New Fish Tank

I have always liked fish. I had fresh water tanks growing up.  I have always had a Beta or two in the house.  there is a Koi pond out back with some Koi that Allen and I have had since they were tiny. About a year ago my neighbor was showing me that he had found a 14 gallon salt water tank to put in his daughters room.  As soon as I saw it I knew I had to have one.  So last weekend I took Alex and Mom to the best fish store in the DFW area. We bought a 14 gallon fish tank, some live rock, and some saltwater.  We were told to go home, set this up, and let it run for a week. We did that and everything seemed ok.  So this weekend we hiked right up to the fish store again to test our water and buy some fish.

We bought a coral, a peppermint shrimp, and a clown fish.  The clown fish is literally the smallest clown fish you could imagine. The guy at the store had absolutely no confidence in my fish keeping skills.  He knew that this was my first saltwater tank and that it was only 14 gallons, so he was literally cutting me off on my purchases.  I told him he was no fun. Several times.

So we put those three things in the tank and stared at them for hours.  Nemo looked so pathetic and lonely.

Allen played golf today with Pops and Alex and I was supposed to meet them at 1:00 for lunch in the clubhouse. I head out the door at 12:40 only to get a call as I get on the highway letting me know they were running really late.  SO I took my hungry toddler on a distraction trip to the saltwater store near our house. NOT really a great store, but a saltwater store nonetheless.  He was going to be moving locations very soon, so he didn't have much in stick, but what he did have he was really willing to let go of.  After lunch, we circled back to the store and picked up a Fire Angel Fish and a Frogspawn Coral.

Here are some pics of our new fascination around here. We love it.  With two fish, a few corals, and a peppermint shrimp, I think we will be good for a while! We will see how these guys do.

This is a Frogspawn Coral

This is Nemo.  Can you guess who named him?

No Clue what you call this stuff

This is a Fire Angel Fish.  She is incredibly anxious

She's certainly not shy, but she's not going to sit still long enough to get a picture either!

This is Allen and I's favorite coral.  It actually just happened to already be on the live rock when I bought it.  It survived the trip.  1 point for us, 1 less point for overpriced fish store. 

The peppermint shrimp will not come out at all for us to see him, so a photo op was out of the question.  Alex has named the peppermint shrimp Rango, the clown fish Nemo, and he wanted to name the Fire Angel "Girl"  I shot that down.  I started calling her Angel, but not sure if it will stick.  We also have two tiny starfish that are impossible to find.  They came off of the rock when we bought it along with what I call sea slugs.  Hideous slug looking things.  I am pretty brave when it comes to touching all this stuff, but I swear if my finger ever lands on one of those things I am going to flip out. They are gross looking.

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