Fatality...

that sucks, clowns are cool fish. i think id be pretty unhappy if mine died , ive kinda become attatched to the little buggers.

my clowns try and peck at my fingers, i guess they trust em now and associate them with food.

ive always shied away from touching or netting fish on account of what it does to their slime coat, after netting a fish you can look down the side of it, if its stationary that is and acctually see where its slime coat is gone.

im sure you have picked a fish up and felt all the slime on your hand and that wonderful smell that comes with it.

it leaves them wide open to bacteria and parasites, no defense against them.

i also talked to a state fisheries guy down in moline once when they were shocking walleyes to milk their spawn, and he told me that they have a 30% fatality rate with them on account of being handled.

im not saying thats why the fish died but it is one possibility.

i was shocked last year when my huge beutiful tomato plants got these weird spots on them in the matter of 24 hours and litterally dropped to the ground overnight. i took a few leaves to the nursery and the lady took one look at them and said, do you smoke ciggaretts? i said yeah, she said you introduced the tobacco disease to you plants from your hands or clothes.

i didnt beleive her, i thought it was bologne, but i got on the internet and it showed exactly what happened to my plants and the cause was from tobacco on my hands.

 

Didn't anyone ever tell you that smoking kills.... tomato plants... ? /site/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif First time I have heard that. I have heard of people having trouble keeping a coral tank in a home with heavy smokers.

 

That's too bad Ryan. Atleast nothing else has died though.