One Fish, Two Fish, Three New Fish

Today I finally decided it was safe to add more fish to my tank, which (thankfully) has finally cycled even with all my newbie attempts to prevent it through ignorance.

I checked out three aquarium stores in San Jose before I landed at King Aquarium, and that’s where I found the best selection of fancy goldfish amongst the hundreds of impeccable aquaria they had set up, both freshwater and marine.  The Staff (Bob) was extremely helpful. I was surprised to walk in to see the place staffed with young Asian guys and hiphop music playing over the PA. Who knew there were young men of any type that are interested in fish?  It was actually quite heartwarming, and they were all very patient and tolerant of a fat middle-aged woman who knows very little about her new hobby. 

Anyways, these are my new additions…

The three new additions are a tad larger than my existing fish, but not by much. I did pay extra to get larger fish.  I now have three Ryukin, two Oranda (one the new red cap, the other the brown one in second picture) and a veiltail. The red cap is kind of aggressive, I’m keeping my eye on that one.

All seem to be happy, hopefully there will be no casualties. I originally started with five, lost two, then bought these three so I now have six beauties.

I have gotten a lot of very useful information from the internet. If you’re interested in fancy goldfish, I can recommend these sites:

www.aquariumpros.com

Bristol Aquarists Society

www.fishstorereview.com