May 27 2001
Fish Disaster
Woke up this morning to discover that our fishtank had changed during the night from a safe haven into a sort of bouillabaisse.
Apparently the heating unit — which is only a couple of months old — overheated and cooked our poor fish overnight. I can hardly stand to think about it. We only fed them the day before yesterday and everything was fine when we went to bed last night. Rufus has taken them out and cleaned the tank, so now it is standing, empty and reproachful, on the kitchen table. I don’t know if we should just put it away or start again in a few weeks’ time. Clearly we are unfit fish parents.