Rest in peace, Flame.

Flame went out in, well, a flame.  He was alive at 6pm, crawling peacefully on a rock.  By 8:30pm, he was floating in the water dead. He obviously had some Newtitis or something weird.  All kids were in the den watching a movie with Mom and Dad, so there was no mischief involved. 

Oh, and both of the new fish died yesterday.  My 10yo said that they were all defective animals because the pet shop was so filthy (no joke, there were dead fish all over the floor and the smell of dirty cages was suffocating).  He told me, in tears, to call the pet shop owner and tell her to take better care of the animals.  Not a bad idea.