The Happiest Fish

hi! my name is kristen, i'm 27f from california. i've been keeping goldfish for about eight years. this is the side blog to kristen-kries

[sesame-swims]

Accidentally posted to the wrong blog. Here’s progress pics of peppers scrape healing. Took about a week to look all better (still waiting on some scales to grow back) but here’s the first four days below.

[skippygoldfish]

oh for fucks sake (no im not getting it)

[freshwaterbepe]

pov you’re a new addition to the tank and about to be touched by a honey gourami

[oarfjsh]

thay should invent ssuction cups for aquariums that. work

[likesplatterpaint]

She kept hovering by my phone as I scrolled next to the tank, so I obliged and took her picture. Bluecifer looking demure for once.

[weepingwidar]

Jacoba (Jemmy) van Hoboken (Dutch, 1900-1962) - Goudvis (Goldfish) (1934)

[eggfancy]

And now let's play another round of '1000 Blurry Pictures Of My Horrible Beastes'

[sesame-swims]

haven’t posted an update in a bit but my boys are still doing good 🐟

was underperforming on water changes a bit the past few weeks but i’m back on it and my boys don’t seem any worse for wear.

they are having lunch in this pic. hope everyone else’s fishies have been well 🐟

[skippygoldfish]

I'm sorry guys, i failed. she's dead this morning. yesterday i had further insulated the tank so it reached 66 degrees and gave a double dose of melafix. i know it's my fault cuz it's my job to keep them healthy and i took too long to notice what was wrong. I'd just barely had her for 4 years.

[sesame-swims]

so sorry to hear, and devastated for your loss. loved butternut and pumpkin both, it’s such a shame. i know how horrible it feels when it goes down like that. too fast, not prepared enough, not paying enough attention, not smart enough. losing them before their time is just the worst, especially when you’re not sure where it all went wrong.

i won’t bother trying to tell you it’s not your fault; i know all too well the shame that accompanies a loss. but you know as well as i all the issues internal and otherwise that goldfish suffer from. temperature might have just exacerbated it. four years isn’t too bad, and i’m glad you and pumpkin got to experience each other.

we are doomed to lose them all, someday. im sure pumpkin taught you a lot and im so relieved skippy is still doing well.

wishing you the best.

[seatrench]

A pair of Yellow Clown Gobies sharing a hide in a discarded aluminium can.  Popular in aquariums for their bright colouration and entertaining personality,  these small fish avoid predication with a bitter mucous coating.

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[skippygoldfish]

good morning from the big skip

[oarfjsh]

dont think ive ever mentioned this but dear little ritalin has only one anal fin instead of the usual 2 that most fancy breeds are supposed to have. ive got no clue how common this "deformity" is. her caudals are properly split, all the way down.

[wizardpotions]

if i had a baby i would feed it repashy so it would grow up into a large and beautiful new caledonian giant gecko

[beautyisworthagif]

[sesame-swims]

out of town and a storm back at my place knocked out power for a few days. had a friend stop by to do an emergency water change and charge up my air pump. glad my boys are doing okay for now.

[sesame-swims]

the poor fish

[jaubaius]

Aquarium under protection

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[thedogeveryonehates]

get watergund idiot