Should I get a fish

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Then on top of care some fish are long lived....longer than snakes. Plenty of parents find this out the hard way when they get 10 year old lil Johnny a snake and the thing is still kicking when it is time to move off to college and it becomes theirs. Or like buying a parrot of tortoise some fish can be a life long investment.....like Koi.

Exactly, plus depending on what species of fish you get, you may not be able to have just one. I keep South American tetras, most of which are schooling fish, so I can't just have one, I have to buy 6, 8, 10 depending on the type of fish.