He's DEAD, Jim! My new bichir with half-baked autopsy. [GRAPHIC]

Joel

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Oh man. I'm so sorry for your loss @FishBeast Damn.

This thread is full of GREAT info though. I'm sure your experience just helped a ton of other people....

Sorry to dredge up this old post but
1) Agree @VickiK sad thread but I too have learnt a lot
2) The person beside me on the bus thinks im nuts lookin at this 'snake' being dissected
3) I love the way you write @FishBeast
4) @FishBeast where did you learn to autopsy? I *might* be at a stage I can start doing this myself if I can find a way to skill up
 

FishBeast

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Sorry to dredge up this old post but
1) Agree @VickiK sad thread but I too have learnt a lot
2) The person beside me on the bus thinks im nuts lookin at this 'snake' being dissected
3) I love the way you write @FishBeast
4) @FishBeast where did you learn to autopsy? I *might* be at a stage I can start doing this myself if I can find a way to skill up
Hahaha it does look snake-like! Thank you for the compliment, mate! To be honest this was my first fish autposy ever, though I've dissected human corpses in anatomy class... I was just winging it. Thankfully organs look similar enough across species so I could tell what I was looking at! :)
 

Burningfyra

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This post will chronicle my progression through the stages of grief... with the last stage being "Cut fish open and see if anything may have contributed to its passing."

I am sorry for your loss. but I feel if this is the attitude on the forum I am gonna spend some time here.

Thanks @VickiK... After talking with Cory, I've learned my lesson as far as online orders go. I'm going to keep the skull and probably turn it into a keychain. :)

yep I like it here. what did he say? if you dont mind telling me. And what, if anything did you do wrong.
 

FishBeast

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This post will chronicle my progression through the stages of grief... with the last stage being "Cut fish open and see if anything may have contributed to its passing."

I am sorry for your loss. but I feel if this is the attitude on the forum I am gonna spend some time here.



yep I like it here. what did he say? if you dont mind telling me. And what, if anything did you do wrong.
Thank you! I guess he gave me an idea of what the risks of buying fish online as opposed to through an LFS entails. Which in this case was a fish being sent that wound up dying AFTER the warranty period (which is effective only until you open the bag). The Co-Op will not sell a fish until it has been quarantined for a week, and so they assume a good portion of the risk, and of course absorb the shipping cost as well. :)
 

Joel

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Thank you! I guess he gave me an idea of what the risks of buying fish online as opposed to through an LFS entails. Which in this case was a fish being sent that wound up dying AFTER the warranty period (which is effective only until you open the bag). The Co-Op will not sell a fish until it has been quarantined for a week, and so they assume a good portion of the risk, and of course absorb the shipping cost as well. :)

Yeah thats the thing FB you dont just buy from an LFS you buy from Cory!!! So lucky
 
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