I've kept them alive for 8 years

[Anonymous]

I do not support the exploitation and cruelty of carnival fish, circus animals, carriage horses, and so on. Ten years ago, a parent thought she'd up her cool factor by letting her 10 year old daughter door dash a bag of carnival fish for my DS.

I hate her, and tell her every time we chat.

I provided these creatures with all they needed to thrive, as humanely as possible. One is dying in tank right now. Still gasping. I'm heartbroken that it's lingering.

What do I do? Should I take it's mate out of tank? How do I end the suffering of the other?

[Anonymous]

You are a goodhearted person.

[Anonymous]

They live FOREVER. I don't know what you can do to end the suffering. What happened with ours (after like a decade) was that the light to the aquarium burned out during the winter and the water got cold. In one night (it happened late in the evening), they all died. It was fast.

[Anonymous]

By 10, your DD should have been able to handle fish. You continued doing it while she was 11, 22, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. During this time, your DD learned to navigate the hallways of a high school by herself, drive a car, and probably have sex. But she can’t care for goldfish?

[Anonymous]

If it's dying, just get it out of the tank. Why would you keep it in there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By 10, your DD should have been able to handle fish. You continued doing it while she was 11, 22, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. During this time, your DD learned to navigate the hallways of a high school by herself, drive a car, and probably have sex. But she can’t care for goldfish?

It was much easier for me to learn how to have sex than how to care for a goldfish. Just saying…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's dying, just get it out of the tank. Why would you keep it in there?

Because it's still alive (barely). I should take it out and let it suffer more? I took the other fish out. Added more oxygenation to the tank, temperature is fine. Just think it should go in its own way. But damn, it's brutal to watch.

[Anonymous]

This is some awful trolling.

Yuck, OP.

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who doesn't know what a "door dash of a carnival fish" is about?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's dying, just get it out of the tank. Why would you keep it in there?

Because it's still alive (barely). I should take it out and let it suffer more? I took the other fish out. Added more oxygenation to the tank, temperature is fine. Just think it should go in its own way. But damn, it's brutal to watch.

I'm really sorry. Have you tried calling any local vets? I know people who have brought sick fish to the veterinarian. If they can't help the fish recover, they can probably humanely euthanize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not support the exploitation and cruelty of carnival fish, circus animals, carriage horses, and so on. Ten years ago, a parent thought she'd up her cool factor by letting her 10 year old daughter door dash a bag of carnival fish for my DS.

I hate her, and tell her every time we chat.

I provided these creatures with all they needed to thrive, as humanely as possible. One is dying in tank right now. Still gasping. I'm heartbroken that it's lingering.

What do I do? Should I take it's mate out of tank? How do I end the suffering of the other?

You've been telling her this for 10 years? Either you're saying this to be dramatic or you need help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is some awful trolling.

Yuck, OP.

Not a troll. I'd post a pic, but that's inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

According to Google a carnival fish is just a little goldfish. If it's dead or dying flush it down the toilet. You don't have to worry about traumatizing its "mate" (why are you breeding them if you hate having them?) because it will forget there was another fish in the bowl with it after the next lap around.

You seem extremely dramatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to Google a carnival fish is just a little goldfish. If it's dead or dying flush it down the toilet. You don't have to worry about traumatizing its "mate" (why are you breeding them if you hate having them?) because it will forget there was another fish in the bowl with it after the next lap around.

You seem extremely dramatic.

I'm not breeding them! It's not dead yet. Not flushing it. They goldfish came as a pair in a plastic bag (carnival) dropped on our stoop by a parent I hate. She thought it was funny, and made her kid knock on the door, then dash. Yes, I tell her I hate her often. We are friends, but I hate her. Another parent gave my son (now 18) one of those frogs in a cube for his 5th birthday. That guy lived about 5 years. They used to sell them at toy stores, believe it's been banned. People suck!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By 10, your DD should have been able to handle fish. You continued doing it while she was 11, 22, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. During this time, your DD learned to navigate the hallways of a high school by herself, drive a car, and probably have sex. But she can’t care for goldfish?

Well, this thread took a weird turn. Always leave it to DCUM to find a way to parent shame.