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Fish problems :(
Aug. 11th, 2004 05:26 pmEDIT: I called around to the local aquaria supply places and the one closest to us actually takes fish who need homes. So, Petra's going to go there. it's a huge relief.
Does anyone want a large, aggressive Black Moor goldfish? We only got Petra in March, and she's grown to four times her original size (she's now about 2x the size of the male who was 1.5x her size when we got them), about 3.5 to 4 inches long fron mouth to base of her big fluffy tail.
I've never had one grow so fast before. I've also never had one eat or attack the other fish so relentlessly. She crippled one of my tetras a couple of months ago so I had ot put the little guy to sleep, and yesterday she ate one whole. She's been harassing our frog (who's only an inch and a half long) and the small male goldfish, chasing the school of tetras (they are starting to get stressed out) and the 'shark', and she's even been biting at the plecos. Let me say now that I hadn't wanted to get goldfish at all for htis tank, as it was supposed to be a small fish aqaurium for our son, but CHris really wanted to get goldfish. I consented, thinking that they'd be the first to go if we had problems. Well, I was wrong.
Removing her from the tank and finding her a new home is our only hope of haivng a peaceful tank again. We cannot afford to purchase another tank, or even a bowl right now, so that's not a solution. I'm at my wits' end. If I cannot find a home for her I'll have to euthanize her to prevent her killing or overstressing all the other fish in the tank.
Does anyone want a large, aggressive Black Moor goldfish? We only got Petra in March, and she's grown to four times her original size (she's now about 2x the size of the male who was 1.5x her size when we got them), about 3.5 to 4 inches long fron mouth to base of her big fluffy tail.
I've never had one grow so fast before. I've also never had one eat or attack the other fish so relentlessly. She crippled one of my tetras a couple of months ago so I had ot put the little guy to sleep, and yesterday she ate one whole. She's been harassing our frog (who's only an inch and a half long) and the small male goldfish, chasing the school of tetras (they are starting to get stressed out) and the 'shark', and she's even been biting at the plecos. Let me say now that I hadn't wanted to get goldfish at all for htis tank, as it was supposed to be a small fish aqaurium for our son, but CHris really wanted to get goldfish. I consented, thinking that they'd be the first to go if we had problems. Well, I was wrong.
Removing her from the tank and finding her a new home is our only hope of haivng a peaceful tank again. We cannot afford to purchase another tank, or even a bowl right now, so that's not a solution. I'm at my wits' end. If I cannot find a home for her I'll have to euthanize her to prevent her killing or overstressing all the other fish in the tank.
