My MOST PAINFUL Fish Death
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My dog died when I was about 23, it still hits me. He is the 1 real friend I ever had. STILL hurts, I am 37...
Aww! ✨💖☹️😊😁
My dog died on my sister birthday:(
Just before I turned 16, my best friend and crush at the time was murdered by his mother. It was an extremely traumatic experience and for about a year I was having a really difficult time handling his death. Then I got off the bus one day and a girl I knew told me there was a cat stuck in a wall and, at first, I thought she was being dramatic and told her to leave it be and it would leave on its own because that was usually the kind of person she was, but I went to go check with her because she insisted and I’d been working with animals since I was young and knew how to handle them.
Like I thought, the kitten was terrified and wedged itself in and it wasn’t necessarily stuck…. but it was tiny, frozen in the middle of November or December, and at first I thought its eyes were glued shut like sick kittens usually had happen.
So I took off my coat and put it in front of the hole, then gently spoke to and pet the kitten until it willingly walked out onto my coat. I then skipped class with this tiny thing bundled up in my coat, called my mom, and told her I was bringing home a sick kitten, promised her I didn’t intend to keep it but I was afraid it was going to die and needed to help. She couldn’t pick it up so I went to the Agricultural building and they helped me clean out an old rabbit’s cage, helped me find some meat to feed him, and got him all set up inside of there. I went the day without my coat so he’d have something soft and warm to curl up on and sacrificed the chicken in my lunch to make sure that he ate several times that day.
When I got home, I tried to clean his eyes with a soft rag dampened with warm water, like you’re supposed to, and realized his eyes weren’t glued shut but completely malformed. When they opened, they were too small and there was a thick white membrane over one and the other looked like an actual eye, but the pupil was off center in the iris and triangle shaped instead.
Turned out he was mostly blind and he spent the first several days only leaving my bed to use the litter box. Tiny black and white kitten with a splash of white on his chest that looked like the bat symbol on Batman, so I named him Wayne. He slept next to me and when I went to school, my mom took him to work with her to make sure he was taken care of. I was having a hard time finding a home for him, though, because not a lot of people like cats, especially not wanting to deal with a disabled one, but one day my dad came into the room and sat with me and talked to me about how he had been worried about my mental health since the previous year and that he felt I needed Wayne.
And I did. He became my best friend. He slept on my chest until he was big enough to realize he was getting to heavy for my old rib injury, then he’d slip under the covers and lay on his back like a human while using my shoulder as a pillow. He would run into walls and such from time to time because his vision was so bad it was practically nonexistent, but he still liked to spend time outside and would play tag with me and when certain people came over he’d jump on the counter to jump into their arms and give them an almost human hug. Whenever he heard me come home he’d instantly stop whatever he was doing to come say hi to me and he became my life as much as I was his.
He didn’t live long due to his birth defects, only about two years total, but that time with him was exactly what I needed. Because of him and my friend, I learned that death never gets any easier. I’m 22 now, turning 23 next month, and I still cry when I think of the two of them, but I’m so glad I had both of them in my life. Because of both of them and the experiences I went through in the aftermath, I know what true love is and what it feels like to be at your lowest point and still be able to find something to hold onto and find hope and love. I don’t believe bad things happen for a reason or to teach you a lesson. I can’t find that as anything but manipulative and cruel to say and it was part of why I had survivor’s guilt for so long, but learning comes from hardship either way and it should not be the focus to take away, but the hope in which to carry through.
damn
That sounds like a movie, I'm sorry you had to go through this
It sounds like the two of you NEEDED each other.
Wow what a great story. Thank you so much for that, i needed it
im so sorry you had to go through this, thank you for sharing your story.
My worst fish death was my beautiful fantail girl called Boo
She had an injury by her mouth and even after trying to treat her properly she developed cottonmouth and eventually succumbed to it. It also didn't help that she was an older girl
I adored that fish and it was really hard to see her go
@hell ño It's a bacteria that looks like cotton wool developing in or around the mouth. It can be treated if spotted early but my girl was just too old to fight it off. It is also known as Columnaris
My worst lost was yesterday when I came back from my aquarium science lab to find out my clownfish jumped out of my 16 gallon coral tank and was very dried up and dead when I got home. Was looking forward to doing a water change all day and now my month is ruined. This video kinda hurt a little
One of my worst was my first fish. My mum had told me to go feed him, but he was laying on the tank floor, dead It was devastating considering I was 8 at the time
@Lexi Martin you should not keep fish in small bowls
My condolences for your lovely clownfish...
Also youtube told me to rate your comment and I just answered excellent I spose
Mine was my Betta fish named mr.fishy and His heater got to high and died
I've been keeping fish for 20+ years and the worst loss was my bekko koi, he was special
I’m sorry for your loss.
