Today, I bought a new Siamese Fighting Fish. I was so happy with my new fish so I bought him an expensive lovely bowl, some weeds, and a toy for the bowl. I left the room to get the fish food. When I returned, the fish was gone, and the cat was sitting on the table. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I bought a fish. I put the tank on top of the fridge so my cat wouldn't get at it. I'd forgotten to buy some things for its tank, so I quickly ran out to get them. When I got home, I saw the tank destroyed on the floor, and my cat devouring my fish. I had the fish for less than an hour. FML
Today, I heard a loud crashing noise. I ran into the kitchen to see what it was. My cat had knocked over my fish bowl and had my Beta in her mouth. After scolding her and rescuing it, I decided to clean its bowl. When I went to dump some of the water in the sink, my fish went down the drain. FML
Today, I was walking to the pet store to buy a month's worth of fish food for my fish so I wouldn't have to come back for a while. For fish food it was expensive. It was also surprisingly heavy and I had to carry it back to my house. When I got home, I saw my fish floating at the top of its bowl. FML
Today, I spent almost two hours cleaning my fish tank, only to find out that my cat had secretly eaten all of my fish while I was cleaning the tank. FML
Today, I bought a new goldfish. While leaving my fish on my balcony to go get fish food, I hear a loud squawk and splash, I race outside to see a bird flying off with my fish. FML
Today, I saw my cat playing in the other room. Fascinated, I watched him for a few minutes before I realized he was playing with one of my daughter's fish. Well, what was left of it. FML
Today, I bought a fish bowl and a fish for $15. I brought him home and sat him on my desk. Everything was going well until the shelf gave out and his bowl slid off of the shelf... onto my $2,000 computer. The computer is fried and is not covered by the insurance, the fish is fine. FML
Today, while doing some spring cleaning, I found the remains of my goldfish, which I was sure my cat ate last year. FML
Today, I bought my cat a catnip-filled toy that's shaped like a fish. He pounced on it, wrestled with it, and then got so scared of it for no reason that he dashed full speed into the wall. FML
Today, I woke up in my living room after having a party. I then realized my fish tank with many different species was missing from its usual spot. After searching for a few minutes, I finally found it in the freezer. FML
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RaphX 0
not much of a fighting fish then
LovelyLies 0
MissSmiley613, a lot of fish can live ten, twenty years if kept right. Right PH, right temperature, right feeding, right cleaning regime, right environment/amount of the same species/etc. The fact that you think they don't last long is evidence to your poor ownership of fish. until you learn to look after pets right, don't buy them. OP. Well. That was pretty stupid, wasn't it? YDI.
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LemonStarship 5
Tame your cat
SailorButterfly 8
Aren't those fish only like $3? Yeah, it sucks...but you can pick up another fish and not have all that stuff go to waste. Just be sure to get everything out of reach of kitty this time. LOL I've been wanting to get a betta for a while now, but I can't figure out where I'd put him where the cats couldn't get to him. :-/ And to everyone talking about lifespans of fish...some fish do live a long time, but NOT bettas. You'd be lucky to have one live 5 years even if you take great care of it.
dftba 13
I have owned plenty of Siamese Fighting Fish because the one I got, a $7 dollar Crowntail, had a disease that I didn't know about. He infected the tank and killed most of the fish, including two or three other bettas over the course of my finally realizing the problem with the tank. If you get a nicer breed of fish, you can have a betta that costs up to $70. While I don't feel this is the case, it's sincerely upsetting when there's a death with a fish and something you're excited about. If you get a tank, like..a 5 gallon or even a 2 gallon, you can stick a betta in with a filter and light on top, which means that they're completely enclosed and unless your cat knocked the tank over (which is hard to do because the tanks are heavy). Hopefully you get a fish. :) Because they're nice to have. I have a 10 gallon with a few other fish and he's done nicely. But yeah...if you're looking for a fish with a decent lifespan, it's not a betta. But even so, three years is a long time. FIVE years is a long time. Think about how long that is for a fish. You don't connect that much with a fish as you do a cat or a dog or a horse, etc. I've already lost my first fish (and my favorite), so I'm not worried about 'in the future' when James T. Kirk kicks it. I'll just get a Spock.
jklol21810 0
I've had four bettas, and the SHORTEST life one of them had was 3 years. I had my first one for almost 7. and he only died because I left for college and my mom forgot to feed him. they can live forever. they are some of the heartiest fish you can buy at a regular petstore.
GriefBacon 0
That sucks. Fortunately they're cheap.
skyeyez9 25
My grandma had a betta fish. It lived to be 11.
skyeyez9 25
Maybe keep the next fish in a room where your cat isn't allowed access if possible. Bedroom, spare bedroom, or buy a 10 gallon fishtank with a wire mesh lid that are used for reptiles and rodents.
FarSide 23
The Siamese are lousy fighters.
jazzmancarron 11
kitty, meet cast iron frying pan. :-)
L33tSauce 0
Horde= ftw. And OP..Sorry about your fish, def cover the tank/bowl next time. For everyone saying fish dont live long, my mother-in-law has a pair of goldfish from walmart that are about 9 years now and still seem pretty healthy.
6point02 0
what kind of dumb idiot goes to a fish store and buys a fish and ALL of the supplies except food?
6point02 0
you're just jealous because i am way sexier than you.
Namenlos_fml 20
Seriously.... You bought a fish, you didn't get a bowl that can protect it, and you have a CAT??? That is a failure on a CARTOON level! How much more of a failure can one be??. YDI!