Gone to fishy heaven!

[Zen]

My two beautiful goldfish, Mergel and Shergel, have both died!

Shergel was a shubunkin which is like a normal goldfish but with red, orange and black patches over its body (usually blue as well but Shergel only had a very tiny blue bit). Mergel was a Black Moor, completely black with goggly eyes and fancy fins (two pairs of fins at the back).

I don't know what it was that caused it but they were laying low for days then got hit by some infection or other. I tried to help with medicine but with no luck. Mergel died first a few days ago then Shergel yesterday, probably sad his friend had passed away as they were a pair.

[Charity]

That is so sad. They are indeed in a better place. Your friends on IS will comfort you. You have been here for us so many times, it's time we're here for you.

[jsps13]

Poor fishies!

[Zen]

Thanks guys!

I had these two for a few years now and they had grown to around 7 inches in length each! Big fishies!

[Emanuel]

never been god with fish my last 5 fishis dyed i swered that u will never have fish again :.(

[goddess_in_embryo]

*hugs for Zen*

[Zen]

I shall do several water changes and a thorough clean, and use some general tonic stuff I have, then leave it running for a week or two.

I might buy three fish next time, one Black Moor and two normal ones but with the fancy fins. That's a good combination in feng shui. Black Moors are said to absorb bad luck and protect the household, and normal goldfish are said to attract good luck. It's a strange coincidence though that the day Mergel started to act strange was the day mum started her chemo again for the first time in six months!

[Radioactivecat]

I'll bring cushy hugs and cupkakes for zen, gosh, I am so sorry to hear of your fishies dying, but do get more, it will help with the loss, definitely! When one of my cats died, after this last christmas, it was a stab in the heart, but then I saw her in a dream, sitting on my grandmother's lap on her sarong, (like in the old days in Bangkok) and my grandmother waved to me and I felt/knew it was all better-BIG SUPER CUSHY HUG FOR YOU!!

[Emanuel]

zen buy some Red Belly Piranha they are the best :P very still not sow much movement but pretty and they eat everything easy to lock after don;t recommend putting other species of fish with them :P and sorry for your old fish hate wen pets dye i lost my fishes to :.(

[sshenry]

I'm sorry zen - it looks like your fish freinds have joined my Jonah fish in that land of ever-rollling waves. It is always sad when a pet dies

[Zen]

Aww thanks guys!

zen buy some Red Belly Piranha they are the best

Ouch! Sounds painful! hehe!