Fishy February

Wow....it's February already. Where does the time go to. Evan has started a new hobby (with Grandma's help)  He now has an aquarium. We spent some time doing research about the types of fish that might live together well in a community aquarium. We picked up some basic supplies at Walmart and readied the tank.  Then off to the pet shop to purchase a few "pets".

We started out with the basics. Gravel floating jelly fish, a cute little shark (hiding place for fish or shrimp or loach) and of course a skull. I mean what aquarium doesn't need a skull?





We added this little sign because it reminded us of our friend Cresia. Next we added a ship and some plants.





You can also see we added a few fish. We decided to go with Guppies. We started with just three, a yellow one, an orange one and one called a Tequila Sunrise.  They adjusted to the tank well.


Then we waited a few days and added three more guppies, a turquoise one, a Tuxedo one, and a "fancy" guppy which is really just spotted. At that point it was time to add a few ghost shrimp and a loach!





It's hard to get pictures as these little things are constantly moving!  I tried to get a picture of the loach (an eel like fish) but he likes to move fast and hide under the gravel and other objects. He really likes to get inside the sunken ship and looks weird slithering out of it!







I did however mange to get a little picture of one of the ghost shrimp. I call them Casper (there are three right now but we are adding three more). Evan calls them Steves because of the mind craft game where everyone starts out as a Steve and they all look alike!







The fish are providing fun for the whole family. Everyone likes checking on them and we have to watch Ted, the cat carefully because he has discovered them and well, you know cats and fish!