oh-oh Booth-a-boo died

chrissy · 09-22-2005, 09:54 AM

Mikey left for school just a couple min ago. He was running late, so I said that I would feed his betta fish, Booth-a-boo (don't ask, cuz I dunno). He has had this fish for... goodness, a couple years. He bought it and the tank with his own money -- at the store, he said the fish asked him if he could come home with him.

He is just laying there at the bottom of the tank next to his tree.

He is going to be crushed

Butch · 09-22-2005, 09:58 AM

Quick . . . go to the store and get another one that looks the same! . . . he'll neeeeever know the difference!

That stinks, though. When you're young, you don't distinguish between the kind of animal that died . . . dog, cat, fish, mouse, they're all the same and all very painful when you had a connection with it.

TofuNinja · 09-22-2005, 10:11 AM

ouch, that sucks... the lose of a pet (fish, Mice, Bird, Rats, Lizards, Cat Dogs etc) hurts. Hope he feels better, keep us updated.

DarkFury · 09-22-2005, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butch

Quick . . . go to the store and get another one that looks the same! . . . he'll neeeeever know the difference!

Heh... I did that back in the day when DFJ's Betta fish died...

chrissy · 09-22-2005, 10:46 AM

I couldn't do that. I mean, Mikey is 8 yrs old, he can handle death.

I hope.

We still have the 29 gal. going with community fish. He has seen them come and go as fish do (we have had 3-4 die and we have had 4-5 babies). But this was his and his alone.

We will take him this weekend if he wants a new betta. He has been looking at goldfish lately. And I am still trying to talk him into Jacks

Merlin · 09-22-2005, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrissy

Mikey left for school just a couple min ago. He was running late, so I said that I would feed his betta fish, Booth-a-boo (don't ask, cuz I dunno). He has had this fish for... goodness, a couple years. He bought it and the tank with his own money -- at the store, he said the fish asked him if he could come home with him.

He is just laying there at the bottom of the tank next to his tree.

He is going to be crushed

So what I'm hearing here is that you killed fish and are no looking for a cover story.

Markel · 09-22-2005, 12:12 PM

Why not get him a couple of male bettas so he can really have some fun with them.

Jenny · 09-22-2005, 01:04 PM

Awww! Good luck! Hope he does ok with it!

Kevster · 09-22-2005, 02:39 PM

Introduce him to Ciclids. Get a green terror, or even better a pike ciclid and put it in the community tank. Watch nature in action!

I can empathize with your son though - I recently lost one of my prized Clown Loaches that I have had for over 4 years thanks to a Red Empress ciclid that was king of the tank. That caused me to take the Red Empress into the store for a store credit and now I have the johanni confederacy, the bichardi coalition and the jewel ciclid alliance all vying for control of strategic points in my 80 gallon aquarium. It's kind of a tropical cold-war at the moment. Of course I still have my three other 6"-7" clown loaches that nobody messes with now. I love my aquarium(s).

TofuNinja · 09-22-2005, 02:48 PM

If I ever set up my tank... I'm thinking about a Firemouth

RoniMan · 09-22-2005, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevster

Introduce him to Ciclids. Get a green terror, or even better a pike ciclid and put it in the community tank. Watch nature in action!

I can empathize with your son though - I recently lost one of my prized Clown Loaches that I have had for over 4 years thanks to a Red Empress ciclid that was king of the tank. That caused me to take the Red Empress into the store for a store credit and now I have the johanni confederacy, the bichardi coalition and the jewel ciclid alliance all vying for control of strategic points in my 80 gallon aquarium. It's kind of a tropical cold-war at the moment. Of course I still have my three other 6"-7" clown loaches that nobody messes with now. I love my aquarium(s).

yeah, you had me up to "introduce him to", then it became "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah my aquarium(s)"

speedracer120 · 09-22-2005, 04:57 PM

I'd rather go play a shoot 'em up then watch fish politics.

sizemic1 · 09-28-2005, 05:32 PM

So how'd the news go?