I have only recently returned to fish keeping, I got a betta from the PetSmart I worked at for nearly free. He was sickly, small, discolored, no fins. I watched him for 2 weeks, every week saying 'if he's still here I'll take him home ... and I finally did. Had him for a year now, he's in a 5.5 long planted, he's been with me through my mistakes and even a move from southern California to northern California where he road with me in a cooler and transferred in a breather bag. He's got such a personality and genuinely seems to recognize me. His colors have all grown in, his fins are nice and long again. I love this fish and I never would have expected it. Hearing you talk about your betta dying makes me terrified of when he goes. These little fish can be amazing.
Cherish every moment you have with him because he will definitely die before you. It's amazing how you changed his whole world and I'm sure he knows and is grayeful
I'm new to fish keeping, but I've had an RES turtle die on me. Was given one as a gift and I admit I didn't know what I was doing with them for probably the first 4 years or so, but I eventually got a nice big tank for it, got better filtration, and even a bigger dock. I actually started caring for it. He died at 8 years old, which seems pretty early to me. I'm not quite sure what went wrong, but I hope it wasn't my negligence in the first years I had him. Definitely gonna use it as a learning experience going forward.
UVB, heater and heat lamp?
@@ravenscarjonjoe4049 yes that too
Seeing this video published the exact same day as my betta died is kinda heartbreaking... yeah, that is painful
Though dark, I believe this video is essential to help all of us fish keepers going. You can't be positive without a bit of negativity in life.
My most painful death was probably Maggie the Rat - the sweetest, smartest girl you'd ever know. I was devastated when she passed, breaking down on a weekly basis for over 2 years. I still think of that silly rat and have a picture of her pasted on my wall for everyone to see. She was my girl, my best friend, and I never could've gone on without her.
The worst thing about running a rescue is the insane amount of death you see.
Every pet I've had I've cried over to some extent, but the one that sticks out was a pet that wasn't even mine its entire life.
When I was younger, we had a chocolate lab pup, and we had to rehome her because of family reasons.
I met her again a few times as an adult dog, and she was happy and kind of fat. I was stoked for her. She had the world.
But the hardest day was the day she came into the veterinary clinic I worked at, seizing violently and old. Her humans decided to say good-bye that day, and I cried alongside them for a long time. She had a good life. It was still hard. She was 11.
I had a chocolate lab that we adopted so long ago I can't even remember the day, recently she got cancer, we got her to stay with us for a few months but then it got so bad that we had to put her down,
It's been a few months and I think the only reason I'm not badly depressed is thanks to my cats, I still miss her
For me, it was my third betta spawn and half my fish room. I had 3 1/2 months raising the babies and went through a normal water change cycle. I did nothing different than any other time. I started losing fish, en mass, within hours. I checked everything and had no idea what it was. It turns out that the city was replacing water pipes in my neighborhood so it was likely a chloramine spike or another additive that I didn't know about. My heart broke, I spent days crying while pulling dead fish from tanks. I stopped my hobby right then and there. I started researching water filtration systems and put one in for my fish room. It took me two years to build my confidence back up enough to start replacing the fish I lost. Now, I'm still not where I was but getting closer every day. I've got my first batch of baby bristlenose in the tank now and will breed some of my bettas very soon. Don't let your losses defeat you, learn and grow from them. ❤❤❤
MIne was my clown loach. It was with my father for 17 years and with me my whole life :(
I lost my betta called "Mops" after 1 year with him. He had sepsis and I tried EVERYTHING, all kinds of medications and nothing helped him. I was devastated. I really loved that fish
00:41 Same to me , BECAUSE OF MY MOM'S SOME REASON, WE HAVE TO SELL AND GIVE MY ALL 20 BUDGIES AND SOME FISHES FOR ADOPTION ...... (I even had the thought to keep them for many years)
It Was A HEARTBROKEN Moment Of My Whole Life 💔
When I was young, we had a cat who did NOT like it when we picked her up… but because I was young I still liked to do it from time to time. This time was a bit different, she didn’t fight back at all… turns out she just didn’t have the energy too because she died a few seconds later in my arms.
My most painful death was when my rescue betta Leopold. I only had him for a year because he was old and he developed popeye. But He is still in my heart floating around as a ghost
I went to a fish store today and saw little bettas in cups and it made me sad. They looked sad. I am NO fish expert but you can tell when something isn't happy....
My sweet girl died a week ago. I think something with her digestion track as she stopped eating but didnt loose weight… my first betta. I loved her a lot
Might have been dropsy , I've seen it quite often in bettas..
Sorry for ur loss tho.😓
Speaking of fish specifically, I absolutely cried when I came home from high school one day to find my beautiful female blue betta stuck in an aquatic plant. I had no idea that could happen and it wrecked me. It’s been a many years but I just got a new one, a female halfmoon. watching her makes me feel so giddy. She adores her tank and it’s one of the best feelings.
I'm 66 so have had many cats, dogs, horses, the odd bird and lizard and goat and one ferret die over the years. You never forget them...
