Ah, yes. Now that we’re back home again, we just had to make a trip to the fish store. Intending only to buy supplies for our saltwater tanks, we entered the store. I now know that no aquarium lover can enter a fish store and leave without a new fish. Or five, or six, or seven. It doesn’t help any that we’re good friends with the owner, who now realizes that I, too, am a sucker for a new fish. What he didn’t know, was that I always intend to get a better bargain than my bf. Which, btw, I did.

During our trip to California, an unfortunate thing happened. Our Picasso Trigger fish died. Sad, I know. He was such a spunky little guy, with quite the talkative personality. He was living in the ‘Doesn’t Get Along With Others’ tank, along with our two Chocolate Chip Starfish… those cute little murdering things that they are. Anyway, my bf wanted to find new friends for the starfish. Ones that wouldn’t be eaten, that is. He also saw a new shipment of livestock had arrived, containing what he’s always wanted. Clams! At $50 each for these tiny clams, we gladly offered to buy the stores two clams for… $75. I almost had him down to $60, but my bf agreed at $75. Sheesh! Oh well, we’re the proud new owners of two clams.

Since we couldn’t just leave the store buying only clams, we had to buy fish, too. Two red fire fish, which are just beautiful. Fire fish aren’t supposed to be together unless they’ve been raised in pairs. Hmm. Since my bf never plays by the rules, he bought two of them separately, and then put them together. They immediately paired up and have been doing great! Now, what to buy to keep the star fish company? What else? Baby Nemos! Yep, four tiny little orange clowns. They’re just the cutest little fish. They swim so fast, and in a group, that our starfish will never cause them harm. It didn’t take me long to figure out the reason my bf chose them, of course. My grandson. A huge lover of Nemo. When my grandson came over, after we’d adapted the new livestock into the tanks, it took only a minute for him to discover the new babies. Oh, he ooh’d and ahh’d and kept whispering, “How cuuuuute.” ha ha ha

Well, that was our trip to the fish store. Now my bf has his prize clams and beautiful Fire fish, and my grandson has his baby nemos. We do still have a 75 gallon, that’s still set up, and just waiting to be filled with fish, or corals, or anemones, or who knows what?! I’m dreading that trip to the fish store. Maybe we should take out a loan for that one. he he he

Since I haven’t taken pics yet, I’m sharing some links to pics of the livestock we bought. :)

Red Fire Fish aka Dartfish

Orange Clown Fish

Purple Maxima Clam