NullUnit2000 · 09-28-2005, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by chrissy

Mikey is 8 yrs old, he can handle death.

That is SO going in my sig.

09-22-2005, 09:54 AM	#1
chrissy Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: OKC Posts: 5,046	oh-oh Booth-a-boo died Mikey left for school just a couple min ago. He was running late, so I said that I would feed his betta fish, Booth-a-boo (don't ask, cuz I dunno). He has had this fish for... goodness, a couple years. He bought it and the tank with his own money -- at the store, he said the fish asked him if he could come home with him. He is just laying there at the bottom of the tank next to his tree. He is going to be crushed

09-22-2005, 09:58 AM	#2
Butch Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,915	Quick . . . go to the store and get another one that looks the same! . . . he'll neeeeever know the difference! That stinks, though. When you're young, you don't distinguish between the kind of animal that died . . . dog, cat, fish, mouse, they're all the same and all very painful when you had a connection with it. __________________ I used to be into sadism, necrophilia and beastiality, but then I realized I was just beating a dead horse

09-22-2005, 10:11 AM	#3
TofuNinja Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: May 2000 Location: On Serenity Posts: 3,503	ouch, that sucks... the lose of a pet (fish, Mice, Bird, Rats, Lizards, Cat Dogs etc) hurts. Hope he feels better, keep us updated. __________________ "To search for the old is to understand the new." -Gichin Funakoshi- ===>>>LABELED CANTACUZENE'S DUMBEST PERSON ALIVE!!!<<<===

09-22-2005, 12:12 PM	#8
Markel Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 11,733	Why not get him a couple of male bettas so he can really have some fun with them. __________________ stay low... keep moving...

09-22-2005, 01:04 PM	#9
Jenny Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Kansas City area Posts: 10,947	Awww! Good luck! Hope he does ok with it! __________________ Check out my spoilers for over 20 shows @ SpoilerFix.com Check out my TV blog, where I post weekly & daily TV schedules, TV news, interviews with TV stars & more! All new TV forums as well @ TV Is My Pacifier

09-22-2005, 10:46 AM	#5
chrissy Admiral Join Date: May 2000 Location: OKC Posts: 5,046	I couldn't do that. I mean, Mikey is 8 yrs old, he can handle death. I hope. We still have the 29 gal. going with community fish. He has seen them come and go as fish do (we have had 3-4 die and we have had 4-5 babies). But this was his and his alone. We will take him this weekend if he wants a new betta. He has been looking at goldfish lately. And I am still trying to talk him into Jacks

09-22-2005, 02:39 PM	#10
Kevster Admiral Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,124	Introduce him to Ciclids. Get a green terror, or even better a pike ciclid and put it in the community tank. Watch nature in action! I can empathize with your son though - I recently lost one of my prized Clown Loaches that I have had for over 4 years thanks to a Red Empress ciclid that was king of the tank. That caused me to take the Red Empress into the store for a store credit and now I have the johanni confederacy, the bichardi coalition and the jewel ciclid alliance all vying for control of strategic points in my 80 gallon aquarium. It's kind of a tropical cold-war at the moment. Of course I still have my three other 6"-7" clown loaches that nobody messes with now. I love my aquarium(s). __________________ I think over again My small adventures, my fears. The small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing: To live to see the great day that dawns, And the light that fills the world. -old Inuit song

09-22-2005, 02:48 PM	#11
TofuNinja Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: May 2000 Location: On Serenity Posts: 3,503	If I ever set up my tank... I'm thinking about a Firemouth

09-22-2005, 04:57 PM	#13
speedracer120 Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: HB,CA/PA Posts: 3,437	I'd rather go play a shoot 'em up then watch fish politics. __________________ Off in La La Land

09-28-2005, 05:32 PM	#14
sizemic1 Owww, I feel good! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Beautiful Temecula CA Posts: 2,002	So how'd the news go? __________________ [___] (O lllllll O) []==O=[]

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