Farewell, my angelfish

[Nikki Casali]

That's upsetting. My black (wobbly) angelfish is slowly become
completely incapacitated by paralysis, starting from the tail fin. He's
now locked in a body that he can no longer control. He can move his
pectoral fins, but barely twitch his tail fins. He can maintain a
swimming position where he can look straight up and nothing else. He can
just about eat flakes directly above him. I'm going to have to let him
go soon because I can't bear looking into the aquarium to see him suffer
anymore where once he was king. My fish don't die in their sleep, but
they do die of the strangest and cruelest maladies that reduce them to
quivering piles of uncontrollable flesh where death by starvation is the
only recourse. Such is life.

Nikki

[Gill Passman]

"Nikki Casali" > wrote in message
...
> That's upsetting. My black (wobbly) angelfish is slowly become
> completely incapacitated by paralysis, starting from the tail fin. He's
> now locked in a body that he can no longer control. He can move his
> pectoral fins, but barely twitch his tail fins. He can maintain a
> swimming position where he can look straight up and nothing else. He can
> just about eat flakes directly above him. I'm going to have to let him
> go soon because I can't bear looking into the aquarium to see him suffer
> anymore where once he was king. My fish don't die in their sleep, but
> they do die of the strangest and cruelest maladies that reduce them to
> quivering piles of uncontrollable flesh where death by starvation is the
> only recourse. Such is life.
>
> Nikki
>
Sorry to hear this Nikki :-(

I'm sure that you will make the best decision for your much loved fish...

Gill

[Elaine T]

Nikki Casali wrote:
> That's upsetting. My black (wobbly) angelfish is slowly become
> completely incapacitated by paralysis, starting from the tail fin. He's
> now locked in a body that he can no longer control. He can move his
> pectoral fins, but barely twitch his tail fins. He can maintain a
> swimming position where he can look straight up and nothing else. He can
> just about eat flakes directly above him. I'm going to have to let him
> go soon because I can't bear looking into the aquarium to see him suffer
> anymore where once he was king. My fish don't die in their sleep, but
> they do die of the strangest and cruelest maladies that reduce them to
> quivering piles of uncontrollable flesh where death by starvation is the
> only recourse. Such is life.
>
> Nikki
>
How sad. I'm sorry to hear that. My little Espei rasboras have been
dying one by one to a bacterial infection that just springs back every
time I try to treat so I know the feeling.

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[danny]

gdbye little angelfish
sorry to hear that nikki :o(
but still theres plenty more fish in the sea