Baby

6 days ago
1 min read

So the weirdest thing happened. I took out all the plants and aquarium decorations to clean everything because the tank hadn’t been fully cleaned in a long time. After I put everything back in and the water finally settled, almost 24 hours later, I noticed that the swordtail in there had somehow “shrunk.”

I told my mom and she immediately said that’s impossible, fish don’t shrink. So we looked it up and learned that swordtails actually have live babies, and most of them usually get eaten by other fish or even the parents.

Somehow, one must have survived, hidden away, and grown up without me noticing. I guess his mom passed at some point and I just didn’t realize it. But the point is… there is now a baby swordtail swimming around the tank like he’s been there the whole time.