Ari’s new turtle hasn’t been seen for a couple days; It seems the trip from his tank at the mall with his buddies to here was a bit traumatic. While he might not be terribly intelligent, he is an excellent hider. So good, in fact, that I spent a while this morning pulling plants out from around the pond to see if he’d somehow hopped out. I also took the time to clear out old rotten leaves from Elephant (the tall plant at the very back). Which is when I found this:
That can only be one thing right? Wanna closer view? Me either, but here you go:
Oh, so gross, eh? And I remember a certain SMELL when we first moved here and it all makes sense now. But I wonder how in the hell this could be missed? When we first moved in, there were three fish in the pond, the two white ones and the big ol’ Pleco at the bottom. Then one fish died and Shannon disposed of her (right? RIGHT???) appropriately. Or so I was told…It’s sort of sad, really, that this big beautiful fish made a break for it and died alone and unnoticed. When I get my self together a bit more today, I will tidy it up and maybe enlist Ari to help with a little eulogy for the Unknown Fish.
Sad/nasty. snasty. ‘snasty.
Totally snasty.
I can’t decide if I am more bummed or grossed out.
We once had a fish, the beautiful tailed fighting type who escaped from Lauren’s aquarium and by the time I found it was stuck to the floor. Now this sounds incredible but for some reason rather than flushing it, I put it back in the tank and it came back to life. Weird. I know it was less than half a day on the floor but still long enough to be stuck to it a bit so yeah. Hrm.