September 26th, 2000 - Afternoon:

• After a week and a half of calm, normal living with nothing important or exciting happening in the Death Tank, I was somewhat surprised to see my roommate open the lid of the tank and plunge the net into the water.  Alas, there was another victim today.  Yes friends, I am afraid that the Suckerfish has sucked his last bit of slime.  Ever.  In fact, my theory is that the remaining fish are just too clean and didn't contribute to enough nourishing slime for the Suckerfish to feed off of.
  Number of fish alive: 4
  Number of overall flushes: 9

September 26th, 2000 - Late Evening:

• While discussing the future of the Death Tank, I asked my roommate if he remembers throwing away the last neon minifish.  He doesn't.  Nor do I.   And since there was never a floating body, we can only assume that it was eaten by the other fish, or got trapped under the bubbler.  Sorry for missing out on that one.   This entry is just to make an adjustment to the totals.  The remaining fish are the two whiskerfish and Lil' Barracuda.  There are rumors of new fish being added tomorrow...I'll keep you posted.
  Number of fish alive: 3
  Number of overall flushes: 10

September 28th, 2000 - Evening:

• My roommate returned home tonight and asked me to guess what he had purchased that day.  I figured it was a joke, since I saw a big pack of toilet paper in the other room and it was his turn to buy some.  Nope.  It was fish.  A lot of them.  Judging by the prices written on the plastic water bags, he dropped some decent cash on them too.  So, do you want to hear about the new additions?
• The first bag contained a new suckerfish, which was cool since he replaces the one fish that I thought would last forever.  This one is spotted like a leopard or something.
• The second bag contained two silver fish with giant chins.  I swear, half of their body mass is chin.  They are officially dubbed the Fat Chins from now on.
• The third bag housed a new angel fish.  This one is currently leading in the "freaky-looking" category.  This thing must be albino because it has these bright red eyes.  He looks really flimsy too.  My bet is on this one going next.
• The last bag was a semi-present for Marissa, who suggested that my roommate purchase a blue and gold fish, to match our college's colors.  He had to settle for blue/purple and a light orange one due to selection, but that was nice of him.   Supposedly they color these fish by injecting them with dye when they are young.   Sounds bad to me, but they seem fine with it.
  Number of fish alive: 9
  Number of overall flushes: 10

September 29th, 2000 - Afternoon:

• All of the fish are looking healthy, but I noticed that the two Marissa-fish are a little sluggish.  My roommate left for the weekend, so I am feeding the fish.
  Number of fish alive: 9

September 29th, 2000 - Late Evening:

• For reasons unknown, I just found the suckerfish doing a crazy new dance. 
  
  
  
  It's called the "Sleep on my back with my eyes always open and don't respond to any tapping or nudging polka."
  I have a feeling he'll be doing this dance for quite a while...or at least until my roommate comes back and angrily rushes him back to the store.  Suckerfish are REALLY expensive, and this one barely lasted one day.  Ouch.  I hate when suckerfish die...they are like the wacky leeches of the fish kingdom.
  Number of fish alive: 8
  Number of overall flushes: 11 (when he gets back)

September 30th, 2000 - Afternoon:

• The suckerfish is still dancing.  Also dancing is the blue Marissafish, who has decided to dance in the artificial tree's hole.  Hopefully he will dance his way out of there, because it will be tough to pull him out with the net (and I'm in no mood to reach in).  Marissafish #2 is laying on the ground not doing much of anything.  I decided to clean and re-mount the filter, since it isn't working very well.
  Number of fish alive: 7
  Number of overall flushes: 12

September 30th, 2000 - Evening:

• The re-mounting seems to have worked, since there is a lot less cloudy debris in the water.  As a result, Marissafish #2 is feeling better.  I even made sure that he ate a little.  Speaking of eating, Lil' Barracuda is amusing to watch at Flake Time.  As soon as he notices that the food supply is in fact limited, he begins chasing everyone away.  Not that the chasing accomplishes much in the small tank though...
  Number of fish alive: 7

October 1st, 2000 - Evening:

• Today marks the first official scoring adjustment to the fish counter.  It seems that Marissafish #1 is not dead after all, and merely spent the entire weekend in the tiny fake-stump hole.  I was astonished to find him sitting on the bottom of the tank and BREATHING tonight.  Way to go, Marissafish #1!
  Number of fish alive: 8!
  Number of overall flushes: 11

October 1st, 2000 - Later that Evening:

• My roommate notes that the Angelfish has a puffy red eye.  That would be bad, except for the fact that he is an albino freak and his eyes are normally red.  They aren't usually that puffy though. 
  Number of fish alive: 8

October 1st, 2000 - Even Later that Evening:

• The Angelfish has lost control of his balance system and is swimming completely sideways.  Do I hear a water tank filling in the distance?
  Number of fish alive: 8

October 2nd, 2000 - Early Morning:

• Yep.  I did.  I came back from Marissa's room to find out from my roommate that the Angelfish (his favorite) is visiting SewerLand.  Oddly enough, he took a buddy with him for the trip.  For reasons unknown, one of the chinfish was floating as well.  I would like to point out that we keep a clean, healthy, well-heated tank and feed these fish properly.  No intentional harm or malice is used in the making of The Fish Counter Archive.
  Number of fish alive: 6
  Number of overall flushes: 13

October 3rd, 2000 - Afternoon:

• It's really getting eerie the way that the fish only do the really odd stuff during the minute or two you watch them during the day.  For instance, I was sitting here at my desk, glancing at the death tank, when all of the sudden the remaining chinfish decided to do a sprinting loop of the tank and leap into the air.   Of course when I say "the air," I actually mean "the lamp on top of the tank."  He knocked himself out and sank to the bottom of the tank, where he started moving again a few minutes later.  Also, Marissafish #2 (the yellow one) is sitting pretty motionless underneath the filter.  That can't bode well for it.

October 3nd, 2000 - Evening:

• It seems that Marissafish #2 has really taken a liking to that under-filter spot.  It likes it so much that it has decided to use up more space under there by laying down sideways.  Permanently. 
  Number of fish alive: 5
  Number of overall flushes: 14

October 4th, 2000 - Evening:

• While we were at class, the last chinfish decided to join the Floaters Club of greater death tank.  He will be missed for his...well, his...okay, so maybe he didn't do anything memorable.  Except for that leap into the lamp.   That was kinda funny.
  Number of fish alive: 4
  Number of overall flushes: 15

October 5th, 2000 - Late Evening:

• Sometimes, after following a big news event, you have a few days were nothing happens.  Marissafish #1 has decided to break that trend, however, and also take a permanent nap on the gravel floor.  Ladies and gentlemen, we are now back down to the original Death Tank Trio: Lil' Barracuda and both whiskerfish.  All three fish are still quite entertaining with their antics.  My roommate seems a little bothered about losing some many fish recently.  It can also be noted that he is leaving for the weekend again, so I will be in charge of feeding the fish.  Will there be more fish?  I'm not sure.  But you never know...so keep checking back for any late-breaking developments!
  Number of fish alive: 3
  Number of overall flushes: 16