"I don't want to kill him." (Image by George Chernilevsky.)

One stupid feeder goldfish – $1 (Flushing)

I bought him from a feeder tank at Petco. He’s been a headache for almost 2 months now. Three days after I got him, he got sick. The meds I bought cost a lot but I managed to nurse him back to health.

Now all he does is eat and poop and swim like he’s had ten mugs of coffee. Anyway, I don’t want him anymore. The Petco won’t take him back. And I don’t want to kill him cause I spent so much time and money saving him. The little idiot doesn’t know how lucky he is. Feeders are destined to die. He should’ve been eaten by a snake by now. Hell, if I had a snake, I’d have fed him to one by now.

As for why I got him to begin with, I’ve got other goldfish, and he was really beautiful at first. But he lost all his colors cause I had him quarantined in a hospital tank in a dark room. I say he’s a dollar, but you can have him for free. Don’t even need to tell me what you plan on doing with him. But it’d be nice if a kid would take him. I know folks believe goldfish are boring, but HE’S REALLY CRAZY ENERGETIC. Just give him plenty of room to swim and gravel to poke at. Or a fish treadmill.