Library Fish Issue

sarcare · 10-23-2007, 12:58 PM

So today I went to scope out the Library I will be interviewing for a job tomorrow, and square on top of the reference desk they had a 10g fish tank with a mystery snail and a very large fancy goldie.

The goldie had to be six inches or more, and had a nasty red growth/gash on his head. They told me that they'd been told to put some tea-tree oil directly on the sore, and that they were really rigorous at doing once weekly water changes of 10%. I suggested that they might try 50% water changes daily or every other day while the fish had the sore on its head until it was healed, and then move it to either a larger tank or a pond. She said she had a pond, but all the other goldies they'd had for the tank had never gotten this big.

Arg, my mom says that I should not mention the fish until I get the job or get turned down for the job, but it is a sad, sad condition.

What can I suggest they do to treat the sore?

OrionGirl · 10-23-2007, 01:03 PM

That's a tough one. Clean water like you already suggested would probably do way more than the tea tree oil.

Oh, and CONGATS! on the interview!

DaisyTattoo · 10-23-2007, 02:37 PM

If you have already suggested the waterchanges, I would wait until you do or don't get the job as well to prod further. Perhaps you could bring in an unused tank? If you push too hard, it might stop you from getting the job. And CONGRATS!

UncaBret · 10-23-2007, 02:37 PM

I would tell them to put the goldie in the pond and replace it with some male fancy guppies. Or WhiteClouds.

UncaBret · 10-23-2007, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarcare

but all the other goldies they'd had for the tank had never gotten this big.

I wonder why???

joephys · 10-23-2007, 03:15 PM

I wouldn't push the issue right now either. A few more days really isn't going to make a difference to the fish as far as the size of the aquarium.

Daveedka · 10-23-2007, 04:23 PM

Get the job, Then fix the fish situation. I'm in agreement with your Mom on this one.

dave

sarcare · 10-23-2007, 07:09 PM

Here's the deal Dave, how bout you go stage a rescue on the fish--I bet if you and John go in to the library together you could grab the fish and run.

Aussie_hippie_2 · 10-23-2007, 08:54 PM

Don't worry about it. Yet. Job's far more important.

Daveedka · 10-23-2007, 09:29 PM

I'll wait until you are working there, then com e in and berate

you for keeping that poor fish

in those deplorable conditions

. It's been many many years since I stole anything from a library, not sure I can go back to those days even for a fish.

Dave

sarcare · 10-24-2007, 11:02 AM

So I had the interview--it went pretty well, though I have the feeling they are looking for a very specific thing that I may not be the canadate for. I went in all excited about programing, and working with kids, and it turns out they just want someone to sit at the desk four hours a day.

She said she still had another week of interviews, so I'll know in a week. I still have hopes that I might get the job, but I don't know who I am competeing against.

The fish looked even sadder today then it did yesterday--she said she was going to get it antibiotic food--I should have told her to go easy on the food, as it will keep the tank cleaner.

OrionGirl · 10-24-2007, 11:09 AM

The mental image of John and Dave kidnapping a fish is much better than the imagery of berating sarc.

Daveedka · 10-24-2007, 12:54 PM

I sort of find both ideas entertaining, maybe we could do one and then the other. It would be particularly amuzing to hear John Scolding someone loudly with that awesome accent of his.

Dave

OrionGirl · 10-24-2007, 01:03 PM

Thanks--that image will carry me through the rest of the day!

sarcare · 10-24-2007, 01:23 PM

How bout this, if I get the job you can come yell at me, but if I don't we go liberate the fish!

UncaBret · 10-25-2007, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daveedka

It would be particularly amuzing to hear John Scolding someone loudly with that awesome accent of his.

Dave

Please, please, please tape it for us!

Trixie · 10-26-2007, 06:12 PM

Hey, that should be on your resume as well - "fishkeeping duties as needed" Good luck, Sar!!

