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today has been a very sad day in fishkeeping for me today. after about a week of Gums (the fish in my avatar) fighting a fungal infection he finally gave in. he ended up being a 22"(little shorter than i thought), 10lb, baby of an oxydorus niger. he was definitely one of the greatest fish i've owned too bad he only lived to be around 3yrs old. will post pics later.
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So sorry to hear that Buk. That was a beautiful "baby" (monster) of a catfish. Giant imposing look fish that was tame enough to pet. Sorry about your loss.
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Wow Buk I'm sorry to hear that.
Quite a large fish he was.
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I'm sorry to hear that. 
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It is indeed a sad day in the fish keeping world. all who knew gums will miss him greatly.
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Sorry to hear..... poor guy 
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Aw Buk, I'm really sorry to hear this. That just sucks.
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A very cool fish!
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I, too, am suffering a recent loss. It's hard to say good-bye... especially to our favorites. I'm sure "Gums" will bring many memories for years to come. Hats of to "Gums".
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I, too, am suffering a recent loss. It's hard to say good-bye... especially to our favorites. I'm sure "Gums" will bring many memories for years to come. Hats of to "Gums".
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so as promised here's some of the pics of gums. just to clarify i wasn't throwing trash at him the can is a size comparison tool.
before i got him when he was a baby something tore off the top half of his tail.
now you can see why i called him Gums. during hand feeding it felt like a toothless old man gumming at my hand...lol
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Such an interesting fish buk!
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What a very cool fish! I was really surprised to see all the intricate patterning on his head and body-- very, very cool.
I'm truly sorry you lost him.
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BuK said :
today has been a very sad day in fishkeeping for me today. after about a week of Gums (the fish in my avatar) fighting a fungal infection he finally gave in. he ended up being a 22"(little shorter than i thought), 10lb, baby of an oxydorus niger. he was definitely one of the greatest fish i've owned too bad he only lived to be around 3yrs old. will post pics later.
Buk,
I have not been on in awhile until the other day & saw you lost your big Cat, I am sorry for your loss & hope you find another guy just as cool as Gums was.
John
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