Thank you for all the information. You definitely know a lot about fish. My reason for not getting a fish any time soon is that my kid is extremely upset about the fish dying. We got that fish when she was 9 years old, and 5 years is a significant amount of time in a kid's life.
Even I'm upset because it feels weird to see the empty tank without our little guy swimming around. I'm too bummed out to buy another fish. We were already having a run of bad luck as a family, and this is just one more thing that went wrong. Thank you, though. I appreciate the advice. I guess I'll just use plain tap water to clean the tank.
