Comments | thtrelady: R.I.P. Kink, Blackie & Sir Faints-a-Lot

thtrelady

R.I.P. Kink, Blackie & Sir Faints-a-Lot

Jun 18, 2008 10:42

A number of years ago, I've forgotten how many now but probably around 5 or so,bardicstorm and I decided we wanted a fish tank. Just a small 10 gallon tank and a few fish. So we went to the pet store, bought the tank, and looked at some fish to decide what we wanted. We looked at the iridescent sharks and fell in love with their look. So after we got the ( Read more... )

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labrys6 June 18 2008, 15:11:00 UTC

So, which idiot pet store is selling these fish and telling folks "3 inches"?

I am so sorry about your three sharks, they sound as if they were lovely.

thtrelady June 18 2008, 15:33:02 UTC

Thanks Cyn, they were lovely and had a lot of personality for fish. They will be missed. And the idiot store is actually not one of the big chains (although I think I saw some there also, but labeled as 12" so that's actually a lot closer to what they will be for most people) but rather a small local chain who clearly needs to do better training.

Needless to say, we never shopped there again when we learned the truth about our poor fish.

3treekisser June 18 2008, 15:21:12 UTC

Oh that's sad. :( Glad that they didn't suffer too much in the end though.

thtrelady June 18 2008, 15:33:16 UTC

Thank you.

victrola58 June 18 2008, 17:04:42 UTC

I love the names you gave them... I am sorry they are no longer with you in this plane of existence and hope they have all the room in the world where they now swim.

OK I gotta say a 900 gallon tank! WOW now that is big! Grrr to the pet store..

thtrelady June 18 2008, 20:04:46 UTC

Thank you Vicky. Yeah, 900 gallons.. yeesh.

chiska June 18 2008, 18:54:48 UTC

I am so sorry! What a terrible situation that must have been to have to do that. :(

thtrelady June 18 2008, 20:04:55 UTC

Thank you Chiska.

chiska June 19 2008, 03:29:35 UTC

I had a pet fish that I really got attached to and when my ex murdered him, it was just too much. He was a 25 cent feeder fish from walmart that turned out to be a silver koi. I named him Moby Dick He quickly grew out of the 1.5 gallon tank!! He was 15 inches when he died.

I can just see a 900 gallon shark tank...their little fins coming out of the water - and the theme song from JAWS...They are in Shark Afterlife swimming free.

thtrelady June 19 2008, 13:26:51 UTC

Moby Dick sounds like a great fish! I'm sorry that your ex did that, it's just horrible.