Our sickly goldfish named Extra Fox has been on the way out for a while. After confining herself to hospice care in a crevice in the wood decoration, Extra Fox has finally moved on to the fishy afterlife. Ian had a heck of a time flushing her soft decomposing fish corpse out of the crevice. Ew.
RIP Extra Fox. You were a lovely pet goldfish.
Today we took the boys to adopt a new goldfish to fill the void in our tank left by Extra Fox's departure. On the way to the pet store, Liam decided that we would name the new fish: Another Extra Fox. After much debate, Ian and I convinced him that a new fish should have a brand new name. We agreed to call our new addition Doc. Liam picked him out. He was enthralled by his telescoping eyes.
Doc.
However, as soon as we put Doc into the aquarium Axe took issue with him. Axe chased Doc around sucking on his bulbous eyes. We left it for a few minutes but when Axe did not stop harassing Doc we put him in time out.
Fishy time out.
Unfortunately, this did not seem to have the desire effect. As soon as Axe was gone, Goldie and Nixie Nox started chasing Doc to suck on his eyeballs.
I fed them as a distraction and turned off their aquarium light to reduce visibility but I think Doc is either going to have to learn to stand his ground or become adept at hiding. Sadly, I do not think he will fit into Extra Fox's old crevice. Though, this may be for the best as it might still reek of decomposing fish remains.
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