We have the aquarium set up and are all enjoying picking the fish, watching the fish, and occasionally replacing the fish.There was a large Platty who Rachel picked out as one of our first fish who seemed to be chasing and nipping at everyone else. The kids named him Evil. We started to suspect his involvement when someone turned up lifeless in the morning and when others would hide all day. I took him out for a while and placed him in a dish. The kids put him back.
I told the fish store lady we had an aggressive Platty. She asked if I knew if he was a male. um, no. We got him a girlfriend in case that was the problem, but his behavior did not change. He is Evil and everyone else seems to be Good. We can’t take him back, unfortunately and can’t throw him back into our tank of living victims. So he sits off to the side of the aquarium for now thwarted in his attempted intimidation and murders. The kids like to give him another chance now and then, but he probably can not be rehabilitated. Another small aquarium would be too much money for a fish with a bad reputation and an unknown lifespan although I am temped to buy him a nicer place for his confinement. Which leads us to the ultimate question: How do we treat evil we can no longer avoid. Is flushing justified?
just no end, to the “interesting” things that present themselves to you and your family /household……i CERTAINLY enjoy hearing abou them