Spink Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Has anyone experienced any form of depression in their fish? Sounds dumb I know, but my female fighter seems to be very sad at the moment. She acts like a teenager - she was all depressed looking and sad, so I removed her from the main tank and put her in the hospital tank, just to keep an eye on her. Then, she got all moody and angry at me for moving her! I ignored her for a week, decided she was fine, then put her back in the main tank with the other fish. She prompty packed a paddy, and while I was at work, she completely shreaded the fins from my veil tailed red serpae! Now she just sits there, but actually seems a little ill now - sitting in place, floating either on the bottom of the tank or up the top, sometime lying on her side. I haven't seen her eat in a while, and she's my husbands prized possesion (for someone that doesn't like fish that is!). Can anyone offer some advice on what the heck I should do with her!!! Feed her Prozac?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 are you sure 'she' is a she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedingFrenzy Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Feed her Prozac?! We had to put one of my cats on prozac a while back because one of our other cats was... sexually abusing him.. Cheered him right up! Not sure what you could do for fish though... Maybe there is some form of natural remedy that could work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spink Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Fish was sold to me on "it's a girl!" basis, and she did have a friend for a while (Fook Me and Fook Yu) they got on pretty well - I can understand the confusion though, there's plenty of short tailed/finned males around at the LFS at the moment. Unfortunately, life was just too hard for her, and when I got home tonight, she took a ride on the Porcelain Highway to meet Fook Me Maybe I'm just not meant to have them, they either go Kamikaze on me and get stuck places they shouldn't be (filter outlet) or they get depressed when their girlfriend dies and just give up. Shame, because my husband actually likes them! :lol: Never mind..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedingFrenzy Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Aww. R.I.P Fook You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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