Last night, I arrived home from Mum and Dad's place from where I was house-sitting. However, when I opened the front door, I found the place was smelly... it wasn't the rubbish/garbage, I had put that out before leaving last Sunday.
Looking over at the fish tank, I found Ginger - the gold goldfish - had died while I was away. Poor little thing! I raced over and pulled it out immediately; but the water stunk! So, I changed the water completely last night but the white one wasn't happy.
Today, I went to the local pet store down the road and they asked if I had changed the gravel. When I said that my brother said i didn't have to, they said to get in and completely clean out the whole tank and change the gravel.
So, today, I did just that. So far, Fred is going okay... I've caught some crap coming out of the pump, but he's looking happier; but not by much.
I'll see how he's going and if he dies, well, I'll get myself another couple of fish after this.
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@digitalrn I don't think he's going to survive the night... he's been on the bottom of the tank all afternoon and hasn't been eating. He hid from me all night... so I think his number's up soon too. :(
@digitalrn On Sunday afternoon - at around 2:40pm - Fred died. He had been sitting on the bottom of the tank for the last 24 hours and wasn't breathing all that well. So, after I noticed he was having problems swimming, as well as breathing, I took him out of the tank and let him go instead of suffer the next 10 minutes.
Poor little guy. He and Ginger were around 5 years old and that's old for goldfish. But truthfully, I think Fred died from being in the water for too long after Ginger died and he was poisoned by the toxins released by his partner.
@digitalrn yeah, but these little guys were really old - being about 5 years old and having been moved around a few times... it was good to have been in a nice place to die; like my house. And they were cared for well too and had cool things to swim around.
June 8th, 2013
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Poor little guy. He and Ginger were around 5 years old and that's old for goldfish. But truthfully, I think Fred died from being in the water for too long after Ginger died and he was poisoned by the toxins released by his partner.