Fish issues...

[Cybercowboy]

Dammit! I went to hit a bucket of balls just as my wife got back from the store. Came back an hour later and she said that one of our fish had jumped out of the patio pond and was dead. Wasn't moving at all. Probably had been there all day I'm thinking.

It happened once before on a hot day and the fish was toast in minutes probably. We hadn't lost a single one of these fish for over a year, kind of a record. So I tell her I'll take care of it in a bit, go in to my office, work for about an hour, and go out to toss the fish in the yard.

It's still trying to breathe. fck me.

I put it in the pond and it actually is alive. It has been out of the water for two hours minimum, laying in some dirt but also in the shade. Then I kind of get mad at my wife, who is so squeamish about dead things that she didn't get any closer than the bedroom window to verify the fish's deadness. I assumed she actually, you know, looked at it from a few feet away, not 10 feet through a window...

Now I feel terrible for making it suffer for an extra hour, and am kind of pissed that my wife didn't try to save it an hour before that.

Damn, I'm such a sucker for little animals. :lol:

[78SA]

:angel:

[Knooger]

That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard.

[mrvette]

Damn, I'm such a sucker for little animals. :lol:

You never used a worm to catch fish? maybe a cricket? cut up a Brim or a small trout? butchered a rabbit for stew?

Strung up a deer, pig??

:lol:

[MrPeabody]

If you had fallen into the pond, the fish wouldn't have done a damn thing for you.

[VatorMan]

That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard.

:withstupid: FISH TORTURER !!!!

[Knooger]

:withstupid: FISH TORTURER !!!!

Yup, such needless suffering, you make me sick!

[C5Nate]

We had that issue when we expanded our Koi pond. Put them in a large stock tank till the new pond was built.

We put an aerator in the tank to add oxygen and never lost another fish from jumping out.

[Cybercowboy]

Well, here's an update. Suicidal fish is alive and apparently unharmed, although a bit sluggish. I'm guessing class 3 brain damage, taking her memory retention from 6 seconds down to about 4, perhaps 3. Pray for her.

[HeatherO]

eat fish....it's good for you:leaving:

[Cybercowboy]

eat fish....it's good for you:leaving:

Carp? That's what these are (well, fancy goldfish.) :lol:

[JRD77VET]

Carp? That's what these are (well, fancy goldfish.) :lol:

Beer batter, lots of spices. :lol:

:leaving:

[HeatherO]

Carp? That's what these are (well, fancy goldfish.) :lol:

yes...fish is better than other shit...:lol:

[xXBUDXx]

Well, here's an update. Suicidal fish is alive and apparently unharmed, although a bit sluggish. I'm guessing class 3 brain damage, taking her memory retention from 6 seconds down to about 4, perhaps 3. Pray for her.

There's no way that fish will complete law school.

[Skia]

There's no way that fish will complete law school.Spence and Will made it....there is hope. :yesnod:

[Bill]

eat fish....it's good for you:leaving:

Carp? That's what these are (well, fancy goldfish.) :lol:

Can you filet the fish into a square shape?

http://media.achat-ville.com/uploads/correze/Produit/6b/T_prod_photo1_525_1270306439.jpg



Spence and Will made it....there is hope. :yesnod:

:rofl::rofl:

[OddBall]

Spence and Will made it....there is hope. :yesnod:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[mrvette]

Spence and Will made it....there is hope. :yesnod:

:rofl::rofl: YFG......

[theriver]

There's no way that fish will complete law school.

Spence and Will made it....there is hope. :yesnod:

:lol:

cyber, if this is the extent of the fish issues in your life then count your blessings

[island14]

There's no way that fish will complete law school.

Spence and Will made it....there is hope. :yesnod:



:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[boracayjohnny]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Cybercowboy]

MORNING UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!

The fish is apparently just fine. Ate with the rest of her buddies and was back studying for the Bar. I didn't know a fish could survive 2 hours out of the water.

