A Weakening Empire

There has been yet another death. The aquatic kingdom has been going through some devastating times. All the fish seem lonely now, for the only species that I have two of is the corys. The death which I mentioned was the death of Ahmen Ra. He too (like Tut) I deemed immortal, the thought of him dying never crossed my mind. He has always been a part of my tank. I did notice about a week ago that his spine had looked slightly curved, which I remember the same thing happened a little while before Sharkbait's death. Now only six fish are left in my tank, three are bottom feeders, the other three are normal swimming fish, three are part of my original tank, three are not. I hope to revive my sorrowful tank before the one year anniversary of its birth.

It all started.....

I never had a life long dream of having an aqaurium. It just happened. My dear fish came to me on October 31st, 2011. I sat for hours, watching them, until I could see which names fit their personality. The first fish were Zeus (Pleco), Xerxes (Albino Corydoras catfish), Tutankhamen (guppy), Napoleon (guppy), Hercules (glofish), Ahmen Ra (glofish), Sharkbait (glofish), and three neon tetras who are collectively known as Pachus. (they were really hard to tell apart.) by my birthday, I added many decorations which follow the mostly ancient theme (if you haven't noticed). Over the many months, I have lost, as well as gained new fish. Filters have broken, thermonmeters have cracked, but I'm still going. I have noticed all (well, almost all) the fish who have passed have been the ones without ancient names. I am now careful to name every new fish an ancient name, to prevent this curse from falling upon them. I suppose now is the best time to tell you who I have lost, and who is new. Pachus 1 was the first to die, then Napoleon, then Hercules, and then (last week) Sharkbait. I gained Posiden and Eiosepa (both guppies), and today I went out and welcomed two new (and quite exotic, for my tank) fish: Caligula and Aphrodite (lace catfish and mixed fruit tetra). They all make me soooooo happy and I want to give you more info ASAP, but I can't let it all out in one post! Notice the "photo gallary" tab above, if you want to put a face to the names.....