A friend gave me their 36 gallon tank back in January 2021 (they had to move and there was no room for it). I did the research, found Fish for Thought, stocked with plants, simple fathead minnows and cherry shrimp.
There were some minnow losses as I figured things out, but the worst was ...
I'd developed a fabulous colony of shrimp, probably a hundred, breeding in every color possible. They were everywhere, in all stages of development from tiny juveniles to adults.
Then I Frontlined the cats, and must have somehow contaminated the tank. Every. Single. Shrimp. Fell out of the sky.
I went through massive water changes, cycling the tank (fish and snails were fine) and finally re-introduced shrimp. Now there are a few adults and I counted 4 juveniles. Now maniacal about washing and rinsing hands before touching the water!
I was a vet's assistant for seven years and have had countless pets all my life. Death is a common enough occurrence but that doesn't mean you are in any way immune to the grief. It doesn't get "easier", you're just in better control of your emotions but you absolutely still feel it all.
One of my worst losses was my green-cheeked Amazon, Koko. He was with me for more than half my life and even though he was my Mr. Grumpyfeathers that hated most of the world, he adored me and I him. I had adopted him from a woman who sadly was no longer physically able to care for him when I was fifteen. He was a miserable bird when I got him, filthy from tobacco, poor diet, unsocialized. It took years for him to shed all of his nasty, damaged feathers and to lose all the nicotine staining on his beak.
I lost him to a brain tumor about six weeks after his 42nd Hatchday. I knew he was quite elderly for his species and was going blind in one eye but once he started having seizures, he deteriorated so quickly. I'm so glad I was able to be with him at the end even though that hurt so much.
Stay with your pets when it is time to say goodbye. You owe them that mercy and sense of safety when it is their time.
I lost my betta buddies last Sunday. They were the first thing I used to look when I opened my eyes every morning😔 so heartbreaking to wake up to empty tank.
Please take care of your pet and give them all the love and time you could..you never know when it's time to say Goodbye.
For me, my worst fish death happened last November. I had gotten a new betta for my (several years established and cycled) tank, and he was an absolutely gorgeous little guy. He had a lot of personality and always swam up to the glass to see me. While I had him, I had him gotten a house decoration and he would often swim in and out of the windows of the house. Then one day, he started to act more lethargic and started to stop going after food whenever I tried to feed him. There were no physical signs of the common fish diseases, and I found out much too late that he had sepsis. I did start putting medicine in the tank, and he had started to improve slightly, but one day I got home from a later shift at work and he was floating around on his side barely breathing. The next morning I found him dead. I was crushed, as I had tried my hardest to try and treat him and get him to recover. I still feel extremely guilty over his death since I should have started treating him as soon as he started acting weird, but I wanted to figure out what was wrong with him first just in case it wasn’t an illness. :( (edit: I should clarify that I was testing my water a lot throughout this and the entire time the parameters were in near perfect ranges)
I habe owned so many animals in 20 years exotics mostly.
I thought I was just starting to get used to animals dying and it would get easier.
Three months ago my bearded dragon died young from a tumor in his head.
I cried SO MUCH.
I don't think I have cried that much over any animal so yeah guess it always stays hard.
I still get a bit teary every time I think about him, it seemed to be so obviously painful that otherpeople saw my pain and I got a new baby beardie as a surprise.
Does not make me forget my previous boi but defenitely helped to fill the void that can only be taken by a lizard with a huge personality :D
My betta fish passed away recently usually I don’t get very emotional about these things but the moment I heard he was dead, I just felt so sad. We had a good bond and I wasn’t prepared at all. I was shocked that it had even happened. He was a very calm, vibrant betta fish and it really hit hard this time.
I am so sorry for your losses, I know how hard it is, I had a 4 yr old Betta I lost. ❤️🐟
I had a betta die recently too. He just lost all his energy and his water was fine.
Had a dark blue vieltail betta (named Thidwick) during my early years of high school. Had him for almost 3 years. Didn't know a lot about fish at the time so I had him in a 1 gallon tank on my desk where I would do homework and talk to him sometimes. One day he passed from old age and I was actually devastated. I never in a thousand years thought I'd cry over a fish, but it goes to show how special even the smallest pet can be. I've owned several bettas after that but never felt the same bond, though I still cared for them the same.
I donot even have courage to recall such similar event. U r very brave to recount . Gave me tears for my lost buddies . Fish . Fluffy parrots dogs and so on
I lost two bettas within the span of four or five months. The first never showed any signs of illness or injury, and he died while I was at my grandfather's. The second developed a massive abscess, and it burst while I was asleep. He was still alive, but he couldn't get to the surface for air or food. I decided to put him down, and I was with him until he fell asleep. They're both buried right next to my bedroom window so they're never far away. They were my best friends for the longest time.
