Aquatic Drama

Did I tell you about the fish drama here?

I’m traumatized! My boyfriend has a fish tank, and when I moved in with him there were about 7 fish in it; 2 oscars, 4 convict cichlids and a jaguar. All are aggressive little buggers.

A few days later, one of the oscars died because he was sick with some kind of skin disease. I didn’t flush it, my BF did.

A couple of weeks after that, one of the female convicts died when BF cleaned the tank, and the fish got trapped under a rock, but we didn’t notice. We just thought she was there because the tank cleaning usually makes fish uncomfy. When we found out about the rock and we removed it, the fish went belly up. I felt like crying, I’m a sissy.

So we were down to 5. But the drama continues…

There were two male convicts left, a female convict, an oscar and the jaguar. But one of the male convicts terrorized and killed the other. I just thought he was being a bastard… and then he terrorized and killed the jaguar as well!

Tired of the carnage, I called a fish store to ask them if they took fish, with no success, the guy I talked to was kind of an arrogant prick. I decided not to look at the tank anymore since I told my BF I wasn’t going to take care of it from the very beginning.

Then I woke up yesterday, checked the tank and what did I find? Hundreds of baby fish… hundreds! Turns out, the female convict was full of eggs, and the male was fighting for his reproductive rights. But why the heck did this idiot kill the jaguar too? I have no idea!

So now we’re down to one oscar who seems to be the king of the tank (that’s probably why he hasn’t got murdered by evil convict), the two happy parents and a baby explosion! Last night we went out for dinner and when we came back I didn’t see any babies, so I thought “OMG! These monsters killed their offspring!” — But nope, they’re mouth carriers, so babies were sleeping. I can see them today.

The oscar is kind of isolated, though. I feel bad for the guy.