noooooooooooooooo! what should i do?

starburst21 · #1 04-01-2004, 04:06 AM

Update:

I'm putting it in here because the original post was looong. Anyway, I called for backup, and someone helped me dispose of the bodies. And my room no longer stinks. *phew*

Though I still have no clue how those fish died, since my roommate was so sure that their "special food would last for FOURTEEN days!" ---There were at least five of them, and they were all just floating around awkwardly, eyes wide open.

Scary.

starburst21 · #2 04-01-2004, 08:18 AM

Everyone keeps saying that! The murderer part, anyway. I don't THINK it was my fault. I hope not, anyway. Maybe I kept the room too hot/cold/loud?

Wait---so how did Screech and Zack handle their situation? Tell me, b/c I need to stop just sitting here, trying to remember old Saved by the Bell episodes.

mmcat · #3 04-01-2004, 08:27 AM

sometimes bad things just happen to good fishies...
or did you get tony soprano involved?

Tippiechick · #4 04-01-2004, 06:19 PM

To remove the smell:
Go to walmart and buy something called Odornix... This is the best stuff known to man. For pet odors, get the medical/vet formula.

You can also look for this online as well...

justamom · #5 04-01-2004, 06:31 PM

I'm sorry, but that's just so horribly funny!

chideltjen · #6 04-01-2004, 06:40 PM

they ALL just died? maybe there was something in the water?

starburst21 · #7 04-01-2004, 10:31 PM

OK, so apparently on Monday or Tuesday (while my roommate and I were both were out of town) there was this all-campus power outage. I'm assuming this cut off oxygen or something in the tank. If that's it, though, I realized this way after the fact---how long have I been sharing my room with dead fish?!

Anyway...thanks for the comments!

ThetaGrrl · #8 04-02-2004, 05:54 PM

Oh, I killed one of my roommates fish in college. I went to try and find her an identical one, but decided it was kinda ugly (the gold fish with those weird brain thingies on their heads) so I bought a diff one for her. When she saw a full-grown brain one, she said she would have killed it herself had she known that's what it would look like!

DolphinChicaDDD · #9 04-02-2004, 08:13 PM

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Originally posted by starburst21
OK, so apparently on Monday or Tuesday (while my roommate and I were both were out of town) there was this all-campus power outage. I'm assuming this cut off oxygen or something in the tank. If that's it, though, I realized this way after the fact---how long have I been sharing my room with dead fish?!

Anyway...thanks for the comments!

it was probably due to ammonia (amonia? NH4) build up. generally, there is enough oxygen in the tank for a few days, but take the filter out...wastes build up...its not a pretty site.

trust me, this marine bio major managed to kill almost all the lab fish one weekend