Ode To My Oscar

chum · 10-23-2007, 12:36 AM

Ode to my lost 8 inch Oscar Cichlid

Oh I am so stupid for not having a lid,

For my grief is so heavy to bear,

My dear friend, and pal, and beloved fish gal,
Jumped out of the tank from a scare.

The Large Cichlid was found this morning 10-22-07 on the carpet, when I woke up.
Please send condolences and advice to calm my state of mourning.

ocean_freak · 10-23-2007, 01:20 AM

I use to have one too and I still miss him. They surely have the most character. You are not alone chum...

su_mich · 10-23-2007, 02:37 AM

i'm sorry to hear ur lose chum. i know exactly how u r feeling. be strong!!!

chum · 10-23-2007, 06:40 AM

Thanks for your notes of comfort...

Actually the Oscar was my 11 year old son's pet, and he had to leave for school, crying in grief... It was really sad.

We previously had 2 gals and a guy, and so DO have two more large oscar cichlids, and these two have been "jaw locking" for some time... (by the way, we have put a lid on the tank since yesterday's tradgedy.)

I would really like to see them lay eggs... Does anyone have advice or experience in what I have to do to make that possible? Babies would help carry on the "spirit" of the one who jumped the garden gate, and would help ease the loss.

Dentoid · 10-23-2007, 08:14 AM

So sorry to hear of your loss Chum.

It's tough to lose a family pet. Take comfort in knowing that you provided a good home for your fishy friend.

kathywithbirds · 10-23-2007, 08:17 AM

I'm so sorry! Losing a fish sucks.

boozeman · 10-23-2007, 09:08 AM

sasquatch · 10-23-2007, 09:12 AM

Sorry Chum, good luck with the breeding. Steve

lcstorc · 10-23-2007, 09:54 AM

So Sorry!!

Witfull · 10-23-2007, 10:53 AM

i feel for you, its hard to watch one of our childen diswraught. just remember all the good times, not the one bad time.

soft light and Barry White playing in the background will churn the romantic feeling~

bigbratt · 10-23-2007, 01:14 PM

Good luck with breeding them. They can be rather rough with each other...it might look like they are fighting. My pair would lay eggs hours after a water change. Had to get rid of mine as they were really hard on the tank when they were mating, although they were in a 135g they were to big (14" and 12") and kept splitting the tank. Make sure you have a flat piece of slate or something flat that she can lay the eggs on, and once she has they are very protective of that area. Mine never managed to get farther then the hatching stage...mom would eat them. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

chum · 10-23-2007, 07:25 PM

Thanks for all the good ideas and support!!!

PEMfish · 10-25-2007, 07:53 PM

Sorry bout the cichlid...
You will need at least 100 gallons to bread. Good water quality and higher temps is important too. Plus anther larger tank to hand raise the eggs.

Woodstock · 10-25-2007, 07:57 PM

What a tough thing to go through for a young child (or even an adult)

So sorry for your loss.

chum · 10-26-2007, 08:40 AM

pemfish, I might help supply my son with a larger tank and equipment, if he wants to do a breeding project for a school science project ....
Our other two Oscars are 9 inches and 10 inches, with alot of character, so my son is getting over his loss, with the other two to entertain him.

He has read your condolences and was touched. He wanted to join the forum and give everyone a big dose of KARMA, but I told him he has to wait until he is 13 y/o... (forum policy) ...

He also has a species tank of a red belly pirrhana 5 inches, and another species tank with a wolf fish 12 inches long. And a 55 gal salt FOWLR with a spotted grouper, dwarf fuzzy, choc. chip star, and pencil urchin... I think he's "hooked" on the hobby... so will not be too discouraged from the loss.
He says if another one jumps out though, he wants to mount it and keep it for a lasting memory...

