Bad Night in the Tank

For those of you who don't know, Patrick and I have several fish. They aren't your normal fish though. They are large, aggressive, and very territorial. They jump up out of the water when we feed them and enjoy chasing each other around the tank. We've had these fish for just over a year now. Let me introduce you to them. Sorry that the pictures are a bit blurry.

This is Olivander, our first fish. He was probably about an inch and a half in length when we first got him, and has now grown to be about 7 inches! Olivander is by far the most aggressive and territorial fish in our tank. We've had several fish (4 to be exact) that didn't respect his space and ended up dead after a day or two in the tank. He is really fun to feed because he will jump up and get the food from us if we hold it over him.

This is Cool Snubs. He's about 4 inches long and is very quick and alert.

We have another fish named Frita. I couldn't get a good picture of her though.

This is Clint. We got him at the same time as Olivander. He is an algae eater and is probably the fastest fish in the tank. He burrows underneath the rocks on the bottom of the tank to hide from the other fish that like to chase him. Olivander has had something against Clint for some time now. He's always chasing him around the tank and nipping at him any chance he gets. We've been quite surprised that Clint has lived this long and attribute it to his speed.

Well, Clint has been getting old and slower lately. We've been waiting to find him dead in the tank for a while now, but never expected to see what we found a few days ago.

See that white blob? That would be Clint, or what's left of him anyway. Sick, huh? Apparently it was a bad night in the tank. We guess that either he died and Olivander decided to have a late night snack, or Clint must have done something to really tick off Olivander. Regardless of what happened, he is no longer with us. He was a good fish. May he rest in peace.