Fishy Depression

It's either my parents are growing old or they are really looking for something to spice up their lives, but in any case they have decided to rear fishes at home this year. It's nothing special since my parents are the type who always like to attempt new stuff. But the fact that 2 fishes have died in one month is not something worth celebrating about either.

And to be the one who was the first to witness the dead bodies of two innocent fishy souls is not a nice experience. The first one jumped to his death in the middle of the night, with his dried up body found beside the phone while i was trying to call my dad. (And i refused to touch it cuz i just can't bear the sight of it.) the 2nd lost its life today. It was just bought by my mum to add more vivacity to the cold fish tank, but sadly it got trapped under the water filter stuff. And I (again 'fortunately') had to be the one to try salvaging his life, or recover its dead body. That tiny little fish, smaller than the size of my palm stayed lifelessly in my hand. wet, already losing its colour, with one eye destroyed. Only a juvenile but already it had lost its chance to have more fun in the water.

Never viewed fishes as smart animals. Not like how I like cats / dogs. After all, the interactions between humans on land and fishes in water are minimal, the only time you get to see whether they like you or not is when you are dropping pieces of fish food into the tank, but most of the times they like you because of the food. and most probably they only recognise your hand, not even your face. but strangely as I held that little fish in my hand there's just a sense of helplessness, slight sadness and pity. symathy for another life lost. and anger for our neglect and the tragedgy in my house.

Another worrying thing is that one of the discus fish (ya that's their name they came from the amazon river) has been hiding behind the rock for days and hasn't been eating at all. You can actually tell that it has lost a great deal of weight. I have a feeling that it's suffering from either depression or anorexia. I think fishes' depression influence each other too. To a certain extent felt that the small fish that died had been influenced by this depressed one... And their fishy depression is getting into me....

3 sick fishes in one tank is not a good sign. not a good sign in your house too. After all most chinese people who have fishes in their house expect them to bring good feng shui. So that prompted me to check up something on discus fish. And apparently they are very sensitive creatures. They can even suffer from how you change the water in your tank. That's not a good sign. Cuz i strongly feel that neither of us will have the patience and the time to take care of them like that.

3 minutes of silence for poor dead fishes. (or more to come? )