There are millions of fry – maybe forty; I think there was another lot while we were away. Ms Dalmation Molly looks like she is very pregnant too. I really am going to have to call Coburg, and maybe Northcote, to see if they will take some off my hands. I have no idea how long it will take them to grow up – a good few months, I expect, so we’ve got that time.

The only problem in the tank is Dropsy Gourami. He certainly isn’t getting better; there is a patch on one side where he’s lost some scales, too. I haven’t seen him eat much and he’s just staying in one spot, mostly. I wonder whether we should put him out of his misery, since we have no quarantine tank.