Cardinals Survive in a Planting Pot for 7 months!!

[jack krueger]

I recently moved to a new place and I have to sacrifice inhabitants of the
smaller tanks int his case some swordtails, gouramis & cardinal tetras. I
managed to transfer some of the Cardinals into a planting plant which has
some soil at the bottom. I poured some water till midway and put soemthing
like 10 - 13 Cardinals in there till I know what to do with them. Once I
finished moving in new furnitures and unpacking all my stuff I was busy with
my work for months.

Just a week ago I managed to find the time to look at my fishes and those in
the big tanks looks OK and healthy. Then I remembered I dumped some
Cardinals in my potted plant and when I look into this pot, they are
actuallu alive ans swimming around like happy campers! This despite the fact
they live in a muddy, untreated, non-aerated water for 7 months! When I
transferred them to 2-feet tank, I put some fine sand and a bogwood with
small branches. They actually thrive with some airstone and NO lighting. The
ambient lighting in the room provides a nice atmospheric jungle look and
they look healthy and their appetite is bigger than a Blue Ram that's been
pampered to no end. I remember Cardinals require dark aquaria to thrive and
the common practice of associating Cardinals with high light tanks need to
be revised...

[nuchumYussel]

Were you feeding them? If so, that means you knew they were in there
for seven months. And if you knew they were in there for seven months,
and did not move them, that is dispicable.If you wren't feeding them,
how did they live for seven months. And let's say, with the aid of
some heavenly miracle they survived for seven months with no food
(which is probably 99.9999999% impossible)how emaciated were they?
Let's forget the food issue right now. We'll move on to a different
one, the water. The first issue for the water would be... evaporation.
How would the water have not evapporated after 7 months? Wouldn't you
have to keep adding more water? If so, this brings us back to the
issue of that you had knowledge they were stuck in there for seven
months. Second issue... Water parameters. Wouldn't the ammonia have
been sky-high and therefore kill the fish? Lastly... aeration. The
fish couldn't survive in the same water for seven months without
aeration.

You are either a liar, or a disgusting dispicable bast*rd who has no
respect for life.

Evan Davis

[jack krueger]

Nuchum,

I swear to God I didn't add water (the pot is in shaded area), didn't aerate
the water, and the pot has so much detritus, dead vegetatioons the way it is
in Rio Negro anyway!!! As for food, I swear I didn't drop any bits until 1
week ago
When I did transfer them to a fully funtioning 2-feet tank can I see that
they are
indeed emaciated. But they could've survived nibbling dead plant matters.
The other fish that survived is a 5-year old Ottos. Believe me this is so
very true!!
Some of the dead ones are Dwarf Neon Rainbowfishes, unfortunate but the
CArdinals outlive those...Incredible!!!

I have been negligent yes, but I also have a day job to pay for this
expensive
hobby plus I got other bills too.



"nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
om...
> Were you feeding them? If so, that means you knew they were in there
> for seven months. And if you knew they were in there for seven months,
> and did not move them, that is dispicable.If you wren't feeding them,
> how did they live for seven months. And let's say, with the aid of
> some heavenly miracle they survived for seven months with no food
> (which is probably 99.9999999% impossible)how emaciated were they?
> Let's forget the food issue right now. We'll move on to a different
> one, the water. The first issue for the water would be... evaporation.
> How would the water have not evapporated after 7 months? Wouldn't you
> have to keep adding more water? If so, this brings us back to the
> issue of that you had knowledge they were stuck in there for seven
> months. Second issue... Water parameters. Wouldn't the ammonia have
> been sky-high and therefore kill the fish? Lastly... aeration. The
> fish couldn't survive in the same water for seven months without
> aeration.
>
> You are either a liar, or a disgusting dispicable bast*rd who has no
> respect for life.
>
> Evan Davis

[Kay]

jack krueger wrote:
> Nuchum,
>
> I swear to God I didn't add water (the pot is in shaded area), didn't aerate
> the water, and the pot has so much detritus, dead vegetatioons the way it is
> in Rio Negro anyway!!! As for food, I swear I didn't drop any bits until 1
> week ago
> When I did transfer them to a fully funtioning 2-feet tank can I see that
> they are
> indeed emaciated. But they could've survived nibbling dead plant matters.
> The other fish that survived is a 5-year old Ottos. Believe me this is so
> very true!!
> Some of the dead ones are Dwarf Neon Rainbowfishes, unfortunate but the
> CArdinals outlive those...Incredible!!!
>
> I have been negligent yes, but I also have a day job to pay for this
> expensive
> hobby plus I got other bills too.
>
>
>
> "nuchumYussel" > wrote in message
> om...
>
>>Were you feeding them? If so, that means you knew they were in there
>>for seven months. And if you knew they were in there for seven months,
>>and did not move them, that is dispicable.If you wren't feeding them,
>>how did they live for seven months. And let's say, with the aid of
>>some heavenly miracle they survived for seven months with no food
>>(which is probably 99.9999999% impossible)how emaciated were they?
>>Let's forget the food issue right now. We'll move on to a different
>>one, the water. The first issue for the water would be... evaporation.
>>How would the water have not evapporated after 7 months? Wouldn't you
>>have to keep adding more water? If so, this brings us back to the
>>issue of that you had knowledge they were stuck in there for seven
>>months. Second issue... Water parameters. Wouldn't the ammonia have
>>been sky-high and therefore kill the fish? Lastly... aeration. The
>>fish couldn't survive in the same water for seven months without
>>aeration.
>>
>>You are either a liar, or a disgusting dispicable bast*rd who has no
>>respect for life.
>>
>>Evan Davis
>
>
>
I think the story is false, and what a horrible way to treat a fish.
Instead of being amazed you should be ashamed of yourself. The word that
comes to mind is not the word "amazing" its the word "Torture".

