4CP, all I know is that when I turned off the light before going to bed, there was a single stink bug floating in the tank. I guess I was just tired, and opted not to remove it.

When I came down in the morning, Diego was suspended in a plastic underwater tree, as dead as could be, and the stink bug was nowhere to be found.

We opted not to do an autopsy as Diego was only about 4" long.

We cremated him.


Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."