Fish

Nicholas gave George and Margie each a fish, for Christmas. And he gave Margie a girly pink fish tank. George got a fancy Crowntail betta. He named it, "Stitchy". A year ago, Nicholas gave George a betta, which George named, "Stitch", after the character in the movie, "Lilo and Stitch". (He died last Summer.) The new fish, Stitchy, is doing fine. At first he wasn't eating, but, we switched foods, and that did the trick. To make a long story shorter, the kids got Christmas money, and wanted to add to the fish population. Nana had given us her old 10 gallon tank, stand, and other stuff, so we haven't had to buy too much equipment. Our life just got more interesting. Besides making sure everything is running correctly, we've had some issues (like a certain three year old not being able to resist feeding the fish when he wasn't supposed to. The food is now out of reach.) And, we've had two die (including Margie's Christmas fish, which was very sad), and here are the rest:

Guppies: Lion, Herman, and Epitah
Swordtails: Sweyn and Ragnhilde
Plecco: Stripey and Tiger (RIP)
Albino Cory Catfish: Grishnak and Ugluk
Bubble Eyed Goldfish: Spotty (RIP)

Just tonight, we discovered Sweyn (male swordtail, and Peter's) is extremely aggressive: picking on the other fish, in particular, the guppies. Poor Lion (he's the smallest guppy, and Fred's) has been cowering in the corner, and his tail is all ripped up. Lion is going to be moving to Margie's fishtank, tomorrow. In the meantime, we threw extra plants in there, to give him more hiding places.

I don't have any photos, but, the kids wanted me to tell people about their new pets. It's a pretty big deal: other than George, none of them ever had a fish, before.