A Loss in the Family

Well, today my family suffered the first loss of a pet. That's right, one of our Angel Fish was found to have a disease upon our return from vacation. This morning when Melinie was feeding our fish (we had four,) and she noticed that something was wrong with ....we'll call her Betty. Ok, I admit, we don't remember their original names. But isn't that supposed to be our kids job? Well that might have been a little hard since we have had the fish since before we had any kids!


Ok, back on track here. Anyways, Betty wasn't looking too good, so Melinie rushed off to the pet store to read up on the situation, and to get some help. Upon her return home with much knowledge and multiple medicines, our nurse got to work. There was water treatments, artificial joints, difibulators, 100 cc's of something another and.....ok, so maybe just the water treatments. Unfortunately, it was too late for little Betty. R.I.P. sweety. The saddest part of this story, however, is yet to come. You see, Angel Fish are very prone to pairing, and we bought our fish in two sets of two. So Betty's best friend is now left basically alone in our big lonely tank.

We will be watching the rest of the fish closely to see if they will make it through. Unfortunately, the disease the took Betty is said to be fairly contagious. It is a little sad, but Sierra took it in stride pretty well when we told her that one of her fishies had to go see Jesus. Evidently it was Angel Sushi night in Heaven. Ok, so enough of this downer post. Stay tuned for something a little better.

P.S. Yes we know the water is funny colored, it is actually the medicine that Mel put in that is making it that color.