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Dr Funk MD
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I had one of those when I was a kid but it was only an inch long. Then we cleaned the tank too well one time and it died. Weeks later one of the goldfish in the tank tried to take it's own life by jumping out of the tank. I found it on my bedroom floor gasping. I guess it had been there for a few minutes because the side of him that was on the floor was starting to shrivel up. I tossed him back in the tank and he lived. After a few weeks though his fins on his right side were almost completely deteriorated and my mom thought we should put him out of his misery. We flushed him down the toilet alive and I still feel bad about it to this day.
Silvershadow
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How the hell is flushing a fish down the toilet alive putting it out of its misery? It's not like he'd DROWN!
Silvershadow
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I guess... still... ewwww! I think I'd rather go on suffering for a couple weeks than drown in poo.
I named my first goldfish after my uncle and aunt.. They died two weeks later. Okay, I liked to take them on trips to the bathroom sink. I thought they enjoyed the change of venue. I was sad cause I thought it meant my uncle and aunt would die, so I called them to see if they were okay. Last year was pretty rough.
It's not the cold water that kills them but the chlorine. And it is a slow horrible death. NO offence but if I ever feel I need to put a fish out of it's misery I put them in a bowl of tank water in the freezer for about five minutes. This puts them to sleep by stopping their heart. Much more human.
