Sick days...

It is not enough that all my children succumbed to demam and selsema this past week, this one panas, that one meleleh hingus, the other batuk.... layan kau... then tup, tup my goldfish pon fell sick too!

Instead of swimming, they all settled down on the gravel, their tails were shredding to bits, the scales were flaking off... Even a novice fishkeeper like me could see that they were sick.

Googled for "goldfish diseases" and yup!! Parasites and bacterial infection. Must be from the new fish we bought last Sunday, the 18th. We had 7 of them prior to that and they were all so healthy. Oh..... menyesal sungguh!

Went to the fishshop and bought medication (antibiotics, anti-parasites - siapa sangka?). My whole tank was an Intensive Care Unit... but it was too late for most of them.

Out of the 7 from the old group, only 1 survived. Out of the 5 new ones, only 2 made it. Oh... and the ikan vacuum cleaner tu pun selamat. The rest? Kaput! Timbul! Mati! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..... tensen!

This morning, I decided that the tank needed a thorough clean-up. The parasites eggs could already be in the gravel and this whole incident could happen again. Sayang tu... bila ikan mati. Bukan tangguk kat parit punya ikan kan?

So while we went out for our Saturday morning marketing. My Amah cleared the tank totally then washed and rinsed it clean.

When I came back, I rinsed one big baldi of gravel, half baldi of batu-batu, clean the ornaments and pokok-pokok. In fact, apakebende yang boleh ditanggalkan, semuanya aku basuh! Ha kau....

Then hangkut balik and put it all back together. Now the tank is set and loaded with medication. I'm going to let the filter run and let things settle.

The 4 fish are in a pail with a small bubble filter and some pokok-pokok for cover. Yes, ubat pun aku dah masukkan dalam air tu. They are going to stay in there until I'm satisfied that they're well and truly cured.

Hmmmm.... penatnye.... nasib baik le ada Amah! Kalau tak, boleh hangin satu badan. Yelah... this isn't my idea pun. But what else to do but do ajelah apa yang patut! Kan? Kan? Kan?

If korang are wondering what my Hubby was doing while all these were going on? Dia jaga budak-budak! ha ha ha... Better that way in fact, senang nak buat kerja, takde pertentangan pendapat ha ha ha...

Takpelah... at least he is not a kedekut financier... he he... Pasni boleh le beli goldfish lagi!

Those that survived...





Those that mati...





Until later...