Sunday, May 31, 2009

Cosmo's Obituary



On the morning of May 31st, 2009, Cosmo the fish passed away. Investigators are still working to find the cause. They are deciding between two plausable causes.

1st: There are some rocks in the tank that were set up to mimic a cave. The top rock had fallen at some point and it was then that the owners noticed a scrape the size of the tip of a ball point pen. Whether or not Cosmo was under the rock when it fell, we do not know. However, this may have been the cause of eventuall infection and death.

2nd: There is a thing called Pop-Eye, which is a symptom, not a disease. Symptoms include body sores, bloody spots, staggering, black spots, tumors that have errupted, emaciation or scale protrusion, or loss of fins. Cosmo had body sores, bloody spots, and was missing a few scales.

We may never know exactly what happened, but we will all miss our friend Cosmo. Joseph will miss him eating out of his hand the most. Elizabeth will miss watching his fun personality as he swam around the tank. Little Joseph will miss him...later when he is older and understands. :)

Here's a video of Cosmo's First Day