Time to Admit I'm a Bonehead

[AJ_77]

Originally Posted by Bob_I

Even though I am sad the fish died, I may seem rude, but my feeling is that the force feeding directly caused the death of the fish. One normally should not be concerned that newly purchased fish does not eat. One should leave it be for awhile to give it a chance to adjust. The torture you subjected it to killed it, period.
Yes of course you will say I am a b***tard for saying that, but that is my honest feeling.

I guess that might be the case Bob, but this one was dying anyways. I read that thinning of the musculature above and behind the head is a sign of doom, and even if they start eating again, once they reach this stage they're usually too far gone to recover. Mine had more thinning each day, in the critical area mentioned. I noticed it first after 2 days home without a nibble - no pecking, nothing. I determined at that point that I would try Kyle's method before I would watch it starve and die.

I would have preferred to "let it be" but it didn't give ME the chance. A healthy angel of this size shouldn't show thinning for a good week, and by then would have adjusted (hopefully). That's why I say this one was on the way out even befoe I brought it home.