i had an aquarium when i was a teenager but though i fed them hourly my fish never lived very long. i concluded they needed some mineral supplements so i mixed some iodine and copper in with the commercial fish food but they didn't survive any longer than before. so i started catching them by hand and holding their mouth open and force feeding them rabbit droppings. again that didn't work out too well. method four was of course IV, commonly known as the roman numeral method or in proper medical technical terms parenteral nutrition. i was neither the mother nor father of the fish so it seemed a little awkward. nonetheless i prepared a saline solution with the essential mineral supplements previously used but made sure i included sufficient quantities of zinc this time. i then caught the fish, found a vein and inserted the needle. after i connected the tube with the liquid food i replaced the fish in the aquarium. they were so well fed that even after they stopped swimming and floated to the surface they continued to receive proper nutrition. now that you mention it maybe i should get an aquarium i miss those little guys. i would of course use method IV.
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