Fatty Arbuckle clinging to life;famed molly 'in terrible shape'

Desperate doctors today placed famed molly Fatty Arbuckle in an isolation tank so the beleaguered fish could recover from injuries suffered at the fins of Aubrey and Knuckles McGee. In a day of medical emergencies that includes a dying danio, doctors were alerted to a medical crisis involving Arbuckle at noon.

"We responded to a 911 call at noon," said a medical technician who was first on the scene. "The caller reported that Fatty was being pushed around, literally, by two other aggressive mollies."

By the time the technician arrived at the community aquarium, Fatty had worn herself out and was floating vertically in a state of near exhaustion. Even then, Knuckles McGee continued to push her about the aquarium.

"We immediately extricated Arbuckle from the aquarium and placed her in an isolation tank," said TankKeeper. "She is in terrible shape - barely able to move, bloated and with significant damage to her right side fin."

Fatty's condition is listed as critical, according to tank officials.

"I assure you she is a very, very sick fish," a tank official said. "Her immediate family is being summoned to the aquarium."

Tank officials declined to comment on their prognosis for Arbuckle, who is a pioneer fish in our community aquarium and one of its most famous residents.