I wrote an essay sorry 😔
I cant choose between my pets but i really miss my romanian loach (named pike because its spots reminded me of one) , i didnt have it for very long, just about 2 or 3 years but it was a great pet. I didn't really have much to work with so i had to improvise. It was rescued from a drying stream, just sitting in a tiny puddle. Ive visited that stream for years and in a way i mimicked that enviorment. I took a pretty big sort of tub, put a bit of gravel on a side and loads of sand (they burrow), driftwood, a broken ceramic vase i also found on the stream, clean fresh water, live plants also picked form the stream and some other little fish (don't worry, they got along well). I fed them what they would find in the wild, fresh bloodworms, dead bugs and mosquito larva. Since they were native fish i kept them outside (for the normal cold they are used to) and everything went well. I hand fed them and the loach sometimes came to my hand for pets and curled up in it. It obviously recognised me because it showed some fear at first when it met my friend which it didn't see before. One winter i had to leave for a week and left someone else to take care of the fish. It was extremely cold for a week. I didnt know that... When i came back everything was frozen. Top to bottom. Sat there for hours...
I was so obsessed with blood parrots since i was 5 years old.. and i bought one when i was like 15 or 14yrs old.. his or maybe her death was the most painful one..
That's true, But my parrot's death was the most weirdest one, I wonder, He died on the floor, I fed him everyday, he looks energetic and happy with me, And when he's dead, He was literally on the floor where the cage isn't there, The cage was above his body, the cage was closed, There are no doors opened, How did he got there?
I lost my butterfly telescope fancy Kohaku to dropsy two days ago. His scales had abruptly and drastically pineconed on thursday of the previous week, but I *should* have suspected dropsy because he had been super lethargic for a week before the onset of the late stage. I didn't notice any additional swelling (hard to determine with fancies sometimes, anyhow), but in retrospect the slowness was a dead giveaway. He was my little buddy, super inquisitive and my favourite goldfish at that point. He was about 4,5 to 5 years old, and was my biggest goldie ever at close to 15cm in length from nose to tailtip. When he was littler he had bright white scales with very lovely Hi-red markings (hence the name Kohaku) although his markings did reduce with age as sometimes happens with goldfish.
I'm under no illusion that it wasn't anything I could have prevented; I was neglectful for a while, failing to do the regular water changes he and my two other fancies needed. They have a 125L tank with a BIG CrystalProfi external filter, but no amount of filtration in the world will help if that water doesn't get sufficiently freshened up for a few months... I'm going to try to do better for my remaining duo, Sanke (calico fancy) and Kintsugi (white telescope fancy with a few red splotches and a golden belly - he's named for the Japanese art of restoring damaged pottery with golden laquer. I named him such because he was a rescue, his previous owner planned to flush him).
I wanted to humanely euthanize Kohaku with clove oil, but unfortunately he passed on his own before I could find the sedative. I'll probably think about and regret my failing him for years.
Death has never really bothered me like it does most people, because that's just how the cycle of life goes.
I had to rehome my two most beloved ryukin goldfish when I moved a few years back, and that was more painful than any pet death or rehoming I've gone through. I loved those fish so much. My ugly boi Manny and my beautiful Phaedra. I'm just glad they could stay together.
Our 5 year old rough collie had to be put down. He had a bunch of allergies and sicknesses. He was the only one out of his siblings that survived. He still lived a decent life up until he was attacted by a saint bernard. The dog was huge and just tossed our medium-sized dog around like a toy. It’s an image i can never get out of my brain. Our dog was physically fine but he became really stressed, fearful and even agressive. I know that he was sick to begin with and wouldn’t have lived for that long anyway but it still makes me feel really Sad.
My dad at some point got a pet fish because he thought they would be low maintenance and he was working a lot at the time so he thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy a fish and that he wouldn't feel bad for leaving. He had no idea how emotionally bonded he would get to the fish, and from all the stories I heard, the fish sounded really cute. When we got him, we named him horie, short for horizon. It was because his coloring looks like the horizon. Anyway, he ended up getting so emotionally bonded to the fish, that he did feel bad anyways whenever he would leave for work. He said after a while the fish seemed to feel emotionally neglected and started turning his back then towards him. He felt really bad because he had to work there were times he worked at home and the fish loved hanging out with him. He said horie was fascinated by his work and would enjoy watching him. It sounded really cute and apparently one time, my dad came home from work, to find horie belly up
My betta only lived for three years with me ,he died few weeks ago
hardest one my guineapig of 6 and a half years. this was ... 15 years ago and i still keep a picture of her in my wallet
The deaths that hit hardest to me have got to be my first cat Greg, my hamster, Penelope and my favourite white cloud, Steve.
Greg was a pretty old cat when he came to us but he learned to high five and beg like you can teach a dog. He could even do agility! He loved to play with hair bobbles and tin foil, and was probably the most intelligent cat I’ve ever met! He was such a special little guy and we had him for about seven years before he passed at the age of 20. I miss him a lot and still think about him sometimes.
