MommaTes
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello everyone! I'm joining this board because recently my husband and I allowed our 7 year old to talk us into getting some fish. Which means, I get to take care of fish! LOL! So, we went to Walmart (insert groans here, I know) and got everything I thought we'd need, ended up getting a few things more than we needed but at least we aren't without! And while my husband was **** bent on getting her FIVE rather large goldfish, I stepped in and said "three". Now I wish I had gotten a bigger tank, they're okay for now but we're getting them a 10 gallon tank VERY soon, they're in a five gallon one for now and have enough room but.. well I want them to have room to grow. Now, the fish that we got, well... I had to try and look up what kind they are. I *think* we ended up with 1 Comet goldfish and 2 Black Moor goldfish, but I'm not 100% on the Black Moor thing.. and the tag on their tank @ the store just said "asst goldfish" Anyway... I've attached a picture of them, so if anyone has a better idea of what kind of goldfish they are, let me know! (Also, the angle of the first picture makes the tank look a LOT smaller than it really is.) I'm learning as I go but have had the fish for over a month now and they are active, love the bubbles the aerator (is that the right word?) gives them and have been throwing around the "gems" that my daughter said they just HAD to have. (Crystal things that were scattered throughout but are now stacked up in the corners.) Now, I have never had fish before, not even as a kid, and am finding them highly entertaining and well... adorable. My daughter named them "Nemo" is the orange one (didn't see that one coming) "Annie" is the grayish one (which I'm pretty sure is a boy.. go figure) and "Blinky" is the blacker one (which is doubly funny since they don't blink..) I however just call them the three stooges.. So, I think I'm hooked!