Bummer and a big decision...

[rod]

i used to keep 40 tanks of fish, now i have tapered off to 5.
this year my favorite died, he was 23 years old and about 2 feet long.
he lived at my friends pet store the last 9 years as i couldn't keep my tanks as i had to look after my mother in a shared duplex the last few years of her life.
while i was sad when the fish died, you don't get the same attachement to fish as a dog or a cat. i cried when my daschund had to be put down.

 

[alemonkey]

40 tanks???? How did you find the time to keep them up? 2 tanks is plenty for me!

 

[rod]

6-8 hours every sunday for 12 years to clean tanks.
brewing beer is so much easier!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

i used to keep 40 tanks of fish, now i have tapered off to 5.
this year my favorite died, he was 23 years old and about 2 feet long.
he lived at my friends pet store the last 9 years as i couldn't keep my tanks as i had to look after my mother in a shared duplex the last few years of her life.
while i was sad when the fish died, you don't get the same attachement to fish as a dog or a cat. i cried when my daschund had to be put down.

I used to work with a guy that had an ungodly amt of fish tanks. He made a ton of money breeding angel fish. He'd breed them raise them and sell them to pet stores. Apparently they're difficult to breed- only what I've heard, I wouldn't know firsthand.

 

[rod]

i found angels easy - i had trouble with discus
baby discus eat a slime off the parents body - but it irritates the parents - and my parents ate the babies instead!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

i found angels easy - i had trouble with discus
baby discus eat a slime off the parents body - but it irritates the parents - and my parents ate the babies instead!

I can think of a few people that should follow that example!!!

 

[The Happy Mug]

Dang, AHammer. We didn't mean to tick you off!

For what it's worth, the first vet started with "at least" $400. I am very certain my bill would have been much more. Get them in the door with the thought that we could afford it, then crank up the price. The vet I went to, my breeder's vet, told me that the positive parvo test was to be expected because he had recently had his vaccination.

I have visited the first vet since, when my dog was bleeding from what appeared very much to be his ear. It was a cut just below his ear from an unknown cause. This vet charged me $120 to shave the area, clean the wound and give him a week worth of antibiotics.

My parents have a diabetic cocker spaniel. Their vet gave them a perscription for human insulin because it costs less than dog insulin. She does just fine on it.

As for vasectomies, I used to have a plan that covered 100% the cost. I didn't get one, but a lot of guys I worked with did.

 

[Caplan]

i found angels easy - i had trouble with discus
baby discus eat a slime off the parents body - but it irritates the parents - and my parents ate the babies instead!

Discus are reknowned for being tricky - just keeping them alive can be tricky/expensive if the water in your area is unsuitable.
Cichlids were definately my favorites. I used to keep Angels, Jack Dempseys, Nicaraguan Cichlids and (the amazing entertaining yet bombproof) Convict Cichlids in the past - But not in the same tank of course!!!!