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[infomodder]

"Gone fishing."

[ so don't leave messages to ruin the after fishing glow !!!

your one stop shop for not leaving him alone, previous contact post can be found here ]

Comments

[infomodder]

Could've been the change in temperature. He wasn't familiar with it and it killed him. Or he might have been close to death anyway and that was the final nail in the coffin. He might have been sick.

[brushoff]

So if he was sick, how would I have treated him? You can't take a goldfish to the vet.

[infomodder]

Sure you can. Depends on what the sickness is. Sometimes it's as easy as putting drops of a medication in the tank until the fish has recovered.

[brushoff]

Huh! Well, I totally did not know that.

[infomodder]

One of the most popular sicknesses among goldfish that I know of is white spot disease, commonly called ich (said like "ick" and it is an icky parasite). If you're not familiar with them, you can take pictures or the tank itself to a vet. Or just call, most likely. There's other ails goldfish can come down with but that's a common one.
If I were you, if you wanted to try again, I'd do a very thorough cleaning of the tank first. Use hot water, maybe salt, sterilize it before you give it a new inhabitant.

[brushoff]

I honestly can't remember if he had ich or not because he went belly up, I nudged him for a bit, waited a few hours, no dice.
As for the latter part, no idea if I want to try again or not.

[infomodder]

You could try sea monkeys and work your way up.

[brushoff]

Are those still a thing?

[infomodder]

Why wouldn't they be?

[brushoff]

Because they're so 1970s it hurts.

[infomodder]

They're not extinct. Can't say that for everything from the 70s.

[Like Will.]

[brushoff]

There's a difference between 'extinct' and 'barely around anymore.' Bell bottoms aren't extinct.

[infomodder]

I always preferred overalls to those. The dungaree should make a comeback.

[mmmmmmMMMMM OH MY GOD]

[brushoff]

You're right. If someone's wearing overalls, that's a sure sign I don't want to talk to them.

[ BURN ]

[infomodder]

Good thing we're texting.

[brushoff]

I hope those are 'bait shop and fishing so they smell horrible' overalls and not 'overalls that you'd willingly wear in public.'

[infomodder]

There is no difference between bait shop/fishing and willingly worn in public overalls.

[brushoff]

I'm going to have to buy you actual clothes, aren't I.

[infomodder]

As long as I don't wear this stuff around you, what's it matter?

[brushoff]

You might wear it around April. And really, she deserves better than fish overalls even if she made the dogs attack me.

[infomodder]

April married me knowing what to expect. You don't have to worry about her getting what she deserves.

[brushoff]

True, true. And, unlike some people, I'm sure she wouldn't hesitate telling you to your face that she hated your overalls.

[ after all, there's a reason why Dorian used Will as the example in his attempts at emotionally manipulating Sasha. ]

[infomodder]

[That's when he just takes the offending article of clothing off, but that is probably TMI. Dorian does not need to know.]

She doesn't hesitate to tell me or anyone else anything. You might have noticed.

[brushoff]

She's a spitfire. If neither of us were taken, I'd totally date her.

[ in some universe, that's a compliment ]

[infomodder]

Yeah? You think you could handle the raccoons too?

[All that fur on your fancy clothes, Dorian!]