Life uh, finds a way

Life uh, finds a way part 47: Our two "feeder goldfish" who are almost palm sized and wintering in our itty bitty terror tank decided a few weeks ago to let us know their specific genders by mauling each other while scattering eggs all over the tank - which they promptly ate. Gold fish are the 6th grade boys of the fish world. Dirty, scrappy, and destroyers of their environment. So when the itty bitty pump in the tank appeared to be terminal and said goldfish were sucking air at the surface, the husband disassembles the pump and hose which in this tank are in a small compartment at the back of the tank where the filter also goes. And husband while trying to figure out how to siphon out a layer of what fish do - says "there's a fish in here." So we rescued it and put it in with all the guppy fry. It has a better chance there than with Mom and Dad or imprisoned in the back of a tank with the pump and filter. Its so tiny I can't tell the difference between it and the guppies but if something eventually turns orange - we'll know. And BTW. Mom and Dad are back to rooting around and the pump is working well again.