You shouldn't need the fish to complete your goal. Once you've discovered a magical fish, that's it, that stat is there to stay.

The only way you would need that fish to complete the game is if you needed that breed to breed another magical fish.
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My VV2 story, "A Twist of Fate"
And don't miss Krystal's stories, all three of them!
"Life is too fast... unless you're in traffic."