The Fishy Saga Continues....

Can you see the 2 new fishies?

No one ever told me fishkeeping was harder than caring for 2 birds + 2 kids + 1 hubby! Yesterday Abbie and I went to Petsmart again to return Ganny, the Mickey platy who started to 'scratch' herself on the sides of the tank. Maybe she got the 'itch' from Waggy. Anyways, we returned Ganny and got 2 more! We got a beautiful Green Cory Catfish whom we named "Green Bean"...

Green Bean and blurry "Tiny"

....and Pepper immediately fell in love with her! She's very outgoing and swims up and down the sides of the tank, very atypical for catfishes who usually just stay on the bottom and sleep and eat and do whatever they do at the bottom of the tank....

Abbie was very friendly and chatty with both of the fish departement guys that they gave us a free baby Marigold Variatus (platus & swordtail hybrid) fish! She was born by livebearer mommy (not via fish egg, but as a fry capable of swimming right upon birth) ! "Baby Tiny" was SO cute and tiny, just 1/2 inch and very big, ogling eyes (compared to his body size)!

Tiny is so cute! She waits by the other fishes who are eating bottom feeder algae wafers, and as the pieces float to her (from the water current), she snatches the tiny pieces and eats them! Smarty girl!

Can you find Baby Tiny in the picture?

I learned that we cannot get too attached to pets, ESPecially fishes, 'cuz they die of ever reason imaginable! Food (too much), temperature, pH, fish fighting, skin sore/bacteria/diseases.... you name it! In 6 weeks I've gone to the fish store 25 times! But they are a pleasure to have, to watch, and even relaxing to behold. Cleaning fish tank has become my pastime and method of de-stressing!

I took 150 pictures of them today and only got 7 clear pictures. but it was worth the time and energy 'cuz they are so cute.....I guess I'm a fish addict after all! Welcome home, everyone, and please....do get along and don't die!

This is "Where's Waldo"....Can you find them all?

The Merry Life of 8 Fishies and 2 Shrimps