"Goldie Fishwater" was my real fish, and the reason I built an internet-controlled fish tank a long time ago. I wanted to see her, feed her manually, and monitor the tank's stats. I loved that fish!

This enduring goldfish has outlived his owner’s two previous failed marriages, was renamed five times and has recently gone grey in his old age. Wayne Leach, 44, won the fish named Goldie at a ...