Fish ate other fishes Right "arm" totally off!

**SassyMummy** · 22-02-2007 17:41

Had a fish for ages... but his friend died, so on hte weekend, I got him a new friend.

Turns out, his new friend was more of an enemy.

Last night, I went to check on them (I thought tehy had been showing some courting behaviour... turns out, one was just trying to kill the other!) and noticed that my original fish (Charles) had one of his side-fins TOTALLY GONE! The other fish must have eaten it (he also had signs of being bitten on hte head too!).

I wasn't sure how the fish would do, so I removed the MEAN new fish (Diana) into her own tank so that poor Charles wouldn't have to have anything else eaten off.

This morning though, I got up, and poor Charles was floating belly-up in his tank.

Stupid new Diana fish - HATE HER. I've never really LOVED my fish, but I suddenly felt so sad and upset when I saw poor Charles' fin eaten off... he was working with all his might to stay upright using just the one side-fin.

Found out online that Charles was a "fancy" goldfish... and Diana was more 'Common'... so that's why she may have tried to kill him (I dunno why they do it, but I jsut read about it online).

At least I know better for next time. I'll hopefully get a much bigger tank soon and only put fantails in there... Diana can stay in her own little fishbowl forever.

**Grizabella** · 22-02-2007 17:43

Awww that sucks Hun...

RIP Charlie

**tickle** · 22-02-2007 17:54

Comets can get a bit nasty at times. What size tank have you got?

**Shazbutt** · 22-02-2007 18:14

Poor Charles ...what a total biatch Diana is! (Had to have a giggle at the name choices ).

At least now he's with his old fishy friend.

**kea's mum** · 22-02-2007 23:02

Are u sure Diana wasnt called Camilla !

**SassyMummy** · 23-02-2007 01:08

kea's mum - Actually, Charles' previous rooming-in fish partner WAS called Camilla. They were my two original fantail fish. I got them about the time Charles and Camilla hooked up... and just named them that.

Then I ended up with a fat orange fish I named Fergie (but she died really quickly).

Then I got the comet (Diana) and a little sucker fish I named Paul Burrell... the guy off Australian Princess who's supposed to have been Princess Diana's butler or something (since the sucker fish's sole job is to clean the tank...lol).

**reAllytee** · 23-02-2007 01:34

Certain breeds can be fiesty.
We had a japanese coi that was a shocker who ate all his friends until we got a feisty black moor who showed him lol.

Go buy a male siamese fighting fish that will show common fishy Diana what for lmao .....

*** Disclaimer - Im joking peoples i do not condone fighting any sort of animal !!!! ***

**trinitylee** · 23-02-2007 11:56

Originally Posted by kea's mum

Are u sure Diana wasnt called Camilla !

**ChubStar** · 24-02-2007 21:06

We had a couple of fish which were nasty to our other fish, so we punished them by putting them in the bin to die next to the fish they had killed.

Maybe a bit demented, but we didn't have any problems after that!

**trinitylee** · 25-02-2007 18:55

Originally Posted by ChubStar

We had a couple of fish which were nasty to our other fish, so we punished them by putting them in the bin to die next to the fish they had killed.

Maybe a bit demented, but we didn't have any problems after that!

thats horrible!!