The Beautiful Creatures That Bless My Tank

Compie, the biggest and oldest(at 3 years old, really still quite young), and now has two huge tumors. One is on his side and has been for a while, but he has a much faster growing one on his face.

Igor, who looks like he has the body parts from 5 different fish sewn together, is now struggling on and off with his swim bladder because of his extremely strange and round shape.

Disney, poor Disney, has been blind for close to a year now from wen overgrowth and it is now weighing him down and making swimming very difficult.

Poor Pua didn’t make it a year before I euthanized her due to tumors and dropsy. Not to mention her being eyeless from bullying since she was so slow and defenseless. I still think about that poor fish regularly. She deserved better.

I tried my best to pick out what I thought were strong and healthy fish, raised them with the best intentions, and I knew that buying them from a pet store probably meant I wouldn’t have them for 15 years like some lucky people get with their fish, but these guys are all barely 2-3 years old and I feel like I’m watching them fall apart before my eyes.

Don’t think I’ve introduced this guy but since I’ve had him a week and finally picked a name I guess it’s time