It sounded crazy at first... but I have 4 kids and I do lots of crazy things...
Has anyone ever mounted a fish that died of natural causes?
Thanks again for your comments,
chum

10-23-2007, 12:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
chum Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 52 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Ode To My Oscar Ode to my lost 8 inch Oscar Cichlid Oh I am so stupid for not having a lid, For my grief is so heavy to bear, My dear friend, and pal, and beloved fish gal, Jumped out of the tank from a scare. The Large Cichlid was found this morning 10-22-07 on the carpet, when I woke up. Please send condolences and advice to calm my state of mourning. __________________ Set up: 65 gal mixed-100 lb.tonga & figi.Fluval canister filter 304, 2X65 watt PC by sunpaq, 420&460NM Dual actinic, 6,700&10,000K Dual daylight, 3 power heads, 3" sand bed, prizm skimmer hang-on. Fish: Scopis tang 5", 3 pajama cardinals, 2 clarki anemone, manderin, flame dart, green chromis, Inverts: 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 4 feather dusters, 2 serpent stars. Corals: pulsating xenia, 3 leather mushrooms, chili cactus, colt, kenya tree, finger, coralmorphins, yellow buttons polyp zooanthids, Christmas tree coral, yellow & red gorgonians, tongue plate, orange cup Second tank: 55 gal FOWLR: for agressive fish: 8" speckled fin grouper, 6" dwarf fuzzy lionfish, choc. chip starfish, hermits, pencil urchin. _____________________________________________ The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26)

10-23-2007, 01:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
ocean_freak Tunicate Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fresno Posts: 13 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar I use to have one too and I still miss him. They surely have the most character. You are not alone chum...

10-23-2007, 02:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
su_mich Limpet Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 135 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ode To My Oscar i'm sorry to hear ur lose chum. i know exactly how u r feeling. be strong!!! __________________ Life's full of suprises..... so does the tank -Surain-

10-23-2007, 06:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
chum Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 52 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar Thanks for your notes of comfort... Actually the Oscar was my 11 year old son's pet, and he had to leave for school, crying in grief... It was really sad. We previously had 2 gals and a guy, and so DO have two more large oscar cichlids, and these two have been "jaw locking" for some time... (by the way, we have put a lid on the tank since yesterday's tradgedy.) I would really like to see them lay eggs... Does anyone have advice or experience in what I have to do to make that possible? Babies would help carry on the "spirit" of the one who jumped the garden gate, and would help ease the loss. __________________ Set up: 65 gal mixed-100 lb.tonga & figi.Fluval canister filter 304, 2X65 watt PC by sunpaq, 420&460NM Dual actinic, 6,700&10,000K Dual daylight, 3 power heads, 3" sand bed, prizm skimmer hang-on. Fish: Scopis tang 5", 3 pajama cardinals, 2 clarki anemone, manderin, flame dart, green chromis, Inverts: 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 4 feather dusters, 2 serpent stars. Corals: pulsating xenia, 3 leather mushrooms, chili cactus, colt, kenya tree, finger, coralmorphins, yellow buttons polyp zooanthids, Christmas tree coral, yellow & red gorgonians, tongue plate, orange cup Second tank: 55 gal FOWLR: for agressive fish: 8" speckled fin grouper, 6" dwarf fuzzy lionfish, choc. chip starfish, hermits, pencil urchin. _____________________________________________ The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26)

10-23-2007, 08:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,592 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ode To My Oscar So sorry to hear of your loss Chum. It's tough to lose a family pet. Take comfort in knowing that you provided a good home for your fishy friend. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama Last edited by Dentoid : 10-23-2007 at 08:00 PM.

10-23-2007, 08:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
kathywithbirds You talkin ta ME? Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philly area, NJ Posts: 4,929 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ode To My Oscar I'm so sorry! Losing a fish sucks. __________________ (\__/) (\__/) (@.@) (^.^) (")_(") (< >)

10-23-2007, 09:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,508 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar Sorry Chum, good luck with the breeding. Steve __________________ DIY stuff for my tank stand, 100g tank,rock lift, overflow, foam walls, closed loop,lighting reflectors, 50gal sump, bubbletrap and sock holder, ato bracket,kalk bucket and reservoir, 40gal fuge, fuge lighting, remotish dsb raceway, turf algae raceway, dual pumped recirc skimmer, more to follow. Barb ripped my sig

