I should scale back on the fish puns

A few months ago I was on eBay looking at killifish eggs and I came across a listing for a type of killi I’ve never seen in the US before. It was only 15$ and free shipping for 30+ eggs, so you can bet my cheap ass bought those immediately. And i figured if it was a scam, I was only out 15$.

That’s the fish that made me risk it all 👆🏼 Anyways, the absolute latest date they were supposed to come was April 24th and of course, nothing came. I waited 2 weeks and still, nothing. So I emailed the guy and he apologized and gave me a refund. I was bummed but at least I wasn’t scammed.

Last week however!!!! The little dudes showed up!!! And they had come all the way from freaking RUSSIA. I checked the eggs and they all were eyed up! So I emailed the guy to let him know they came and they looked ready to hatch (even though they’re not supposed to be ready till August), and he told me to hatch them and to keep the money as an apology for them being late 😭

So Sunday night I put them in water and I woke up to 10 little wigglers!!!

My little Russian dirt baby. They’re so obscenely tiny. A little guy is in the red and his egg shell is in blue. There’s still quite a few eyed up eggs in the peat so I’m drying them and rebagging tonight to try again in a few weeks. So yeah, a probable scam was a complete success and there’s a man in Russia who owns my heart.

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