Goodbye Curly

Curly died last night. I got home and was shocked when I noticed his scales were protruding, or pineconing as most people call it. I didn’t see a bit of Ich left on him so I was successful in treating that but now he had an even worse affliction, Dropsy. Dropsy is like 99% fatal and usually occurs after, or during a parasitic infection like Ich. I had a one percent chance of saving him so I had to try. I know someone who’s saved a fish with dropsy and Curly looked like he wanted to live so I had to try. I cleaned his tank again, put epsom salts in as it is supposed to draw the fluid out of the body. I also put in a Maracyn/Maracyn 2 combination to cover all the bases and waited. He looked really bad. A couple hours later I went downstairs to watch the American Idol finale show and when I went back upstairs 2 hours later Curly was gone. Curly was a great fish. He was my baby, he played flare with Larry in the tank next to him but most of the time when I was at my desk he was watching me. I could even stick my finger in the tank and gently pet his back. He always had a little betta dance for me when I came to my desk and he would stare at me and beg for food while I worked or played games. He was a really special fish and he’ll be deeply missed.

Goodbye Curly…