Are We Guilty of Fish-icde?

A week ago last Sunday we attended my family's annual church festival/carnival. There are rides and booths and of course carnival games.  I saw the game booth where you throw ping pong balls at small goldfish bowls in an attempt to win a goldfish. I thought maybe it was time to get the kids a pet.

As I have previously shared, my youngest Luke has all kinds of allergies and that includes dogs and cats. He can't be allergic to a fish as a pet I thought (of course if he ate the fish that is a totally different story) so I was excited to win one for them.

We won little goldfish Murray (Jake names everything Murray for some reason), brought him home and put him in a temporary bowl. My husband said that if Murray was alive the next morning (Monday) he would purchase a goldfish bowl and food on his way home. He was alive that morning but he wasn't looking good so I asked my husband to buy a fish (Murray #2) along with the bowl, just in case.

Murray died Tuesday and Murray #2 started to look like he might be circling the drain so I asked my husband to pick up 2 more fish, again, just in case. Murray #2 died on Thursday. Murray #3 died on Friday. Murray #4, who I now call Hardy since he has lived a whole 6 days, is still alive but I am still worried. What is the sentence for fish homicide or fish-icide?

I am determined to keep this fish alive so we are off to the pet store for a proper fish tank with filter and whatever else the salesperson convinces me is necessary. I'll probably end up buying some extra Murrays. You know. Just in case.