Well, over the Christmas break, one of our fish gave birth to some tiny baby fish. As with most platys who give birth, the mommy fish died. :o( We now only have 1 of our "original" fish left: Nayteri, the silver mickey mouse platy. I'm so grateful she's a survivor! And, apparently not a love interest in the tank! lol
Anyway, Dave rescued a few of the tiny babies and put them in the small tank. Runt, the smallest fish from the first "litter" of fish, is still in the small tank with the new babies. It's going to be an interesting day when the new babies get bigger than Runt. lol
There are a couple of babies in the big tank that have survived so far. Pretty hardy fish!
Only problem is, WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY FISH NOW!!! We are concerned about overcrowding the tank, which is bad, but we don't want to just "get rid of" a handful of fish to make more room. I do not like that idea at all!
One more fish story.... Dave was really sick for a couple of days last week. He was feverish and very out of it, among other things. One day after I got home from work, I went over to feed the fish. Dave was on the couch across the room. I noticed that one of the original babies had died. I talked to Dave about it, but he remembers none of our conversation. Poor Dave! Poor Darah, though, because I had to use the net and get the dead fish out of the tank. Not cool!!! My parents would probably say that stuff like that provides good character-building experiences. All about perspective, I guess. They didn't have to see the dead fish, though! lol
This whole pet fish thing has been more of an adventure than I ever imagined! But, I'm very grateful for my fish babies :o)
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