Penelope was the cutest Syrian hamster. She lived in a 1.6m long mansion in the form of a big glass cabinet laid on its back. Her favourite thing to do was to dig in massive piles of bedding, dig in sand, and eat the bark off apple sticks we’d bring her from the garden. We made her pancakes every Pancake Tuesday too and she was such a big part of the family. When she got to about 2 years old she started slowing down, finding it harder to navigate her big cage and having breathing difficulties. Unfortunately I didn’t recognise these breathing difficulties until after she was gone - I thought she was just sneezing as she sometimes would. Penelope spent her final days wrapped in a blanket beside my pillow on my bed so I could keep an eye on her in the night and keep her warm 24/7. She passed away in my hands and I’ve never been so devastated by a pets death before.
Steve was one of my first fish. Even though I’d done research about fishkeeping, I didn’t really give my white cloud minnows the best life they could have had. I was 13 when we got them and I kept 8 in a tall 5gallon which is something I still feel bad about. Steve had (I think) some form of scoliosis but would always come over to say hi when I was there. He was so cute and seemed to have much more personality than the others. He passed of swim bladder problems after about a year. I tried to treat them but eventually all of my other fish passed at around 3 years after getting them. It was also from swim bladder disease, or at least that’s what I thought. Idk if it was genetic or if I was consistently over feeding them and it was constipation or what but I guess we’ll never know. Looking back, I know my care was lacking and I still think of Steve and his buddies sometimes as I know I could have given them a better life if I had them now. But they taught me a lot and I am really thankful for them!
Same thing happened with my comet :( her name was Bertha and I've never cried that much over a fish dying. I have no idea what happened but all my fish in my 55 gallon died in one day. I did water changes at least once a week and my water parameters were fine. No signs of sickness or anything leading up to that day either
By the thumbnail I thought your blood parrot died. Don’t scare me like that, Chris!
sry! youtube shorts sometimes doesn't pick the thumbnail I give the video. The thumbnail I used was of my betta phoenix, but for some reason yt decides to choose its own for #shorts vids :(
I used to have a siamese cat, lucy. We played everyday, walked together and more, it was like we had the same soul. After 2 years of happiness she drowned in our pool, life went dark at that moment. Imagine seeing one of the closest things you have dead floating in a pool.
I’ve had 2 per deaths that messed me up, one was drake. A SWEET SWEET big yellow lab. He was my best bud and always layed with me. He got doggy cancer and ran away to pass. Never got to find him to Bury him. Then a had a kitty for about a year, she was a kitten from my flame point Siamese. She got a type of pneumonia that she would end up dying from because treatment was 10K + and I couldn’t afford it so we had to put her down on Christmas Day
Had a fully scaled mirror carp that was with all my koi. A read bad storm hit and the pond overflowed. During this process the fish got out of the pond and managed to get stuck on a patch of dry land and died. I had it for 2 years. Grew it to twice the size it was. Sadly the regular common that i had with it suffered the same fate during a seperate storm. I have since changed the netting over the pond and done plenty of reconstruction with it . no issues since, even with storms. Sad days though
My fish which is an cat fish passed away today... ive only known and kept it for 2 years and i cant get over the fact it died.... ill miss you goldie
I just lost my Mr. Flowerhorn today, I fought for his life for almost two weeks but seems like he's tired, my heart breaks and I wanted to cry but I can't show it to my family. But I'm sure he's happy at the rainbow bridge ❤️
Last night when I went to go check on my bettas tank, I found him laying on the substrate and it immediately just struck me in the heart. He was one of our rescued bettas except he was the sickest one. I had tried absolutely everything but eventually I noticed that he just wasn’t getting better like our other bettas were. Our other bettas were suffering from fin rot that has started to heal but he didn’t have fin rot- his fins were beautiful and full but his fins looked floppy almost, he looked exhausted all the time. I never was too sure what he was dealing with but I wish I could go back and do something different for him. Losing a fish you’ve put so much time into is heartbreaking. Please let this be a reminder: When buying betta fish, please don’t neglect them. These are high maintenance fish. Once I rescued my first betta fish from a neglectful owner, I started realizing how neglected bettas were and it broke me. Sometimes you can save them but you can prevent neglecting them by just not buying them and shoving them into tiny tanks. They are living animals, please treat them with decency.
I had a male plakat betta whos name luna. He was my most meaningful fish to me. I had a very deep connection to him and ye. Still miss him very much😓
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That must've been really painful!
My betta fish Dolly just died today. He was perfectly healthy the day before, but then I just found him upside-down in his fish tank. I only had him for a bit and I really liked him. I'm very sad now.
It reminds me of my old goldfish from many years ago, Mr Chubs. He died after about 2 years and I was very sad and cried for days every time I thought about him. 😥
And my other fish too I got before mr. Chubs named Gary who was very cute. 😔
My most painful death is a pet happened recently. Dara, my cockatiel died, he was so old, 25 year’s. I had him since he was a baby. He talked, called me mommy, he said his name every time he entered a room. He was so sweet. I loved that bird so much. If I wasn’t feeling well and was still in bed, he would go get my husband from his office to follow him to check on me. He was so smart for such a little bird.
