fishy

I was just catching up on one of my daily reads, and was made to think about my fish tank. I've had it for about just over 6 years now, and although none of the original fish remain, I do have my algae eater, who's been around for 4.5 of those 6. I've posted about him before, and not much has changed. He, thankfully, hasn't grown any more, but I had no idea he was going to get that big in the first place. Friggin Pets Unlimited. Don't buy animals from them unless you already know what they're going to do. And don't buy furry pets other than like, hampsters. No dogs and stuff. Go to a breeder or the SPCA, please. Anyway, I was just thinking about Cleatus, and how gross he is, remembering how he escaped from the tank a few times. He's not slimy at all like he should be, he's really hard and rough like a big disgusting lizard. I freaked out each time he jumped out and yelled at him to stop moving so I could pick him up. He did, he's a good listener apparently, and I put him back in the tank. Gross. I don't want him to die, but I'm a little worried I'll be like 90, with this stupid tank and giant senior citizen algae eater. I'll have to grind up his algae wafers or something. Poor guy. I might get him another algae eater who eats the brown junk to keep him company, but they're only small, so I'm not sure they'd get along. They should...despite his size, Cleatus seems to be a gentle soul; he's never attacked or eaten any of my other, much smaller fish. He's already proven himself much more clever than my first algae eater. Her name was Gertrude. She attached herself to the heater, and could not be convinced to leave it to find food. I'm not sure if the poor thing cooked or starved, but either way, our time together was short. I had this idea that I would have 2 cats named Mortimer and Gertrude. I was in residence, so the cat thing wasn't going to work, so I got fish instead, and named one Gertrude. That didn't work out, clearly, so I waited until I got a cat, and named him Mortimer. That's working out pretty well, we've had him for just over 4 years now. We got him a friend about a year later, who was pre-named George. They both have thumbs, George has 2 extras per front paw, Mort has one.

That's my pets story. Random, I apologize.