Petsmart - 10 Fishes for $10

[Spoofee]

Petsmart has 10 fishes for $10. Mix & match from a wide assortment of community fish.

-Link to Ad

 

[baphomette]

Sad but true story:

Many moons ago, a few Piscean friends and I had a communal birthday party. Totally fish/ocean themed - blue lights, fishing nets, etc., I even wore a mermaid outfit.

A couple of hours before the party started, I came up with what turned out to be one of my worst ideas. After visiting the local PetSmart and buying two dozen goldfish, I poured black gravel into a blue food coloring water-filled bathtub and released the fish. "This is sooooooooo cool," I stupidly thought. "I'm just soooooooooo clever!"

So, party party party, right? Totally forget about the fish until I go to the bathroom the next day. I then hear this really soft sound, like bubbles being popped, which turned out to be desperate gulps of goldfish gasping for air. Idiotic me hadn't a clue about the need for airpumps and filtration and all those other things that keep fish alive. I never stopped to find that type of stuff out. And I also hadn't planned on what to do w/the fish once the party was over. My roommate and I spent three stressful days moving the fish from bowl to bowl to jar to tupperware container in an attempt to keep them alive. We finally managed to give away four but the rest unfortunately died. Poor little things.

The point of my story? Avoid becoming a fish murderer. Make sure yr down w/all the fish know-how before you get any!!! The guilt of goldfish genocide will haunt me all my days!

-Miss Baphomette

 

[a410s]

here's a short article about your first fish tank in case anybody's interested.

 

[gr8nrg]

Sad but true story:

...I poured black gravel into a blue food coloring water-filled bathtub and released the fish. "This is sooooooooo cool," I stupidly thought. "I'm just soooooooooo clever!"...
-Miss Baphomette

And you don't think that blue food coloring had anything to do with fish demise? Hmmm.... :zip:

 

[LiveSquid]

And you don't think that blue food coloring had anything to do with fish demise? Hmmm.... :zip:

No kidding. I have three aquariums. After the hrricane I was gone for three weeks. When I came back, my fish were still alive. Even though there was no filtration, no food and no lighting, they survived. Of course, I have plants so they did get some oxygen n the water.

I would be willing to bet that the blue dye was the main reason they died. 12 to 14 hours isnt enough time IMO for them to asphyxiate.

 

[clubchick]

i've heard that a lot of goldfish at these stores aren't healthy to begin with. we've had probably a dozen different types of fish over the last 8 years and some lived up to a year, while others died within a week or two.

 

[baphomette]

I never thought about the food dye... Could have been. Trying to make me feel worse, eh?

(Did the intentional melodramatic tone of my post not come across? Just curious...)

 

[LiveSquid]

Is the plural of a fish FISH or FISHES? and what's the plural of two lexus cars? and don't even get me started on the plural of :beer_yum:

Its either fish or fishes. The plural of two cars? What is that, a trick question? It would be Lexuses, I think. And finally, :beer_yum: s

 

[clubchick]

but it's is the contraction for it is, whereas its is the possessive form of it

sorry, it's obviously time for bed...

 

[precocious]

Which is right: fish or fishes? Both are plural.
Use fish for more than one animal of the same type
(I swam with a school of 200 fish in Bimini).
Use fishes for more than one animal of different types
(the reef in Bonaire is crowded with fishes).
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Bedtime has passed, just don't swim with the fishies! (It's a NYC thing. Badabing!)

 

[precocious]

And finally, :beer_yum: s

:beer_yum:
Who cares what you call them, just keep them coming!:beer_yum: :cocktail:

 

[douglasfir]

If a fish tooted under the water and noone was around, would it still make noise?

 

[morriefisher]

Decent fish is $12-14lb in the market in my area & we are near the sea. Im thinking of starting my own fish farm, so this could be a hot deal.

 

[sensei]

I would be willing to bet that the blue dye was the main reason they died. 12 to 14 hours isnt enough time IMO for them to asphyxiate.

It was probably the chlorine and chloramines in the tap water that killed the fish...

 

[milesandmo]

Also a great discount I found at dealmine.com - save 10% off your $50 order with your visa card. offer details are here.

Also at petsmart, you can save 7% for college with Upromise or earn 30 gold points for every $1 spent as a gold points member.