I'm sorry to hear about those fish and, yes, that is why I haven't had any. It is difficult to care for them. I might have told you about Philo the stray cat who took up residence here for a year only to disappear and I placed an add in the neighborhood website and he found a home with a woman who lives down the street (someone with no cats as he is very fearful of other cats) and he is thriving now. Well, I watch Philo when she leaves town and this woman has a saltwater aquarium. She hired a specialist to maintain it because she said it was too difficult to keep up on on her own. My friend from work had an aquarium too but he gave up on it because his fish kept dying so I imagine it must not be an easy undertaking. I'm sorry about Jacob. Poor little guy. I hope things go as well as they can. :squeeze