Night61
Fish Herder
his death was unexpected. he somehow yesterday got out over to Rayne's side and left quite a bit of damage on her. i separated them and started to treat Rayne because it looked as if she got the worst of the damage. this morning i found Rayne on his side, again it looked like she got the worse of it so i pulled her out of the tank completely and set up a breeding net for her so she could recover in peace in the 26 gallon.
he must have been hurt worse then i had thought, for by this afternoon he was gone. i didn't know, the physical damage wasn't apparent on him...its my fault.
Jasper was a graduation present to myself last year, we had been together for almost a year, up until January he had his own tanks, i needed to consolidate tanks in my room as my community tank grew in size. he and Rayne had always been neighbors so selecting them to be placed next to each other side by side in a divided ten gallon seemed like the best choice... my fault i didn't put the divider back properly they must have found and open space.
Jasper my beautiful boy, you have been a companion to me, you brought joy to me on days or sorrow, and it pains me so to let you go, but i know at this point in life our paths must depart. i hope you enjoyed being with me as much as i enjoyed being with you. goodbye my friend.
he must have been hurt worse then i had thought, for by this afternoon he was gone. i didn't know, the physical damage wasn't apparent on him...its my fault.
Jasper was a graduation present to myself last year, we had been together for almost a year, up until January he had his own tanks, i needed to consolidate tanks in my room as my community tank grew in size. he and Rayne had always been neighbors so selecting them to be placed next to each other side by side in a divided ten gallon seemed like the best choice... my fault i didn't put the divider back properly they must have found and open space.
Jasper my beautiful boy, you have been a companion to me, you brought joy to me on days or sorrow, and it pains me so to let you go, but i know at this point in life our paths must depart. i hope you enjoyed being with me as much as i enjoyed being with you. goodbye my friend.
RIP little guy x
Jasper 
but as everyone has said you really shouldn't blame yourself.....these things happen to us all at one time or other and it's natural to think what if!!!! I had one of my favourite females jump out of the tank last year. I didn't notice and stepped on her.....as you can imagine the air was blue and I could have kicked myself, so I know how you feel. He had a wonderful time with you and you'll have lots of memories of him and his great personality.
