This thread somehow makes me want to share some thoughts i had for a long time. I have kept fishes since i was a kid, and believe me that was a long time ago. The hobby came and went intermittently for a few times throughout those years, and i never remembered why i quitted and restarted for those few times till recently -- somehow i can never get over the sight of my fishes dying and nothing i can do.
To the economically sensible, buying a $5 bottle of medicine to cure a neon tetra is ridiculous. But i always do that. It just seems to be against my conscience to see a pet which i committed my responsibility for die without any actions on my part. And sadly though, i can only remember 1 instance where my black neon tetra recovered from dropsy treatment. All other sick fishes just died.
My most recent attempt in the hobby ago started again 3 years ago, and throughout this time i had experienced some deaths again, the most traumatic being the time i had to kill 2 parasite ridden cardinals for their own good. It makes me wonder whether i should continue keeping these fishes which might have led a better life in the wild. Watching them swimming beautifully in my tank was a pleasure, watching them waste away is just heartbreaking. I have since resolved to stop buying anymore fishes caught from the wild. My White Clouds are doing fine, breeding happily in the same tank. And i intent to just stick with these fishes, never mind they are not as pretty.
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NEON TETRAS WOULD BE PERFECT IF NOT FOR THE ^#&*!()%@^&@%# NEON TETRA DISEASE!!
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