterous antics.
It seems as though there is no sentimentality in the fish world. When this fish started acting a bit odd and looking bad the last couple of days, the male took over its favorite cave.
I think I gave it a good life.
Here she is in better times.
[img]http://www.bobd.lunarpages.com/loaches/ ... 00.JPG[img][/img]
This was a large (probably female) Schistura kohchangensis that I have had for about 5-6 years. I thought I would lose this fish a few years ago when it started breathing heavy and developed a black head and bleached out body. Since it hid lots of the time, I didn't notice it at first. I didn't treat the tank because I thought the fish was ready to die. But, low and behold it pulled through and lived until this afternoon.
I just moved this fish and its male (?) counterpart to a larger tank several months ago and have been enjoying their boisterous antics.
It seems as though there is no sentimentality in the fish world. When this fish started acting a bit odd and looking bad the last couple of days, the male took over its favorite cave.
I think I gave it a good life.
Here she is in better times.
[img]http://www.bobd.lunarpages.com/loaches/ ... 00.JPG[img][/img]
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- Jim Powers
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why won't the pic post?
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