I'm so glad you mentioned fish, Corin!
I have something to add to the "be careful what you pray for" list....
Lately, I've been praying that the Lord would remove unnecessary burdens from my life in order to reduce my stress. Yesterday morning, I woke up to find that all of my fish (except the bettas) had died. All SEVEN of them, from catfish to tetras. For no reason. Spooky!
When my mom found me standing in front of the 20 gallon tank, with the fish food in my hand, she peered into the tank and said "The fish are all dead?!"
I looked at her, shrugged and said "Praise the Lord!" *sigh*
I feel terrible about losing all of my fish, especially the cory cats which I loved, but they were undoubtedly an unnecessary burden in my life. No arguments there.
The bettas are easy to care for, so it looks like God spared them (for now). LOL!
Well, I'm glad you have less stress!
I'm pretty good at killin' fish.
They are a pain to clean, I had hoped mine would all die so I could get rid of the bother for awhile... but they aren't dying, and with just two little neons in mine it stays pretty clean. I don't even have the filter running.
Sorry to hear about your fish! My first pet was an orange goldfish, whom I naturally named "Orangey" :)