Rhymes With "Puppies"
CarrieNation and I both suffer from occasional, virulent bouts of poor impulse control. This is how we went from sitting in our apartment last weekend, talking for the first time about getting a fish tank (something neither of us have ever done) to standing in line at PetSmart in less than an hour. It's probably a good thing we're not into drugs.
After you buy and set up your aquarium, you have to wait for a few agonizing days with an empty tank while the water rolls through the filtration process a few times. By Wednesday, we were finally allowed to pick some fish. As aquarium noobs, we were advised to go with guppies, which are hearty, easy to care for and surprisingly colorful when chosen from among the many "fancy" varieties.
We picked three: Ichabod (pictured below), Jerktail (who has a long , forked tail, natch) and Fancy Pants (of the so-called "tequila sunrise" variety -- you can see the tip of his tail int he upper left). We haven't managed to kill them yet and they seem just as happy and well adjusted as it is possible for guppies to seem.
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