Un Feesh

What a disappointment my fish run was today. But I should have known better. I should have known that, if I want fish, I need to suck it up and go to Wet Pet.

This morning my results indicated that the 29g is, indeed, cycled and ready to go. I called the Pet Stop Pet Shop in Moundsville. They assured me they had Pearl Gouramis, Rummynose Tetras and Cardinal Tetras. So on this frozen, blustery day when I feel terrible, I went down there.

What a joke. The "sales associate" who helped me was about 17. She showed me to a tank of motley looking tetras and a dead frog.

Me: Where are the cardinal tetras?
Her: Right here.
Me: Those are neon tetras.
Her: What's the difference?

Sigh.

I moved on to the rummynose tank. They weren't rummynose tetras. They were Asian Rummynose Rasboras. Dammit. I might have tried them but only one in the tank had a red nose and it, too, was a mess.

I moved on to the gouramis. No pearl gouramis. I decided to take a chance on a Sunset Honey Gourami. I just didn't want to have driven all that way for nothing. He was $3.30.

I also saw the blood parrots I asked them to order over a month and a half ago. They assured me they'd call when the blood parrots came in. They never called. In the meantime, I thought better of the blood parrot idea. I spent 10 minutes looking at them today, though. They were terrified. And adorable. A 29g would hold one blood parrot for a few years until it outgrew the tank. Then what would I do? I really want my 29g to have color and movement.

Total waste of a trip, the gourami aside. I also came to the conclusion that I am done with that place. I was already on the fence because they sell puppies. Their crappy stock and complete ignorance pushed me over the edge today. I wanted to have just one school in the tank for Christmas morning so Mom & Dad could see where their Christmas money went.

Nope. Unless Pet Supplies Plus happens to have any, forget it.

I do want to keep the bb numbers up, though, so I don't know how to do that. Keep adding a few drops of NH3? That won't make for a happy gourami.