Update - my goldfish has a new friend. They seem to be getting on really well, it's very sweet. Haven't decided what to call him yet. Maybe Ketty, or Robbie, or maybe even Shteve. Who knows, perhaps I'll surprise myself and think of something really random.
Surely, a shop where you buy fishy friends is a fish shop? They don't need to be dead do they? I mean, I could try chucking a kipper in the tank, but I'm not sure the current residents would appreciate that.
My goldfish's little fishy friend has just died. They'd been together for 3 years. He is looking very sad, and seems to be searching for his friend. Do goldfish experience grief, or am I just being silly and soppy?
PS - I'm going to the fish shop tomorrow to buy him a new fishy friend.