Our 10 cent goldfish

I had to include this, since Dan did a great job cleaning the fish tank for me.

Meet Stinky Fish. He is about 4 years old and even though we haven't measured him, he's at least 6 inches long. When I bought him as a surprise for Isaac and the kids I was doing childcare for, I went to the pet store and bought about 4 of those little tiny 10 cent goldfish. They all fit perfectly in a little 1/2 gallon tank. They also all eventually died off like goldfish do, except Stinky Fish. He's like the Energizer Bunny and just keeps going and going and going... In the past we've tried getting one or two other goldfish to be companions to him and replace the ones that died, but they died.

Stinky Fish has gotten so large, we had to buy a new net to scoop him out of the 10 gallon tank with. I was able to find a 10" net, which was the perfect size. Unfortunately, since he no longer fits in the plastic fish bowl we were using to hold him during tank cleanings, we had to improvise with something that would hold him. And here he is chilling out in our large fruit bowl (ya, it got a good scrubbing afterwards!)

I've told Dan that if Stinky Fish gets any larger, we'll have to donate him to the hospital for their Koi pond. And if he dies, we're going to have to bury him in the backyard because he'll clog the toilet if we try to flush him!