Have you ever owned rent-a-fish? That's what I used to dub the unhealthy, soon to die, fish you bought at the local giganto-box-store with their 90 day return policy. I wouldn't recommend buying fish there if you want a happy tank, but as I lived 45 miles from anywhere and they were the only place open and selling fish at the time and day I was in town, and with their ludicrous return policy, why not? So I'd buy a fish, it would die 2 weeks later, I'd stick it in the freezer (you had to take the dead fish back!), and go get a replacement (I also had a small tank, so I didn't have a whole community to infest with disease).
Now I live 80 miles from anywhere. After the last fish died, I decided I wanted to try jellyfish. Yes, jellyfish, in my five gallon freshwater tank. Silicone jellyfish. They won't die, they are immortal! And at $2 a pop (including shipping) on Amazon, they are cheaper than most of my rent-a-fish and I don't have dead aquatic life in my freezer. Who knows? Maybe I am just talented enough to kill them too?
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