Free Fish!
Christy bought me an aquarium for our first Christmas that we were married. Since that time, it has housed several fish, but it has also remained dormant for far too long.
This past week, we began the process of returning the aquarium to its rightful state. Last night, the kids and I went and bought five new fish. Two Dalmatian Mollies, two Sunburst Platys, and an algae eater. Aiden thinks the “sucker fish” are cool, that’s why we have the algae eater. Aly loves dalmatians, so I thought Dalmatian Mollies would be cool, too. We went to bed with the fish already adjusted to their environment.
Aiden wakes me up this morning saying, “Daddy! There’s a baby fish in our aquarium!” I thought he was talking about the algae eater, or some speck of food or something. So I told him there wasn’t a baby fish. How could there be? I thought the Mollies were both male. Then he responded, “NO! There are seven fish in the tank!”
At that point, I got up to see what he was talking about. There was no way there could be seven fish in the tank. We had only bought five!
Actually, he was wrong.
There were twelve fish in our tank! One of the fish had babies.
When I left home after lunch, there were 23 baby Dalmatian Mollies! I guess we got a pretty good bargain on our investment. There’s no way our tank will be big enough for all of those fish when they begin to grow.
Anyone want some fish? They’re free to a good home.
I hope to have some pictures of the fish tank online sometime later today. Hopefully, you’ll be able to see the babies.
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I”m tellin ya
Mollies will procreate faster than any fish around. You’re going to have to watch to make sure they don’t get sucked into the filter. The adults will eat the babies too. Nice huh? I bought 2 Mollies one time from Petsmart up by Walmart, by the time I got to Elberfeld, I had 15 of them in that little bag. I just thought they were poopin a lot a first.
HOLY MOLLY!
That’s hilarious!!
Congrats on the new additions!
Re: HOLY MOLLY!
Thanks.
We can keep some safe for you if you’d like to take some home next weekend. After all, you’re gonna be here in less than seven days!!
Re: HOLY MOLLY!
Can you tell we’re excited?
If one of those fishies can live in a bowl, I’m your woman!
Just One?
Are you sure you want just one?
I think you have to have a heater, but I’m not opposed to trying. It’s better than having all of these fish die from eventual overcrowding!
I think the adult Mollies have killed all of the babies. I saw one yesterday morning, but haven’t seen him since.
Hope I didn’t get your hopes up!
I’ll have to post an RIP or something when their passings are actually confirmed. Do I need a coroner or soemthing?