I am saddened today !
No more running water; no more bubbles brewing, no more splish~splash !
I am refering to my pet goldfish, Garfield.
I understand that some people would just be like - HUH ?!?

Let me explain the wonders of this Fish ...

We bought him roughly 3+ yrs ago; actually, we bought him (as a feeder fish just 1.5 ") to pH balance the new tank. Out of the three lil' guys we bought; he survived, so he stayed.

A few months after we had him; there was a terrible snow storm here in Buffalo, it knocked out half of the cities elec..
With temp. in the single digits; no elec. to run the filter or air bubbles, we thought he'd be a goner..
he survived, so he stayed.

A year after the storm; we were embraced by another tragedy, a house fire.
Our apt. did'nt really suffer from the fire; but it did infact suffer from water and smoke damages !
We had to leave for a few days; Winter was nigh, we thought he'd be a goner..
he survived, so he stayed.

After a few months of searching for a new place to settle; we all moved in a few blocks away from where we were. It was still Winter; the weather was mild, Garfield was doing well !
One early weekend morn.; a few weeks after we had moved, our downstairs neighbor knocked @ our door complaining about the rain in his dining rm.. Apparently; one of the cats knocked off the bubble/air filter from the tubing, it siphoned the water all over the floor.
Garfield; on his side struggling, was in just 2.5' of water, we thought he'd be a goner..
he survived, so he stayed.

So today; a year and a half since the last incident, he passed away. No known cause; he was very lively last night, this morn., not so much !

He'll be okay !!