Who would ever have thought I’d enjoy living with fish so much? Not me, that’s for sure. Yet somehow, here I am, loving fish. There are three of them, 2 koi fish and one black slurper (identified by Ashley as a plecostamus) at the bottom of the pond. I walk past them 100 times each day, and every time I wave and say “hi fish!” just to keep things friendly. For real, if I could take them out of the water and kiss them, I would do it. Maybe. Today I decided to name them, the blonds are Kelly and Donna and the brunette is Brenda. Obviously.
The fish were crazy shy at first, ducking under the plant’s leaves to hide from us, but now they’ve chilled out and splash around all the time.
The plant behind them is named Elephant Junior, after it’s parent plant, Elephant.
I can’t remember the name of it at the moment (just woke up, no tea yet) but I seem to recall there being a fish that actually DOES respond to human touch. Not like, pick it up and hug it, but more like you can pet it.
I’ll get back to you on that.
i got a small aquarium a couple of months ago and bought a betta, 5 neon tetras and then later added 2 platty’s. i LOVE my fish! after hot docs i am sourcing out a 90 gallon tank so i can get bigger fish like oscars. my fish all have personalities, and they all swim to the front of the tank when i come over to see them. that’s because they know food will miraculously drop into their tank when i appear.
where is your pond? in the house?
Yes, in the living room.
But we had a terrible tragedy last night: the white fish expired! She was fine, swimming with her buddy and we were watching Ghostbusters, then halfway through the movie I went to get a drink and she was laying at the bottom of the pond, so I tapped the side and she flapped her wings a bit. Then I tapped harder on the way back and she FREAKED OUT on her side, flapping flipping flopping. Then she totally wedged herself under a rock at the bottom and DIED.
Ugh. It’s sad, really sad. She was 11 years old. I wish I knew why she died, what happened, to avoid it happening to the other gals.