Last December I posted on Craig's list-"Tin Foil Barb seeks Larger Home". My fish was sooo big, and I wanted to find him a good home that was bigger than I could provide. I wanted my fish to be with other Tin Foil barbs too. There were a few people very interested, but none of them came through. Here's the photo I took

Tin Foil Barb' Picture

And a Movie

R.I.P. Tin Foil Barb

This is a species of fish that likes to school. At the Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park there's a massive aquarium filled with these Barbs. I watched them move beautifully in a smooth naturally choreographed fishy swimming dance. I wanted my Barb to live like that.

I also thought when a new home was found, I'd get to put Goldfish in that tank. I love Goldfish, but hadn't had a tank of them in years. There's no room in the right place for another aquarium right now. The Barb's 40 gallon tank lives at the foot of our bed. I like to lay around watching it.

In some ways having my tin foil barb die is ok. He was getting really old; the aquarium needed to be bigger. I fished him out with plans to bury him in the garden. I'll clean up the tank, remove the heater, do a partial water change- all in preparation for the future inhabitants.

"Inhabitants" is plural. More than one. I haven't been able to have "more than one" for a long time. That tin foil barb grew HUGE- I couldn't put any other fish in the tank. I am psyched at the thought of watching a couple fish interact! And my Tin Foil Barb gets to swim free to fishy heaven-