RIP Princess Sparklefairy 2.0

I killed the fish.

I finally got around to cleaning his bowl this week. And I had the brilliant idea that maybe he'd like some more space than what's provided in the teeny tiny little $3.00 cannister we bought to hold him. With the plant I got him to jazz up the place last time I was at the pet store, you can hardly see him swimming around in there so I got down a large glass vase and put him in that (after taking appropriate measures, of course).

At first I thought that Princess Sparklefairy was so delighted by his new digs that he was darting to and fro, enjoying the freedom. Turns out I was witnessing his deaththroes. Maybe the drastic change in environment was too much for him and he had a heart attack?

No way to hide this one from the Shaolin Toddler, either. She was right there with me, "helping" to take care of the fishy. Worse, she was a horrified witness to Princess Sparklefairy's final indignity: In attempting to rescue him from his watery grave, I accidentally dumped the fish down the sink.

So. That's two down. Do we try this again, understanding that Princess Sparklefairy lost a considerable amount of his sparkle the minute the furball made an appearance, or do we rechristen the kitten in honour of her fallen comrade and keep the memory (if not the actual fish) alive?

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I killed a fish once. Gilles 'The Fish' Poisson was a Siamese fighting fish and he died of neglect.

I cried. Not very long, but I did cry.

I say, rename the kitten. My husband thinks you can take one more shot at a fish. :)

I agree with Lady M. Princess Sparklefairy is a great cat name!

Get a really ordinary looking fish that can be easily substituted if it dies and you want to skip the whole death talk thing.

Well like i told ya before. we are on fish #15. over 4 years..... we finally got one to last for a entire year.

Im sorry to say but I believe you are fated to become a fish killer, sadly this means the life and death conversation will be had many times if you decide to continue. Personally I would rename the kitten, its a good name and a shame to waste it. Please for the sake of goldfish everywhere stick with the kitty coz inevitably the furball will eventually eat the scaly one any how!!!!

I floated the name change idea, but so far The Ladies seem committed to Nyx. There was a brief consideration of "Princess Sparklefairy, Ruler of the Nyx Galaxy." but it was ultimately rejected.

theres something about too rapud change it temperatures....oh wait thats frogs....

I killed Ninja the A-hole (can you swear on iVillage blogs?) a while back. It was okay though - he was a real jerk.

You can swear on iVillage blogs. I don't cuz my mom occasionally reads this, but you can :)

Death to the Ninja!

Are you dechlorinating the water? That's an excellent way to kill the fish if you aren't. I'd skip the fish since you aren't doing so hot and the kids won't care anyway since you have the cat.

its the change in water temp, I've done the same thing myself....

Nyx is a cute name! Yikes on the death convo though!

Nyx is still a pretty good name and so much easier to call than Princess Sparklefairy!!

I've given up on fish finally. I think the ones we buy are doomed before they come home with us. Even our betta died and it's hard to kill a betta usually.

Dechlorinated water, proper temp. I've read somewhere to leave a little of the old water when you add the new.

Sometimes nothing works. I'll stick with my low maintenance cats.

Forgot to tell you how much I like your new look.

Our five year old won an iguana at a carnival three years ago. I never expected Ceasar Salad to live long, that was three years ago. Since then we have adopted a turtle. Reptiles may not be traditional pets. But, our boys think they are cool. Skip the fish, try a turtle.

The death conversation wasn't that big a deal. Brina finally noticed the empty bowl and asked where Princess Sparklefairy was. Regan's answer: "Mommy died it." That was about it.

The furball has been officially christened "Nyxie Pixie." Nyx for short.

The name of Princess Sparklefairy has been reserved for the newest fish, hereby referred to as "Trip" (bonus points to whoever gets the reference.) Yeah, I know I'll probably kill it again, but I have 2 nearly full containers of fish food here, dammit.

[snort] *Again???* You just have no luck with the wildlife, do you? I think you should stick with kids. Apparently, for you, they're easier! LMAO