After 10 years

My gold fish finally gave it's last breath. I missed my goldfish (Carassius auratus). Sigh. It wasn't a pretty to look at. In fact, it's pretty plain. It wasn't expensive but quite the opposite. I bought it cheap. It was mine nonetheless. I took care of it together with others. I had half a dozen in all. Then one by one they died.

They were happy but one by one they died due to my negligence. I blamed myself for this for I didn't take care of them until it was too late. My first one died after jumping off from the aquarium from five feet high. The second, third and so on died because of disease. My last was the strongest and therefore last the longest. Again it died of some disease. Most disease could have prevented if I were just a bit more diligent in changing the water. Normally I would change the water every week; two weeks would be pushing it. I was a bit too lazy and waited for my third week. It then got infected and by then it was too late.

Now, my bigger aquarium is empty except the smaller aquarium still house a small x-ray species. One, just one. It use to have a pair but that other half had an inherent disease. I was surprised that it lasted as long as it did. It was handicapped in a way and therefore making swimming difficult, making feeding hard. The body was born twisted but it lasted for a total of four years on that one. Now my single fish is six years old. Very long life for a "tetra" sized fish (size of two finger-nail's length). My poor goldfish, lasted as long as it did, was a fighter and I was happy to own it. I did everything I could initially to make it look beautiful but the inferior species just couldn't be changed. It was cheap and I was doing everything I could to make it better but the scales were as dull as any of the inferior species. I was proud to have it anyway.

I proved to many that the goldfish is a hardy fish. It is hardy if you change the water (1/3 of the tank) every week or so. Everything would be fine. Now it is gone. I no longer have to worry every time I were to go camping and whatnot. However, I still have my x-ray fish (you could see the internal organs of the fish) to take care of. I think I'll go and buy a companion for it. The x-ray fish is a community fish and should not be alone. I think I'll buy three or four. I think I'll do it sometime this week. Happy week ahead.