Go Fish

The kids have been wanting to have fish. I grew up having goldfish so I thought it would be fun to set up an aquarium. We went to PetsMart and I had decided to let everyone pick out 2 fish for the tank. But then as we looked we found several guppies that we all liked. Then when I informed them that guppies reproduce easily and that we could have baby fish it was all over. Everyone changed their minds to guppies.

With the advice of the store clerk we asked for 2 males and 4 females. (He said If there are to many males they will fight each other, (no joke here make your own up) )

So on the drive home the kids were excited and called Nana to fill her in on the new "pets" Then when I was talking to her I said I hope now that we can get them to breed. She responded, "Well as prolific as you and David seem to be you shouldn't have a problem" Ha! Ha! Yeah, thanks.

So about 3 hours later Zane says how many fish did we buy?6 . Well there are seven now? Seven? OK so the guy must have mis counted or slipped us an extra one.
Then that evening someone discovers there are babies. What Babies already?

So here is a break down of the last few days. People we are literally going to be swimming in guppies around here soon.

Day 1 - home from the store 6 fish
Day 1 +3 hrs 7 fish
Day 1 + 6 hrs. 7 fish 4 babies
Day 2 7 fish 5 babies
Day 3 7 fish 6 babies

I think the babies have been there all along but they are just now getting big enough to see. Maybe they came in with the tank water from the bag.

David says if we keep going at this rate we can open our own store. We haven't decided on the name for the store but we'll keep you posted.