My goldfish umbrella died two days ago. This hits deep knowing how you feel.
it seems to me most people find the death of their bettas comparatively more painful than other fish
it was also the same to me
the death of my blue veiltail betta still pains me much
The roughest death for my neon tetra: first it started of by getting stuck in the filter but then he got stuck in between the rocks and the edge of the tank 😔
The same thing happened to my male Betta named Fire. He was fine he was eating, swimming around then the next morning he was liveless. Not sure why this happened but it happened a few times with past fish.
I had 2 fish, Ross and joey, who were my 1st fishes. One was a black moor, the other was an orange guy that I can't remember the species of (he was pretty similar). I loved these guys.
First to die was Ross and it was my first day of secondary school, absolutely devastated me. Went in there miserable. 2nd was joey who'd taken a turn for the worse in health around the same time. I handled the 2nd one a lot better but still hit me hard.
What made it worse was the fact I knew I could've taken better care of them. Don't get me wrong they had a well sized tank and well fed, but I felt my tank could've been maintained better.
Fast forward a few years and I come across this channel. You have singlehandedly reignited my desire to keep fish.
I had 10 beautiful angelfish in my 150 gallon tank, one day I left it up to fill from a pipe from my garden hose, now mid you this is India in the summer, so it was about 40°C outside, and water, without me noticing comes in *boiling hot*. It's fine and all, i thought, and the next day 8 of my biggest angelfish, on of whom was 7.5 inches tall, were dead. It was truly heartbreaking. I haven't kept angelfish since
I lost my goldfish babble to a freak accident i had just cleaned the tank and I guess the driftwood was not the same position because he got stuck and passed away I was devastated he was my adorable long fined dented head Walmart rescue 7 years gone over night in a freak accident I should have had so many more with him I couldn't handle seeing my baby gone I had moved cross country with him and his tank mates twice he was so important and loved to me my partner had to come home as I was trapped in the bathroom sobbing my sweet baby just outside the door but in truth so far away it was awful im so lucky to have a partner who understands how important my fish are to me he came to my rescue held me close and took care of my baby when I couldn't handle the grief it was a devastating loss but it also showed me how much my partner cared I don't think he will ever know how grateful I was for him in that moment. He was my literal hero that day ♡ rip babble I love you so much I miss you and your little head dent every day you brothers are doing well and miss you too. You bring me to tears the easiest there is no getting around it you should still be here but you will always be in my heart.
One time we went camping and we got home and we had a beta fish and we got home and the tank was too cold and we found him at the bottom. It made me cry a lot because I loved him.
The same thing happened with my Beta fish, Neptune. He went through a lot of name changes… but that’s besides the point. One day, he was perfectly fine, swimming around normally and all, and the next time I went to feed him, he was dead.
The same sort of thing happened with my cat Orion, too…
One of the most heartbreaking ones I faced was today when my favorite pet fish Kevin passed away he’s now in the plant pot next to my bed so whenever I look at it I see him
I just lost my very special betta named Blondie tonight. She was fine last night and ate this morning, I saw her after I got home from work, and after dinner she had died. No warning, no lead up, living in a perfect planted tank. At least I know she was happy and absolutely spoiled.
I feel ya it’s a terrible pains I lost 4 at the same times it’s painful only one surviving I keep monitoring him may God have mercy 🤍🙏🏼
I used to have a lot of koi fishes before after the 20s they died from a rat and I’m 9 and after hearing the story of what happened to my koi fishes I cried for a bit
Your story was the exact same as mine I rescued a koi female from the pet smart cause I saw her in the same cup everytime I went for a week took her home her color was completely gone I acclimated her and she got all her colors back and I watched her every night I cooked cause she was in my 5 gallon in kitchen woke up went in there and saw her on bottom and saw her convulse and stop moving the other day worst pain I’ve felt since my mother passed
Mine was when I was 10 he was my dog he was my age but I did not get to see him when he died I was in Germany and he was in California with my grand parents it hit me hard and I still cry some times just thinking about him his name was Devil but as the name he was such a angel and worked with my dad and was retired and very old and I just wish I could be with him for his last days and I did not see him even when his was in California because at that time I lived in Germany for 3years at that point
When i was around 8-11 years old, my family owned 6 cats. (Two of them had four kittens) Tragically,one kitten got crushed in a freak accident with a spinning recliner.(the chair for some reason could be tilted easily) well the kitten my mother and claimed as her little baby had walked underneath it mid-tilt. I remember coming out of the bathroom and my sister was screaming about “Meeko and the brown chair”
I was the one who lifted the chair and dragged his poor,tiny, lifeless body out from under it. I screamed at the top of my lungs “Meeko’s Dead! Meeko’s Dead!” And my mother and father running and collapsing on the stairs after a ran to them. My father took his body from my arms and took him into the laundry room. I had gazed at his poor little face one last time before her was wrapped in a blanket and trash-bag. Me and my younger sister (of 2) helped my mother bury him in my grandparents backyard. I was the one who got to lay the bag in the ground.
