I rescued these plants from certain death today

@rinkydinkydoink Ship them to @Fishy, she's awesome!!

@rinkydinkydoink not sure if you're goofing or not,

But if you're fish really is sick, what's wrong?
I might have some pointers...
But no guarantees 😶

@Fishy

I was goofing, yep. But it's true I haven't a green thumb nor do goldfish ever make it past a couple of days in my care :(

@rinkydinkydoink usually fish are already sick when you bring them home from the pet shop,

Basically all the tanks there a synced to the same filter, so parasites and infections can spread like wildfire.

And on top of that, they're stressed from being moved around.

The best thing you can do it nerd out on common fish illnesses and the warning signs and be familiar with all the medicines they have at the petshop.

It's important to know "early" warning signs because fish tend to hide feeling unwell until they're basically at deaths door.


I had mine for about 4 years now,
But a couple of days after I bought them, I noticed ick starting.

He's behaviour was fine, and it just looked like a few dots were stuck to him,

If I didn't know about it already, I probably would have brushed it off as a bit of fluff in the tank, and they probably would've eventually died from it 😅

@Fishy

Thanks for taking the time to write all that. That was a sweet thing to do.
In truth I'm not a pet person. When my wife passed ( coming up to 6 yrs now) I haven't kept any pets at all.