I'm Doing Something Dangerous

I'm going to tell you that I bought a fish for the 30 gallon tank, which has, in the recent past, been quite sick.  But, then again, it's probably already too late.  We named her.  Plus, I kind of already adore her.

She is a golden dojo loach (also called a pond loach or a weather loach.)  Her name is Susan.  And she's f*cking adorable.  I mean, look at this face!




Of course, by the time you read this, she may be dead.  I really, really hope not.  I've been working like a mad lady to try to figure out what is UP with this 30 gallon tank.  So much of the stuff I've put in it as died, like, almost instantly.

But weather loaches are supposed to be remarkably hardy.  They're native to Japan and China and live (like beta) in rice paddies, which are fairly filthy places.  They've likewise adapted to being tank mates to goldfish, who produce a crap ton of.. well, crap.  The tank Susan is in was once the home of our mighty and long-lived Joe, who lived to be almost a decade old, but whose death may have polluted the tank beyond the Pale.

We'll see.  Maybe if you put out some good energy for our Susan?  Also, she has two golden snail companions, too, who I'm also hoping will live through the night (and possibly much, much longer.)