blood_winged | Goldfish 8)

I posted a little while ago about adopting my sister's goldfish Barney. Well, since then, the tank he was in sprung a leak and he had to get a new one, which was a tiny little one gallon bowl that was, I thought, far too small for a three inch long fish. So, today, I went into town to get a new bowl. I came home with a much larger tank, new gravel, a little castle, and another fish, a shubunkin a little smaller than the goldfish we had already. I swear I didn't mean to buy another fish but I couldn't help myself. The nice man at the shop gave me a bag of daphnia for them to eat to help them get settled free of charge, so they have that in there as well. All I'm concerned about now is them possibly going into shock and dying. The old fish has gone into a new tank, with a new fish, and the new fish has had to put up with the mile walk home in a little plastic bag, and is also in a new tank, with a new fish slightly bigger than itself.

At the moment they're both not moving very much but they're breathing quite happily (ie, not gasping), and they seem to be following each other around. They're not attacking each other (though I think Barney is being a bit of a bully) either so I'm going to take this as a good sign and hopefully they'll both be alright. At least it's quiet and calm in here so they're not being stressed out by people banging things down on the counters and such. Wish me luck for neither of them dying because I'd be rather upset if they did. I felt like I nearly killed myself walking home with them. It's a mile to town, and over a rather large bridge to be carrying a tank, gravel, a new ornament, while at the same time trying not to upset a fish. England's having another small heatwave and when I got home I was so overheated I was nauseous. All doors and windows were opened immediately.

As well as that, I also did something I've been meaning to do for about a week and bought a fountain pen for

amael_elen . I'm going to have to wait until Monday to send it though, because the post office closes early on Saturdays. Oh well, I suppose I can show it to her before I send it. I can't believe it costs so much for a decent fountain pen where she is.

I need to do the first aid theme in the

usxuk summer event today, and I have my idea already so I don't see it taking me too long. I think I got off to a pretty good start with my first one!

As I've been typing this the fish have been moving and eating the daphnia and I just covered the back of the tank (which faces the window) so it's a bit dark in there and they can chill out. I'll keep you posted on how they're doing.