Gone Fishin'

Mini-Me won a prize at our first ever Passover celebration. It was a gift card to W*l-M*rt. I had to make a grocery run, so she went with me gift card safely tucked in my purse.

We went back to the toy section. I figured we'd look at the dolls that she loves. There are 3 sets of them that she really likes. She looked at one and then told me, "I want to look over here."

And off she shot.

I followed slowly and she met me with a box in her hand. This is the girl who weighs her options and is often overwhelmed by too many choices. Not this time. This time she knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted a "Fish in Space" aquarium. I was a bit surprised, but, okay.

So we walked back to look at the fish. They didn't have any great selections for Betta fish. while standing there among the fish stuff, I opened the box and pulled out the instructions. We were going to have to condition the water before we put the fish in anyway. We decided that we would go elsewhere to find a "Galactic Wonder Fish".

I have to say, the instructions are a hoot to read for this aquarium. And it doesn't come with a lot of extra stuff. So a betta fish was going to be the best bet. We got the tank ready the next day. We rinsed it out - twice - per the instructions. We soaked the "rocks" for 15 minutes - per the instructions. We put the water and rocks in the tank, left the lid off (per the instructions) and we were going to have to wait 24 hours before we put the fish in.

I think she must have asked once per hour if the tank was ready. The next day, Friday, I took her to a petsm@rt to look at Betta fish. I never asked why their fish were in blue water, but she found a fish that looked promising. In the water, it looked really blue.

We took him home and began the acclimation process. He didn't have a heart attack when we finally dumped him in the fish tank, and he began to swim around. Success!!

We were a bit surprised to see a PURPLY fish... and mini-me made a bit of a groaning noise- until we noticed that there are markings in his scales that look much like Roman Numerals. Mini-Me LOVES Roman Numerals. On his Right side, it looks like the IV of a 6 and then an "M". Which, of course, stands for Mini-Me (and 1,000). She was thrilled.
I was thrilled and claimed it as a God-Kiss for her.

The only problem we came across was the feeding of our newly acquired space fish.
He didn't like fish flakes.
A&EMom, who wears the shirt for a fishy 'been there, done that', told us about bio-gold betta pellets. So we got some - and he loves them.

So now we have a happy space fish.
and I have a happy Mini-Me.

I also have a G-man who is now saving his money for a fish tank, and a J-man that wants a fish, too. I may soon have a line of betta fish on my piano.

We have definitely gone fishin'. Or maybe, it should be "fishy".