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

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    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.
    Bill

    215g FOWLR... and anemones, GSP, gorgonians... carp, that isn't FO!

    "I killed my first SW Fish in 1971..."

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    Sorry to hear Bill, Thats a good long time to Keep a fickle fish like that.. hope the next one lives just as long
    My Reef is Alive and well Despite My repeated Daily attemps to kill it!!

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    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
    LIVE, LAUGH,AND LOVE

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

    215g FOWLR... and anemones, GSP, gorgonians... carp, that isn't FO!

    "I killed my first SW Fish in 1971..."

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    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...
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    Bill,

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


    Just a small tank...


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    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.
    Cliff

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    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.

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