stealth mode!
Yesterday I had serious cabin fever, which is stupid because I had (and still have) a lot of things I need to do inside the house.
But regardless, I mentioned wanting more fish so Fernando will be less alone and his tank will be more colorful, since he's lost all his color completely. My mom was like "okay, go buy some tetras. Here's a dollar to chip in." which was awesome. :) She doesn't care too too much about my fish, but usually they don't feel 100% gungho about new pets. She just feels terrible about Papaya, and keeps wanting to buy me a new bird until she remembers I'm moving out in August and can't take any pets and my dad HATES pets.
So I went to Petsmart (that's where we bought Fernando; they have a lovely fish department staff) and got 3 itty bitty Tetras. They're TINY, especially compared to my monster goldfish. But they haven't been eaten yet, and I'm starting to worry more that I'll shoop them up when vacuuming the dirty water. They're cuties- the one with the big belly is named Enid, the teeny one is named Jim Dale, and the medium-sized one is Samuel L. Jackson.
I maybe should have gotten more than 3, but it's good for now. It's not a giagantic tank and they will grow a little. I like watching them...when Fernando is awake, they all school together and swim away from him, but when he's asleep, two of them stick together and the third swims around on his or her own.
Also got a new plant, since I accidently threw away my old one. The tank looks like a legitimate aquarium now!
But regardless, I mentioned wanting more fish so Fernando will be less alone and his tank will be more colorful, since he's lost all his color completely. My mom was like "okay, go buy some tetras. Here's a dollar to chip in." which was awesome. :) She doesn't care too too much about my fish, but usually they don't feel 100% gungho about new pets. She just feels terrible about Papaya, and keeps wanting to buy me a new bird until she remembers I'm moving out in August and can't take any pets and my dad HATES pets.
So I went to Petsmart (that's where we bought Fernando; they have a lovely fish department staff) and got 3 itty bitty Tetras. They're TINY, especially compared to my monster goldfish. But they haven't been eaten yet, and I'm starting to worry more that I'll shoop them up when vacuuming the dirty water. They're cuties- the one with the big belly is named Enid, the teeny one is named Jim Dale, and the medium-sized one is Samuel L. Jackson.
I maybe should have gotten more than 3, but it's good for now. It's not a giagantic tank and they will grow a little. I like watching them...when Fernando is awake, they all school together and swim away from him, but when he's asleep, two of them stick together and the third swims around on his or her own.
Also got a new plant, since I accidently threw away my old one. The tank looks like a legitimate aquarium now!