I am so sorry to read about your loss. It may seem strange to other people how attached you can become to a "mere" fish. But when you see them every day for so many years and they seem to greet you excitedly at feeding time, it must leave a sense of loss when they are no longer there. After 29 years ...

I have a Synodontis Eupterus here in the UK that is nearly 28 years old. It has survived living in 1 inch of water after my tank seal failed (until I returned home from work), aswell as our thatched cottage being completely destroyed by fire one night in 2005 (a fireman rescued "Kevin" the following ...