Lost "Nikki", our 8 year old blue hippo...

[Bill S]

Well, "she" was over 8 years old, and one of the few "named" fish in our tanks - and we've had her since way before "Nemo". She was one of the reasons we upgraded to a 215.

Last week she pretty much quit eating - but had done that before. I was hand feeding her that "super-mysis" that I have left from CB (still), and she was eating a little of it, but I was pretty sure this time she wouldn't recover.

We'll miss her!

[DrMark]

very sorry to hear, 8 yrs is a heck of a long time.
mark

[hobogato]

amazing how attached we can get to these fish eh? sorry for your loss.

[Mr Cob]

Sorry to hear this Bill.

She's been added to your 5,000 gallon reef in heaven!

[Bill S]

Yup, it is amazing... She was schizo though. Sometimes I could actually "pet" (touch) her - other times she'd run and hide when she saw me. When she was in the 55 up in my office, she would splash me as I went by the tank, or when she was hungry. The tank is about 5 feet from my chair. She really seemed to get a kick out of it when I'd yell "NIKKI!".

[Mr Cob]

Too funny!

I have a canary wrasse that stretches its mouth open and charges at me when I’m near the tank begging for food! It’s kind of scary. Fish can be funny!

[cpreefguy]

Sorry to hear Bill. I haves sixline that has been in my many tanks going on 2.5 years now. I've grown rather attached to "smoochie"

[aquasport24]

Sorry Bill, sadly that is the only thing that i can remember clearly about your tank. She was huge.

[justahobby]

Sorry for your loss Bill. 8 years is a great long time for a hippo :thumbs_up:. Mine would be happy for three months at a time until the next disease she decided to invent. She was one of those noobie "gotta have that fish" picks. I look foward to the day I have been in the hobby as long as you.

[ErikH]

Sorry to hear that Bill...

[Bill S]

Thanks for all the comments. Yeah, she was a typical Hippo - got Ich about a 1000 times in her life. I'm trying to decide if I should get another one. I'd have to start her/him in my 55 though. The big tank is kinda rough for newcomers now.

Justin, I've been keeping SW fish since 1972... Yeah, I'm old.

[Texreefer]

Sorry to hear Bill, Thats a good long time to Keep a fickle fish like that.. hope the next one lives just as long

[papijames]

wow bill you've been in the SW business in 1972.I didn't know you were in the hobby for so long. You've probably been in one of Jacques Cousteau's Documentary :)

[Bill S]

Yeah, you can't believe what the hobby was like then... Fish didn't live very long.

[Kristy]

Bill, sorry to hear about your lost hippo! I don't think people who are not in the hobby can understand how attached we can become to our fish...

[Pennies2Cents]

Bill,

Sorry for your loss.. I feel your pain....

[brewercm]

So sorry to hear about the loss Bill. I know what you mean by fish not living as long. I've been doing this since about 1982 and it's amazing the changes in technology for this hobby.

[Gilbert]

i know what your going though bill... its been 2 weeks since i last saw my firefish and im now offically declaring "twitch" dead. he was the first fish i put in my tank, my girlfriend had bought him from fintique about 2yrs ago.