6.2.08

yeah yeah it's been a while, blah blah blah....

those of you that have been to my place, know that i have a humble fish tank. and many fish in it that i love... well one of them is questionably taking advantage of that...
anyway, as with most fish tanks, death occurs as a part of the fish cycle. since these are not normal goldfish, they should generally last longer. i actually think they'd out last me if they could find food themselves...
but that brings me to today, this morning, a couple of minutes ago. i walk in to feed the remaining fish since Isamu's passing a few weeks ago - he apparently got a bit sick after his fins were slowly bitten to pieces by Lily, a much larger, genetically enhanced fish that used to be the size that Isamu only got to and also therefore had some issues swimming. the fish remaining: the five original tetra (The Quintetras), Lily, and a small catfish, Waldo. so here's the normal deal: i walk in the the living room to the tank, Lily comes up to the top smacking her ginormous mouth, i place a pinch of food above her and a pinch nearer where the other fish are so that they can get some without her noticing. btw, this is a GOLDFISH... a now extremely territorial goldfish. anyway, this is not how it goes down. i walk in, and Lily is nowhere near the top, which i think is odd, but i feed first ask questions later. i do this and watch as the tetras hide in a corner of the tank that they usually don't, Lily is in the opposite corner of course, but she' got her ginormous mouth open and it looks as though she can't get something out. at first i just think 'it's probably just a rock that went a little too far... it'll come out.' then i think, 'where's Waldo?... HOLY CRAP!' since Lily has her ginormous mouth open toward me i can kind of see inside of it. i swear that i found Waldo. she freaking ate Waldo and he's sucking on her insides for dear life! nature, man. i guess that's why she isn't hungry.
anyway, i don't think that there's anything i can do for them... they will have to duel it out. if it was a rock, i'd try to get it out, but in this case i'd kill them both, and it'd be a less awesome death... after all i'm no vet. next time you come over, i might have some new fish... we'll see, i might just fill the tank with tetras. until then---

6 comments:

Aaron said...

Holy crap! Lily and Waldo locked in a death kiss! Ed, this is just too bizarre. You have to keep us updated -- who lives, who dies, etc ...
who knew that goldfish would have such a taste for flesh?

-Aaron- said...

HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP!!!

Why the crap is holy no one knows.

BUT HOLY CRAP!

Ed said...

i haven't had a chance to update since, but the battle for life was won by both.... Waldo seems a bit traumatized by the whole experience though

-Aaron- said...

Glad to hear they both made it--till the next showdown at least.

I really like how the exclamation/question "Where's Waldo?!" is the crux of the story.

Nicole said...

I'm glad Lily and Waldo were able to get over their differences and work it out in a civil manner (instead of eating each other). Now whenever you see fish missing you'll know that Lily won the battle.

Kirsten said...

That story really grossed me out. I'm glad you did not intervene, because touching fish about to die just sounds awful.