[Cybercowboy]

Looks like she will be blind out of one eye. It's not looking so good. :ack:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Spence made it....there is hope
Those Guys Are Retards! - YouTube

[Cybercowboy]

Ah, the plot thickens. While I was getting the grill ready, my wife saw a snake at the edge of the pond, kind of sticking about 8" of his body in the water. He had a fish-sized bulge. I tried to hook him with a BBQ tool but he went into the pond. After spending about 10 quality minutes of my life trying to catch him I eventually used a pair of tongs to grab his fcking snake neck and put him in a pot where I kept said snake neck clamped until I walked him about 50 yards away to the creek. Catch and release. He was a small (about 2' long) brown water snake, semi-poisonous but nothing to really worry about. And yes, he ate one of the smaller gold fish. That's probably why the other big fish jumped out yesterday, probably getting chased by that f'er.

[theriver]

your mistake was not squeezing the tongs tighter for a few more minutes.

That snake will be back in a week or two when it's hungry.

[BlueC5Kitten]

Such drama!!!

[GS Ragtop]

You coulda cut open the snake and saved the fishie. :yesnod:

I 'm pretty sure fish are higher on the scale than snakes, so you'd have done a good thing. :cheers:

[Rotorhead]

Put catfish in there. If you can kill one of those, you need to fill the pond with dirt. :lol:

[xXBUDXx]

This thread is like Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom :willy:

[Cybercowboy]

You coulda cut open the snake and saved the fishie. :yesnod:

I 'm pretty sure fish are higher on the scale than snakes, so you'd have done a good thing. :cheers:

I thought about it, briefly. But, um, ewwwwwww...

Plus these snakes are semi-poisonous so he probably got enough venom into the poor fishie to paralyze him.

[onedef92]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i6/FijiDave/Herons.jpg

How do you defend against herons, cormorants and other long-legged shore birds that feed on fish?

Around here, they visit ponds and pools, both public and private.

[Mike Mercury]

I put it in the pond and it actually is alive.

Knooger would of mated with it first... before throwing back in the pond. :leaving:

[Cybercowboy]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i6/FijiDave/Herons.jpg

How do you defend against herons, cormorants and other long-legged shore birds that feed on fish?

Around here, they visit ponds and pools, both public and private.

We have had blue herons clean out the pond in the past. Our solution was to get rid of the "fountain" noise and instead circulate the water under water so the pond makes no gurgling noise at all. Haven't seen one since. My theory is they see the rippling, gurgling water and are attracted to it. Also this pond is deeper than the old pond and we have put clay pots with holes in them along the bottom for hiding places, along with other hiding places higher up.

[onedef92]

MORNING UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!

The fish is apparently just fine. Ate with the rest of her buddies and was back studying for the Bar. I didn't know a fish could survive 2 hours out of the water.


Catfish can. They can live submerged in mud alone for several days if their water supply dries up.

[onedef92]

We have had blue herons clean out the pond in the past. Our solution was to get rid of the "fountain" noise and instead circulate the water under water so the pond makes no gurgling noise at all. Haven't seen one since. My theory is they see the rippling, gurgling water and are attracted to it. Also this pond is deeper than the old pond and we have put clay pots with holes in them along the bottom for hiding places, along with other hiding places higher up.

I love the way them mofo's trail their legs behind them in flight. Absolutely majestic looking.

[island14]

Knooger would of mated with it first... before throwing back in the pond. :leaving:

Maybe that is why the snake was swollen :island14:

[island14]

I love the way them mofo's trail their legs behind them in flight. Absolutely majestic looking.

:iagree:

That's why i wanna cook one up and eat it :D

[onedef92]

:iagree:

That's why i wanna cook one up and eat it :D

Yeah, I'm feelin' the default Shish Kabob setting thing myself, Tim.

[Bucwheat]

Carp are some of the toughest fish alive. In Myrtle Beach they have a lake at Broadway at the Beach that has Israeli Carp in it and they look like prehistoric fish with armor plating.

[Jobaka]

Looks like she will be blind out of one eye. It's not looking so good. :ack:

You going to get her a patch? Pirate Koi rule!!!