This is gonna sound like a joke to some people but I had a fish named fatty bubbles. He was a typical fish that I bought at petco when I was 3. He grew into this massive, gorgeous looking fish, kinda similar to koi patterns and colors. He could do little tricks and I could always talk to him. Up until around 3 months at go. I woke up to a strange buzzing noise, and noticed he got caught in his filter. I immediately pulled him off, unplugged the filter. He looked lifeless, I started to cry. For the next few days, he would mostly sit at the bottom of the tank, slowly breathing, and would occasionally twitch. I thought maybe if I plug in the filter again that will help. He got caught again, but still lived. But he hadn’t eaten in 5 days now. So I put my hand in his tank one last time, he swam into my hand and rested there. I said my goodbyes and euthanized him with clove oil. I painted him a box that looked like his gravel. It’s still so weird, waking up and looking over at my dresser and not seeing him. Loyal fish of 11 years.
My betta who i had for 5 years died yesterday, i’m not a fish keeper, he’s the only fish ive ever had, but it really stings
My female crowntail betta died today and she showed no signs of any she was completely normal and active too but today I found her on the gravel dead she was my first female I've had her for a year now and I cried my eyes out when I found her and no it was not the tank size it's a 10 gallon with a filter and bubbler and live plants I'm never gonna forget you R.I.P Pluto 💙
Yeah people don't realize that to some people fish are not just fish you really get to bond with some of these little guys it's quite devastating when it happens....
Mine was my most favorite guppy and he was a rainbow guppy and he was my first ever fish and he lasted for 3 months and one day we had to move out and we had to bring the guppys first and when we got in our new home and he lasted for 1week and one day my mom saw him lifeless in the bucket🥲 my heart stoped i cryed and it was hard to get thru
I was getting the betta I have now, and when I was at the store there was this one fish (don't remember what kind) that was obviously dead. Me and my friend watched the filter throw it around the tank while it was like a rock
When my final blue zebra danio (captain) died, I was so sad, I was probably like 6 or 7, and I have spent countless hours just gazing at them... I never even thought they would last long, they were probably like 5 years old, so I was proud 👏
My hardest pet death was my 18 year old cat. I got him as a rescue from a vet in Virginia, he was two weeks old and someone killed his mother. We bottle fed him and he went on to be a prominent member of our family. We were a military family and he travelled all over the country with us, Alaska, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.. His death was very heavy on all four of the kids, we knew he was close to death and all of the kids spent that night in the living room taking turns holding him and petting him until he passed away. Our youngest daughter had never known life without him, he was older than her and passed when she was a teen, she has a locket with some of his fur and a tiny picture. Oddly Bella posted a pic of him on her fb today saying how much she still misses him... He has been gone for five years.
Him: it’s really painful watching my own fish die
Him now: *basically feeding goldfish to mobby*
Mine was recent, I had recently really got into salt water and I had a pair of clowns and the female was pregnant, I ended up in the hospital one night and while I wasn’t home my power head shorted out and actually started shocking the water, when I came back from the er at 2am the next morning everything in my tank was electrocuted including all my coral, overall I lost roughly $400 in fish and coral
The most painful fish death for me was 2 days ago when my 16-year old pleco died. It was with me during good times and bad times. It was practically a part of the family. 😭
The one that hits me harder than all of my pets was my cat niebla. He was our cat since I was 5 and died on April 22nd 2022. He hurt so bad and we have had animals pass when I was younger and it hurts bit this one hurt the most. Him and I were inseparable and his passing felt like a piece of me broke.
I rescued about 6 special needs fish recently- Two have scoliosis, two were missing an eye and the last two have deformed lips.
A couple days ago I went to go feed my one eyed girl in her community tank, but I couldn't see her, after searching for awhile I found her dead, nestled behind something she got stuck behind. I cried so hard realising she was gone, I wanted her to live the best life she could, I wanted her to live a long life, but it was cut short because she managed to get behind something she shouldn't have been able to get behind.
I miss you, Himari
My family owned a Flowerhorn after its previous owner gave it to my brother because she couldn't take care of it. Both of them were nurses and she lives alone so she just asked my brother if he wants it. He took it and we took care of it for about 3 years then it for some reason, after we changed the water of the aquarium, about I think 3 days later, little white ropes/hairs started appearing on its left fin. But after a week or so, it died and in that week, the little hairs spread throughout the fish. We did treat the fish but most of us were busy when it happened so when we're not home, we're just hoping for the best
When I was 16, my dog of 14 years passed away. I remember the nights before we took him to the vet holding his fragile thin body in my arms sobbing my eyes out. I didn’t know a life without him and was so worried about how his sister would take the loss. I have chickens so at this point I was relatively used to death, but this was something different entirely. The day we took him to the vet I couldn’t stop crying, and I held him as he slowly took his last breath. It was so peaceful to see him relieved of his pain but so painful for me. I miss you, Ohio.
my fish dies a couple months ago because i gave away my fish to a friend because i couldn’t take care of her anymore. i looked at the who tank that my friend was going to put my fish in and it looked nice and big and safe but they ended up getting a different filter after we gave her to them. my old fish got sucked into the filter and shredded. it was sad but that’s life.
