Sorry to hear about your loss
I get terribly attached to my fish and special inverts, too. Have lost long time fish friends due to unfortunate incidents over the years, and it never gets any easier to find them dead.
Don't talk TO my fish much, but do make up conversations they are having with each other. Do the same with our finches. Heck, even made up the thoughts of a crow that had settled in a nearby tree the other day as it preened itself while looking out for its newly fledged chick
I'm happy to admit this actually keeps me OUT of the psych ward