10-23-2007, 12:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	Library Fish Issue So today I went to scope out the Library I will be interviewing for a job tomorrow, and square on top of the reference desk they had a 10g fish tank with a mystery snail and a very large fancy goldie. The goldie had to be six inches or more, and had a nasty red growth/gash on his head. They told me that they'd been told to put some tea-tree oil directly on the sore, and that they were really rigorous at doing once weekly water changes of 10%. I suggested that they might try 50% water changes daily or every other day while the fish had the sore on its head until it was healed, and then move it to either a larger tank or a pond. She said she had a pond, but all the other goldies they'd had for the tank had never gotten this big. Arg, my mom says that I should not mention the fish until I get the job or get turned down for the job, but it is a sad, sad condition. What can I suggest they do to treat the sore? __________________ Reality--go 'way!

10-23-2007, 01:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,723	That's a tough one. Clean water like you already suggested would probably do way more than the tea tree oil. Oh, and CONGATS! on the interview! __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

10-23-2007, 02:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
DaisyTattoo It's a girl Join Date: May 2006 Location: Peoria, Illinois Posts: 3,088	If you have already suggested the waterchanges, I would wait until you do or don't get the job as well to prod further. Perhaps you could bring in an unused tank? If you push too hard, it might stop you from getting the job. And CONGRATS! __________________ It's not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.

10-23-2007, 02:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
UncaBret I don't knoooow....... Join Date: May 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 2,208	I would tell them to put the goldie in the pond and replace it with some male fancy guppies. Or WhiteClouds. __________________ I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. -Abraham Lincoln-

10-23-2007, 04:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Daveedka in memory of Rusty Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,974	Get the job, Then fix the fish situation. I'm in agreement with your Mom on this one. dave __________________ I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

10-23-2007, 03:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,393	I wouldn't push the issue right now either. A few more days really isn't going to make a difference to the fish as far as the size of the aquarium.

10-23-2007, 07:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	Here's the deal Dave, how bout you go stage a rescue on the fish--I bet if you and John go in to the library together you could grab the fish and run. __________________ Reality--go 'way!

10-23-2007, 08:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
Aussie_hippie_2 Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Physically? Wisco. Mentally? The Mountains. Posts: 814	Don't worry about it. Yet. Job's far more important.

10-23-2007, 09:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
Daveedka in memory of Rusty Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,974	I'll wait until you are working there, then com e in and berate you for keeping that poor fish in those deplorable conditions . It's been many many years since I stole anything from a library, not sure I can go back to those days even for a fish. Dave __________________ I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

10-24-2007, 11:02 AM	#11 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	So I had the interview--it went pretty well, though I have the feeling they are looking for a very specific thing that I may not be the canadate for. I went in all excited about programing, and working with kids, and it turns out they just want someone to sit at the desk four hours a day. She said she still had another week of interviews, so I'll know in a week. I still have hopes that I might get the job, but I don't know who I am competeing against. The fish looked even sadder today then it did yesterday--she said she was going to get it antibiotic food--I should have told her to go easy on the food, as it will keep the tank cleaner. __________________ Reality--go 'way!

10-24-2007, 11:09 AM	#12 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,723	The mental image of John and Dave kidnapping a fish is much better than the imagery of berating sarc. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

10-24-2007, 12:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Daveedka in memory of Rusty Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,974	I sort of find both ideas entertaining, maybe we could do one and then the other. It would be particularly amuzing to hear John Scolding someone loudly with that awesome accent of his. Dave __________________ I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!

10-24-2007, 01:03 PM	#14 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,723	Thanks--that image will carry me through the rest of the day! __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

10-24-2007, 01:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	How bout this, if I get the job you can come yell at me, but if I don't we go liberate the fish! __________________ Reality--go 'way!

10-26-2007, 06:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
Trixie Fauna is my EVIL TWIN. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,575	Hey, that should be on your resume as well - "fishkeeping duties as needed" Good luck, Sar!! __________________

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