January 2008
Over a period of a week the little goldfish died, one by one. I found a revolting parasite on the first dead one and identified it through the power of Google as a Branchiura Argulus – fish louse.
I won't inflict a picture of this monstrous thing on you but I took the picture to our local fish shop (found accidentally after our trip to D2 last week) and they gave me medicine for the water but it proved too little too late.
Poor Rhiannon was distraught. So I gave in, sterilised the tank and a week later she chose a couple of fresh, new goldfish from a proper shop. These were the ugliest looking things I'd ever seen in my life, but according to Rhiannon they had "cute eyes".
To me they looked like they'd swallowed a golf ball, they were that spherical. They are called Ping and Pong…
I have researched until my eyes have crossed, but I cannot discover what breed they are at all.
These are not the actual goldfish - just a picture to illustrate this post...
