She did have Cleopatra and Caesar, but Caesar died yesterday. They went and bought Marcus to replace him, and also bought two snails – Celine and Helios (Cleo and Mark’s children). I’m not too sure how well the snails will go in a cold-water tank. When I was over there in August U showed her how to vacuum the gravel; it had been getting pretty gross. The water had been like fish soup.

Unfortunately, one of the platies was dead when I came home today. There had been no indications, and there were no obvious reasons. We’re pretty sure it was delayed ammonia/nitrite poisoning. So, two platies left.