And oh the drama. Yesterday and today have been a whirlwind of emotions. Yesterday was our church's big groundbreaking ceremony. One of the picnic events was a fishing game. The prize was winning a goldfish. Both Skyler and Courtney won a fish. They were so happy and proud that they did it. And excited that they had their first pets. They immediately named them. Courtney picked Hannah, who was an orange and white fish. Skyler picked Nemo, who was an all orange fish. We probably should have waited til the end of the game to get the fish. But we didn't. We had them for a couple hours outside in their little bag.
So we went home and put them in a little fish bowl. It was a bit too small. Then we headed to Petsmart to get some goldfish food and a bowl and net to catch the fish just incase. Oh and tap water de-chlorinator and all of that. So, we get home thinking we did a great job. We even got some cute rocks for the bottom of the bowl so it wasn't totally empty. I rinsed out the bowl, got the right temp water in it, rinsed the glass rocks and put them in. Then we moved the fish to the bigger bowl. They seemed more happy in there. That is until the girls were so exhausted that they both fell asleep on the couch and during the nap one of the fish died. Poor Nemo. When Skyler woke up I waited a little while to tell her, then told her and she didn't even really seem that sad about it. She just was happy that we still had Hannah. So, we said goodbye to Nemo and flushed him.
We were pinning all of our hopes on Hannah. In reading some stuff from friends on Facebook, we discovered some things we could do. So, as soon as we could wake them up we ate dinner and headed over to 3 different pet stores. All of which were CLOSED. This is probably one of the only bad things about living in a Quaker city on a Sunday evening. I swear everything is closed down early on Sundays. So, we knew we would have to wait for tomorrow so we went to my parent's house still to go in their spa and then back home. The kids were so anxious to get inside and check on Hannah. Sadly, she died at some point while we were gone. So sad. Courtney seemed more affected by it. Maybe because they were both gone, or because it was hers this time, or just the loss in general. And I felt so bad for both of them.
So, Monday rolls around and there are plenty of people telling me that their fishies also didn't make it. I mean, I know they die easily, but it felt like we did everything right (minus them being in the bag a while). We told the girls that we would get them some new fish. So, I rinsed off everything again in the bowl and all to have a fresh start. I even left the new water in the bowl for most of the day so that it would be at room temp by the time we got them in there.
You would not believe how many times a kid can ask when we are getting the fish. ahhh So, we got to Petsmart (cuz it's the closest one). The guy there really didn't seem like he was sure about much of anything. Trying to sell us a 5 gallon filter for our 1 gallon bowl. It felt so confusing. They didn't have the Oxygen pellets/tablets that a friend was telling me about. So, we decided to go to Petco, because that's where she got them and it would be easier. We get to Petco and there is an actual fish guy there. What a concept. He then gives us opposite information than Petsmart did about goldfish. He also told us that they didn't have Oxygen tablets, but had CO2 tablets for the plants inside a tank, but they don't put oxygen in the bowl/tank. He said we shouldn't need to add anything to our bowl for the little fishies. He thinks they died because of them being in the bag so long. Oh, and the instructions on the fish food could not be more vague.
So, we got 2 new fish. One is bigger than the other. The bigger one is orange and almost yellow. That one is Skyler's and "her" name is Hannah Montana. Not just Hannah. She kept correcting us. lol Skyler insisted on hers being the "Hannah one". Courtney was ok with that. She got an orange and black fish and named it Miley. LOL....so we are all about Hannah Montana/Miley with our pets right now. lol It's funny that Miley is the one with black because Miley has dark hair. So it makes it easier to remember which is which.
The girls are excited and the fish are swimming very happily and are
STILL ALIVE!!!
I think they overall are just excited to have pets. And I think they take comfort in knowing that a lot of their friend's fishies also died.
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