Sad day....

[SmithRC]

Came home to an adult zeb at the front of the tank that didnt run away when I turned the lights on...

Not a good sign at the best of time but when its got sand on it - its never good.

Turns out it was dead :cry:

I've not ID'd it yet and was in a bit of a fluster but I have a nasty feeling its our Alpha female :cry: :cry:

Water is fine as are the rest of the tanks inhabitants (including fry)

 

[scatz]

thats really bad news mate, any loss is bad, but worse if its your big breeding female.

 

[Highlandken]

Ouch ! Not a nice one to find. Sorry

.

 

[Doodles]

:cry::cry:


where do these smilies keep coming from:dk:

 

[SmithRC]

Smilies... what smilies? (ok it was me)

Think it turns out its our Alpha male.... Gutted still but not as gutted as I would have been if it was the alpha female...

 

[thegeeman]

Seen the title and I thought it was something else.

Cheers

thegeeman

oh almost forgot. I am really sorry to hear of your loss Russ and my thoughts are with you at this difficult time

 

[SmithRC]

Seen the title and I thought it was something else.

Cheers

thegeeman

oh almost forgot. I am really sorry to hear of your loss Russ and my thoughts are with you at this difficult time

What did I miss? - Did someone important die today?

 

[Joby]

Sorry to hear that, I can imagine how your heart sank when you saw it there :cry:

 

[Irene0100]

oh dear, so sorry, funny how they do that sometimes, I always wonder what I must have done wrong or given them wrong food to choke on or something.
could it be old age, any idea how old she was?

 

[SmithRC]

I've had them nearly 4 years now... and they were adults when I got them. They guy I bought them from said he'd had them 5 years.. and they were sub adults when he got them.

I'd guess 10+ years!

I've started a mixed group of F1's for when the time came that they started to pass

 

[bre]

Sorry to hear about your loss Russell. How long do zebs live for?

 

[FF MkII]

I think its about 15 years Brenda....Brenda? who the hell is Brenda lol, sorry, Bianca

 

[thegeeman]

Brenda? who the hell is Brenda

Brenda was your first love remember???????. The one you used to pay by the hour:lol::lol:

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[FF MkII]

Brenda was your first love remember???????. The one you used to pay by the hour:lol::lol:

Cheers

thegeeman

58 mins of that hour was wasted!

 

[bre]

lol thanks Steve.

 

[Oscar300]

bah proper gutting mate. RIP zeby........

 

[scottie73]

sad news...hate losing any fish,to lose a breeding male makes it even worse!!!

 

[816johnv]

Just read this Gutted Russ