all quiet on the home front, apart from the sound of rain together with the gurgling of the aquarium. which desperately needs a clean-up and a makeover. i think the residents are getting seriously depressed and wouldn't mind some fresh water and new playmates.
problem is, the parrotfish is seriously mentally deranged and has killed every other thing in the aquarium apart from the sucker-fish or commonly called the bandaraya fish. This is due to how they came about...
Parrotfish or Blood Parrot (the fresh-water variety), according to some quarters, are controversial and discouraged because they don't exist in nature and is a human-engineered, cross-bred species. Due to this unnatural state of being, they have plenty defects, physical AND mental... therefore they pose a great danger to the eco-system if ever let out into the wild, as it may lead to all sorts of evolutionary mix-ups. not to mention their mood problems har har ( read more here )
on the plus side, it's what we call a 'pet' fish, which means it will come over when signalled heheheh and possibly allowed to be pet. i don't remember trying this... it does have a smile though, like a dolphin's :) but ...but.. i mustn't forget that it wiped out most of its friends in the tank... no Finding Nemo kinda scenario here har har.
I'm just waiting for it to die (and i seriously mean it) so i can populate it will all manner of little cute fishies or maybe even convert it to a salt-water tank and attempt to rear some false anemone clownfish (scuba diving has given me great reason to find out about marine life like never before, and fish ID is one of the essential things to know).
oh cruel me, keeping live animals in captivity...
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