Photograph of Staten Island ferry fishes through fish eye by urbanblitz on Flickr
A reported fish fatality in the Staten Island Ferry's newly installed $750,000 fish tanks has spurred a lively discussion about what could be happening to the scaly creatures on SILive's forums. One poster wrote the fish death (perhaps the second) was "possibly a princess parrot fish...By 7:30AM it hadn't become a meal yet, but some of his buddies were starting to show some [interest]."
Hypotheses rolled in: Maybe "he didn't pay off his loan shark," said one. Another suggested, "maybe its a fish serial killer. do fish have an equivalent of dexter?" Could it be a stealthy Ninja fish? Or was it a larger metaphor for life at the Staten Island Ferry terminal?
Finally, another weighed in with a reasonable explanation, (all-caps treatment taken out for sanity's sake), "the tanks are a mini-ecosystem and fish die in the oceans of the world. saltwater tanks take time to set up and time to regulate themselves, losing fish in that process is as common as you having to eat today." But perhaps Alicia Colon will write another article decrying the tanks as a waste of taxpayer money?
