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    Unhappy Good Bye Red!

    Looks like the Reaper has visited many forum members the last week and taken some of our family pets with him . Well, I got hit too and sadly had to euthanize Red this morning. He had been refusing to eat pellets last couple weeks but would still eat treats and showed no outward symptoms and was active. Then yesterday morning I noticed him "swimming" motionless in a tank corner and unresponsive. Within an hour he started to literally melt away from what I think was a shutdown of it's immunity system and a very aggressive bacterial attack. By this morning I knew could not save him and decided to end his suffering. He died painlessly with an overdose of anesthetics .

    Red came to my life 3 1/2 years ago from Thailand. I had actually chosen another AAA level Red Super Shock and somehow my fish ended in Malaysia and the seller sent me Red without notice of switch. I knew right away and contacted the seller in Thailand and transshipper in CA. The seller admitted to the switch and offered another fish or a refund. The offered replacements were not AAA, so I got the refund and kept Red . Raising him was fun because it was a very interactive fish; a trait it kept until two days ago. He was not a show fish due to an irregular dorsal fin; but was a great pet fish none the less. I'm kind of numbed out right now and know this loss has not sunken in yet... this one is going to take time.
    As a final salute to my dynamic, powerful, and friendly Red, I leave you guys with a video of him !


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    Default Re: Good Bye Red!

    Sorry to hear of your loss.

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    Default Re: Good Bye Red!

    he was beautiful.
    Rest in peace Rosie 5-31-12
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    So sorry Carlos, he was an amazing creature.

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    I feel for you I recnetly lost one of my Dragon gobies .He was 24 inches long and quite active with my African clawed frogs. they used to ride him and he didn't mind .

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    Sorry for your loss. I have never seen a fish like that before. May he rest in peace

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    Default Re: Good Bye Red!

    Sorry for your loss,
    I also had a fish friend of a sort many years ago , it was a red oscar.
    He only responded to me and loved when I vacuumed his tank.
    He would gently nibble at my hand and also would spit water at me if I delayed feeding him.
    I kept him for 4 years.



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    I'm sorry, Carlos
    The video is very nice.
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    Default Good Bye Red!

    Ah, Carlos, it's never easy when we lose them. I'm so sorry . The video will be a nice memory of him.
    https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203589094112277&id=1363241107&set =a.1434844115446.2055312.1363241107&source=11&ref= bookmark

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    That's a nice looking flowerhorn. Sorry you lost him, 3 years is pretty young. His kok was pretty well developed but not over the top, I like it What were you feeding him?

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