10-23-2007, 09:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 16,456 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar So Sorry!! __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g Jawfish enjoyment ASM answer girl. Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

10-23-2007, 01:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
bigbratt Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 40 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ode To My Oscar Good luck with breeding them. They can be rather rough with each other...it might look like they are fighting. My pair would lay eggs hours after a water change. Had to get rid of mine as they were really hard on the tank when they were mating, although they were in a 135g they were to big (14" and 12") and kept splitting the tank. Make sure you have a flat piece of slate or something flat that she can lay the eggs on, and once she has they are very protective of that area. Mine never managed to get farther then the hatching stage...mom would eat them. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

10-23-2007, 07:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
chum Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 52 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar Thanks for all the good ideas and support!!! __________________ Set up: 65 gal mixed-100 lb.tonga & figi.Fluval canister filter 304, 2X65 watt PC by sunpaq, 420&460NM Dual actinic, 6,700&10,000K Dual daylight, 3 power heads, 3" sand bed, prizm skimmer hang-on. Fish: Scopis tang 5", 3 pajama cardinals, 2 clarki anemone, manderin, flame dart, green chromis, Inverts: 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 4 feather dusters, 2 serpent stars. Corals: pulsating xenia, 3 leather mushrooms, chili cactus, colt, kenya tree, finger, coralmorphins, yellow buttons polyp zooanthids, Christmas tree coral, yellow & red gorgonians, tongue plate, orange cup Second tank: 55 gal FOWLR: for agressive fish: 8" speckled fin grouper, 6" dwarf fuzzy lionfish, choc. chip starfish, hermits, pencil urchin. _____________________________________________ The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26)

10-25-2007, 07:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
PEMfish Reef Lobster Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 1,634 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar Sorry bout the cichlid... You will need at least 100 gallons to bread. Good water quality and higher temps is important too. Plus anther larger tank to hand raise the eggs. __________________ Paul `EM My cichlid tank plans, or Piranhas...; See how it all came to be; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ets-ready.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes.

10-25-2007, 07:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 21,674 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar What a tough thing to go through for a young child (or even an adult) So sorry for your loss. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~29 gal QT/Hospital tank~* *~3 gal Pico~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MH, dual Actinic t5s,AquaController III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

10-26-2007, 08:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
chum Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 52 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Ode To My Oscar pemfish, I might help supply my son with a larger tank and equipment, if he wants to do a breeding project for a school science project .... Our other two Oscars are 9 inches and 10 inches, with alot of character, so my son is getting over his loss, with the other two to entertain him. He has read your condolences and was touched. He wanted to join the forum and give everyone a big dose of KARMA, but I told him he has to wait until he is 13 y/o... (forum policy) ... He also has a species tank of a red belly pirrhana 5 inches, and another species tank with a wolf fish 12 inches long. And a 55 gal salt FOWLR with a spotted grouper, dwarf fuzzy, choc. chip star, and pencil urchin... I think he's "hooked" on the hobby... so will not be too discouraged from the loss. He says if another one jumps out though, he wants to mount it and keep it for a lasting memory... It sounded crazy at first... but I have 4 kids and I do lots of crazy things... Has anyone ever mounted a fish that died of natural causes? Thanks again for your comments, chum __________________ Set up: 65 gal mixed-100 lb.tonga & figi.Fluval canister filter 304, 2X65 watt PC by sunpaq, 420&460NM Dual actinic, 6,700&10,000K Dual daylight, 3 power heads, 3" sand bed, prizm skimmer hang-on. Fish: Scopis tang 5", 3 pajama cardinals, 2 clarki anemone, manderin, flame dart, green chromis, Inverts: 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 4 feather dusters, 2 serpent stars. Corals: pulsating xenia, 3 leather mushrooms, chili cactus, colt, kenya tree, finger, coralmorphins, yellow buttons polyp zooanthids, Christmas tree coral, yellow & red gorgonians, tongue plate, orange cup Second tank: 55 gal FOWLR: for agressive fish: 8" speckled fin grouper, 6" dwarf fuzzy lionfish, choc. chip starfish, hermits, pencil urchin. _____________________________________________ The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26)

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