Last year on his birthday Tyler got a fish. We didn't get it someone else got it for him. And of course what always happens when a kid gets an animal a parent takes care of it. And that task was delegated to me. Yey...
So for a year I have taken care of this fish. Then all of sudden last month the fish starts acting funny. He starts hanging out around the bottom of the tank. He also has hated me for a year and all of sudden when he started sitting at the bottom he seemed to suddenly be happy when I came around.
At first I thought he was bored so I got him some treats. That didn't help. Then we changed his scenery. That didn't help. I changed out all the freaking water in his huge ten gallon tank. That seemed to perk him up a little. Then suddenly he started showing signs of an infection or something so I got him meds. He was on those for a week with me changing is water and filters more often. That helped for a little bit and then he seemed to get worse again.
As of two days ago he started really laying at the bottom of the tank. I started him on another dose of meds like the people at the pet store said to do. Still didn't help. And after lunch today I found him dead at the bottom of the tank.
I tried my hardest to help that stupid fish get better. Everyone kept telling me to flush him and I couldn't do that. He was suffering and how is flushing him the right answer so I did what I could to take care of him and he wound up dying anyways! Wtf??
Now I am stuck with the internal battle of so I replace him or just move on? It's not like the kids ever notice him except for like once a month. So is it worth the stress for me to replace it? Probably not. But I still feel terrible that he died. He was probably suffering. I did everything I could to help and he still died!
So now I get to flush his dead body and empty his stupid ten gallon tank and find something do with all the shit we have for it. Super fun. Don't ever get your kid a damn fish!!
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