R I P Murphy Roscoe Jenkins

my 12" Oscar fish MR J, Murphy Roscoe Jenkins, suddenly DIED today!!..
:(
AH!!!!
when i woke up this morning the first thing i noticed as i came down the stairs was an absence of the usual "CLACK"ing of MR J's tank heater against the glass, stirred up by his wriggling tail in excited anticipation for BREAKFAST PELLETS! even before going outside for frisbee with ender, fish feeding has been part of the daily routine around here. but this morning Murphy was really sick, his stomach was grotesquely BLOATED and he was hovering at the top of the tank looking BLACK around his face and back. was barely interested instead of his usual hype, absolutely, utterly miserable. if you've ever spent a day in the bathroom with food poisoning, or endured a heavy, major ailment you might be able to sympathize with the awful agony his body was obviously imposing.
3 days ago i went to petsmart and hooked him up with some feeder fish as i've done a bunch of times when his moral seems lagging and i just so happen to be near there. they swim all around and for a while he got to feel tuff hunting and ate them all as usual. but apparently this time was sadly his last.
freaked me out to see Murphy's stomach all swollen up when i saw it so called the fish place and they told me he probably got constipated or just gulped some air, give it a couple days, watch him..
but when i got home tonight he was floating on the top, unresponsive to knocking on the tank or the magnetic-cleaner brushing past nearby. no demeanor... and Nester Judkins (a feeder fish Murphy has kept around as a buddy, that's grown from a tiny half inch to 4") was darting all around frantically.
was difficult dredging my homie's heavy carcass out of the space i made for him and taking it outside..

Murphy enjoyed pellets, listening to our jams on the organ, feeder fish, judging epic PINGO battles from his tank, and general lurking.. we'll miss him :(

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it's just a fish
but

RIP MRJ