Here fishy, fishy, fishy!

I must be getting to 'that age' where my biological clock is kicking in (again, stupid hormones). Or that I'm happy in the one spot to stay here and to think about getting a pet. Either way. Being the scratchy allergy girl I am, and Seabass being the sneezey girl she is, and our rental property, the most logical progression was for a few fishes to keep me happy. My lovely housemates gave me fish for my birthday. Yay.

So our first fish posse at the Big Brown Box consisted of 4 zippy, darty fishes.

Breed - Golden Medaka aka rice fish.
Size - super tiny. Longest one was about the length of the top joint of your thumb.
Personality: Super curious, darty, like to swim as a posse. They are happy to come right up to the glass and check you out.

We named our little guys too. Well, kinda. Problemo was that we had two bigger than tiny & two teeny tinys, and they looked REALLY similar. Through our brainstorming we came up with 'TF-1 - 4'. Setting up a new home for fish can be challenging, and sometimes a few fish go to fish heaven. Our fish therefore are Test Fish 1, Test Fish 2, Test Fish 3 and Test Fish 4.

Unfortunately, on the weekend, on of the Test Fish - bigger than tiny models, went belly up. Bless it's lil fishy soul. He's now been converted into the soil of an aloe vera plant, so hopefully by the end of summer, he'll have a soothing effect on me once again :)

Tomorrow night is science lab night for the fish tank. Water test time. Gotta see if we've a harmonious tank... result shall be posted..

Fingers crossed for my lil fishies!