Kay

[nuchumYussel]

> I think the story is false, and what a horrible way to treat a fish.
> Instead of being amazed you should be ashamed of yourself. The word that
> comes to mind is not the word "amazing" its the word "Torture".
>
> Kay




AMEN!

Evan Davis

[Sam]

jack krueger mentioned in passing :
>
> they are actuallu alive ans swimming around like happy campers!
> This despite the fact they live in a muddy, untreated, non-aerated
> water for 7 months!

I was looking out my window one day and saw a heron in my backyard. I
ran out and chased him away, but not before he grabbed something out of one
of my little ponds. A little checking convinced me that he had taken a three
inch plecostomus. It was a transplant from an aquarium and the only large
fish in that pond.

About two years later, as I dismantled a shed in the corner of my yard,
I found a car tire between the fence and the shed. In it was a few inches of
water and a six inch plecostomus.

I have to assume that the heron dropped the fish into the tire as it
flew over my fence.

--
Sam-I-Am
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by
dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. - Stephen
Vincent Benet


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[nuchumYussel]

"RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message >...
> Wow... a new kinda troll..... interesting.... troll or not??? not sure..


I'll go with troll

Evan Davis

[Danya]

"Sam" > wrote in message >...
> I was looking out my window one day and saw a heron in my backyard. I
> ran out and chased him away, but not before he grabbed something out of one
> of my little ponds. A little checking convinced me that he had taken a three
> inch plecostomus. It was a transplant from an aquarium and the only large
> fish in that pond.
>
> About two years later, as I dismantled a shed in the corner of my yard,
> I found a car tire between the fence and the shed. In it was a few inches of
> water and a six inch plecostomus.
>
> I have to assume that the heron dropped the fish into the tire as it
> flew over my fence.

haha, yeah right!!

as for the first guys' story... well it could possibly be true.
miracles can happen. and quit picking on him for being mean to the
fish! he forgot about them and was too busy with work. it's not like
he left his kid at the playground for 7 months or something.

[McEve]

"Danya" > wrote in message
om...
> "Sam" > wrote in message
> >...
>> I was looking out my window one day and saw a heron in my backyard. I
>> ran out and chased him away, but not before he grabbed something out of
>> one
>> of my little ponds. A little checking convinced me that he had taken a
>> three
>> inch plecostomus. It was a transplant from an aquarium and the only large
>> fish in that pond.
>>
>> About two years later, as I dismantled a shed in the corner of my
>> yard,
>> I found a car tire between the fence and the shed. In it was a few inches
>> of
>> water and a six inch plecostomus.
>>
>> I have to assume that the heron dropped the fish into the tire as it
>> flew over my fence.
>
> haha, yeah right!!
>

maybe it was a Parancistrus aurantiacus - a Rubber Pleco!

Sorry, couldn't resist :D

[nuchumYussel]

"McEve" > wrote in message >...
> "Danya" > wrote in message
> om...
> > "Sam" > wrote in message
> > >...
> >> I was looking out my window one day and saw a heron in my backyard. I
> >> ran out and chased him away, but not before he grabbed something out of
> >> one
> >> of my little ponds. A little checking convinced me that he had taken a
> >> three
> >> inch plecostomus. It was a transplant from an aquarium and the only large
> >> fish in that pond.
> >>
> >> About two years later, as I dismantled a shed in the corner of my
> >> yard,
> >> I found a car tire between the fence and the shed. In it was a few inches
> >> of
> >> water and a six inch plecostomus.
> >>
> >> I have to assume that the heron dropped the fish into the tire as it
> >> flew over my fence.
> >
> > haha, yeah right!!
> >
>
> maybe it was a Parancistrus aurantiacus - a Rubber Pleco!
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist :D



Alittle corny, but for some reason it gave me a laugh

[Dustin The-Wind]

At a lake near my house, I saw a squirrel jump from a over hanging
tree branch toward a stump about six feet from the shore. The stump had
acorns on it. While I was wondering about those acorns, a
bass jumped up and swallowed the squirrel. I was blown away until I saw
the bass come around and put more acorns on the stump.
See everything has an explanation. If it weren't for that bass, I
would still be wondering how those acorns got out there on that stump!