PrincessKiara
Fish Crazy
When I was very, very young my mother bought a 2.5 gallon tank with blue and purple gravel, a plastic plant, a broken-jar ornament, a filter, heater and air pump and stocked it with-gasp-a Bala Shark (which she loved, but died right away of course), and God knows how many other fish. I can only remember "Sharkie" and this other fish, "Hex", who was the only survivor of the tank catastrophe.
Anyway, I remember he was a reddish orange color that softly blended into yellow (I think that was at the tail). I think I was told he wasn't a tropical fish and was a Chinese Rainbowfish or some such thing, but I can't remember the exact ID. Anyway, I grew attached to him (even though I didn't really like fish at the time; I might have been 4 or 5 and I still remember him) because he grew sick in the tank, so my mom thought it was the tank and cleaned out an old container that had previously housed roasted cashews. It turned out to be just what Hex needed to get well lol. I have no idea why that is.
Anyway, any guesses as to his ID? His body shape was a 'flattened block' somewhat like a cichlid's but softer and straighter. He did seem to have the general rainbowfish shape. He didn't have any snout, though, if I remember correctly; he had a "pointy" face. The best way I can describe his body shape is an equilateral triangle head attached to a rounded rectangle body lol...
Anyway, I remember he was a reddish orange color that softly blended into yellow (I think that was at the tail). I think I was told he wasn't a tropical fish and was a Chinese Rainbowfish or some such thing, but I can't remember the exact ID. Anyway, I grew attached to him (even though I didn't really like fish at the time; I might have been 4 or 5 and I still remember him) because he grew sick in the tank, so my mom thought it was the tank and cleaned out an old container that had previously housed roasted cashews. It turned out to be just what Hex needed to get well lol. I have no idea why that is.
Anyway, any guesses as to his ID? His body shape was a 'flattened block' somewhat like a cichlid's but softer and straighter. He did seem to have the general rainbowfish shape. He didn't have any snout, though, if I remember correctly; he had a "pointy" face. The best way I can describe his body shape is an equilateral triangle head attached to a rounded rectangle body lol...
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