This little blue buddy joined the family today in an outing to one of the last of the locally owned and operated fish stores left in Salt Lake, Fish 4U. The people there referred to themselves as the fish nazis and told us we wouldn't be allowed to buy fish if they didn't think we could take care of them. Apparently the kids' cute grins overcame the fish nazis' common sense, since they ended up letting us walk away with one of their scaly little friends.
After talking with one of the fish nazis for a few minutes, I was all set to get a twenty gallon tank and make running an aquarium my new hobby. The kids had other plans in mind and the big tank with dozens of fish was outvoted three to one in favor of a little glass bowl with a single fish. I think they would have been more inclined to vote my way, but we would have had to get the tank today and not get any fish until tomorrow when the tank water would be the proper temperature. One day was just too long to wait to get a whole school of fish, so now we have a fine Siamese Fighting Fish instead.
So after picking out the Betta they wanted and choosing the bowl and the gravel and the plant, we got a crash course in proper care and feeding of the Betta from one of the fish nazis and took our new little guy home.
We carefully washed the rocks and prepped the bowl before pouring the new member of the family into his home.
When it came time to name the fish, there was a close race between Fifi (Laine's pick) and Dori (Eve's pick), with each sister vying for James's vote to break the tie. James settled it by naming the fish Bluetail, to which both sisters quickly agreed.
We settled little Bluetail into his new home where he will hopefully last a long time.
5 comments:
Cute! I'm so proud of James for thinking of the name Bluetail all by himself.
Congratulations on Bluetail! Just to warn you, our fish issues started with just one betta, and quickly grew to a 36-gal tank that has been up for five years. I JUST got it taken down, and Matt's already haggling me to put it back up!
And you couldn't have chosen a better place than Fish4U. They really know what they're doing!
Congratulations on the arrival of your newest family member!! Fish make great pets! They don't run away from home, they are usually quiet and don't make a lot of noise, they are easy to feed and are not picky eaters, and they are relaxing & graceful to watch.
James, I'm so impressed that you came up with such a great name for your fish. What a smart young man you are! And of course the girls are smart too, to recognize such a perfect name when the hear it.
Enjoy getting to know Bluetail and watching him grow.
Hugs to all,
Aunt Linda
Little sister's been blogstalking me too? Where did all these people come from that read this thing?
Laine wrote the name "Bluetale" about 4 times on a piece of paper for me so I "wouldn't forget the fishes' name."
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