I lost one of my gouramis about a month ago. It was the same as Phoenix’s death. One morning, I just found him lying upside down on the substrate and he was only a few months old. Rip Luigi :(
I have a pet of 2 Angel fish, one is big and one was small with a handicap with only one eye, i keep them for a for almost a year now. And I take care of them, but may angel fish looks sad the past few days and the small one die today 😭. But I tried to rescue them but the small one didn't make it I manage to rescue the big one, which is restoring her health now. I feel sorry for my fish, i wish he's at the best place now.
My baby! Queso he died in August and it was probably the most painful and traumatic fish death I experienced. It honestly made me question if i wanted to keep fish anymore. I just cared so much and so many people thought it was weird for me to be so concerned for a fish. But he was oddly smart? He’d rearrange the rocks in his tank then look at me because he knew I’d hear it. So he’d throw rocks to get my attention but would stop as soon as I looked at him. He loved attention! I miss him I’ve never had a pet so he’s my first and damn he’s going to be a hard act to follow!
I recently lost my betta Aaron, who lived to an astounding 5 years old. I feel your loss
I've lost a lot of pets, but one of the most painful ones was the death of my bunny Crumb. He was only about 3 months old and we still don't know what happened. I think it was so much worse because it was pretty recently and I'm not a child anymore, and he died in the early morning- I pulled an all nighter that night and I most likely was awake when he passed, I know I couldn't have prevented it that moment, but I still feel guilty. The day before he wasn't moving a whole lot, I just wrote it off as a sickness he'd get over. It makes me feel terrible
My uncle had adopted three kittens from the same mother, and told my family we could pick one out and keep it as our own. That cat was our baby. But the other two, were my uncle’s. My uncle didn’t stay at home much so he would always ask me to clean their litter and play with them. Eventually I felt like they were my cats. Sometimes we brought them to our house and whenever we did, they would sleep in my bed.
A few years ago we had to give them away, and it was devastating. The hardest part is that I’ll never get them back because their new owners love them too much and couldn’t part with them. I haven’t gotten to see them since. It’s almost like they’re dead, since I’ll never see them again. I think about them all the time and I still cry at night sometimes. I’ve moved on a bit but I’ll always love and think of them.
Can't say the worse , cause all of em hit hard due to me being a bellend who gets emotionally attached to anything after 1 day in my house.
Yeah this happened to me twice i been keeping bettas for 4 years and never had a betta die of random occurrence mostly old age but somehow my favourite one just kinda died randomly
I’ve owned a common goldfish she was 18 inches long she lived in a 100 gallon fish tank I had her for 10 years 😪 and she passed away this year on January 3rd
I still can’t believe that her passing hurt everyone in my family. The fish tank is not the same anymore.
My saddest death of a fish was my Betta, he had survived for 5 years.
He was my only Betta so far to have lived that long
Betta fish is always had that problem
Some people I know including me call it sudden death
It when your betta look healthy active but then suddenly few hour later you found out it already dead for unknown reason
For me as betta fish breeder that really made me really sad to see your best betta unknowingly dead
While not pets, one of the hardest animals deaths were Sandy and Sport
Sandy was a sweet squirrel, she'd eat from my hand and was terrified of lawnmowers, she was missing the tip of her tail, she sadly was getting old and one day she stopped coming by, and I knew she'd passed. I still miss her.
Then there was Sport, Sport had useless hind legs, due a calcium deficiency, but he was so trusting and sweet, he'd eat from my dad's hand and he would come by to great us every single day, then he got attacked by a hawk, we scared off the hawk the first two times and we thought he was safe, but after that day we didn't see him again. Bless his little heart.
In the middle of it myself decided I could keep my room running while I changed living situations and between it taking 3 weeks longer than expected to move the fish room and a tank I couldn’t afford to re buy breaking I’ve lost quite a few. worst part is I should have known better and just given away most of the stock the fish are the cheapest part of the hobby for me
I can relate a few weeks ago my dog was killed in front of me and she died halfway to the vet and i look at both of my spiders and lizards and worry how I'll handle their deaths but yeah it's hard and confusing
I lost my betta aqueon 2 days ago you reviewed his tank once he lived in a 5.5 gal he lived a great life almost 3 years but i loved him so much and it was heartbreaking im still kind of sad about him being gone but i learned a lot from him and it was so nice to see him exited and happy to see me. i still miss him
Lost my cat (seen in thumbnail) in 2019 that I rescued and had for 15 years. We had a deep bond. Still struggling with that loss.