poor fishy sad fishy

It's no surprise to anyone to find out that I love animals. I recently got two little 13 cent fish! One didn't have any front fins, Major Captin Fin, the other was perfect, who I named Prudence. Major Captin Fin died the third day I had him, which I was expecting because of the lack of fins. Prudence died about a week later which I was very surprised about. Poor thing probably died from a broken heart. Well about a week and a half had passed since Prudence had died and I wanted another pet fish so I went to Walmart.I was looking at the 13 cent fish trying to decide which one I wanted to take home with me when I saw a sad looking Koi. This poor fishy didn't have a dorsal fin and his mouth was swollen and puffy. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor fellow. So I bought him, the sickly looking fish, for a dollar (because he looked so bad and is probably going to die soon I got him for a bargain price). I got him home and realized how big he was. I didn't even have a tank big enough to put him in. So I found a plastic tupperware container to keep him in. Underneath is a video of him when I first brought him home. You can see where his top fin use to be and you can kind of see how is mouth is all ripped up and swollen.

I wasn't sure how long Butch (that's what I named him, Butch Cassidy) was going to stick around. He was in really bad condition and I wasn't about to spend a nice chunk of money on a tank big enough for him if he was just going to die. And he didn't know the difference between an actual tank and a container. Well after having him for three days I decided to go out looking for a practically priced tank for him. I didn't find a single one that I liked. I came home upset and was trying to decide what to do with Butch when my dad told me that he had an old fish tank somewhere that I could use! I was so excited. Being the wonderful person he is he dug it out of the back of the garage and brought it inside. It was a big ten gallon tank! Perfect for Butch and a couple friends! I spent all today cleaning dead bugs and spiderwebs off the tank, pebbles, and decor to go in the tank :) Dianne and I ran the the store and bought three friends for him and put them all into their new home. They are all so happy, even Butch has perked up and is swimming around with them! I love my new fish.

 

My four fish: Top Left is Heavy Metal. He was our 25 cent fish and is smaller than most of the 12 cent fish. Top Right is Oi. She's our big 12 center. Bottom Right is Scrawny. She was caught up in the net when we were getting Oi. And in the middle is Butch Cassidy my 1 dollar Koi :)