We added to our family this weekend... 8 new fishies!! If you have ever had an aquarium, you know that you go through cycles with its residents. The life span of your average fish isn't terribly long but its not an exact science. Slowly, our older fish have been passing until we were just down to two fish! The types of fish that we have in our tank are considered "Tropical Community" which means that each fish needs to have at least one or two friends that are the same as they are. They travel in schools. So, our two survivors just seemed so lonely to me. On Saturday, I went to PetsMart and stocked up!! I got eight new fish in total and I was closely supervised when I got home with them...
Zoe is the keeper of many things in our house. We call her the "Gate Keeper" for our staircase because she sits up high and reaches out to touch anyone that passes. She is the keeper of all things small and random that might find their way on the floor (see this post). She is also the keeper of the aquarium. She guards them closely and can very often be found curled up asleep on top of the tank. She watches them and gives them "high fives" against the glass all the time. So, when I brought in the new residents, it was no different.
When you bring home new fish, they have to remain in their baggies for about 10 minutes so that they can adjust to the temperature of their new tank. So, Zoe fully inspected this process.
She paced around the tank and talked to them. I could only guess she was warmly welcoming them to their new home. At one point, she got irritated with me. I guess I was blowing her cover. So, she popped up and gave me a talking to.
Gypsy would really care less but being the nosey cat that she is, she couldn't let Zoe have all the fun. She checked it out for a little while.
Once the time had come to move them from the baggies to the tank, Zoe was on hand for that as well. Then as the new guys swam around checking out their new pad, she showed them around...
As I mentioned, Gypsy really could care less. So, she took a snooze while all of this was going on.
Then she got irritated by my hovering too.
She moved to the floor. She has this funny way of stretching out her back legs so that her entire stomach is flat on the ground.
So, as you can see, there was much activity in our house on Saturday. The Girls made sure that everyone was in their place and warmly welcomed. Our tank is now full of pretty colors and new life!
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