Hip Hip Hooray

[Hip, Hip, and Hooray in a plastic bag, acclimating to their new tank.]

After several weeks of staring at our empty-but-for-the-algae-and-snails fish tank, we decided, while walking past a fish and bird (only?) shop in East Amman, that it was finally time to add a little bit of color to the thing.

The guy there clearly thought that we were dumb foreigners who didn't know what's what [alright, the dumb foreigner part might be true, but we know how much fish are supposed to cost], and tried to sell us a Betta for 5JD. Knowing they should only cost 1JD each, we moved on instead to these colorful little guys. They were 3 for 1JD and looked quite beautiful swimming around together in a school. We picked blue ~ أزرق, red ~ أحمر, and yellow ~ أصفر.

Once out of the baggie and into their new tank, the little guys (now called Hip, Hip, and Hooray) freaked out. They were trembling and darting up and down in the tank. It was a full on fish panic attack x3. I was expecting to see them go belly up any minute, but eventually, fortunately, they calmed down.

If they're good (and if they survive), we'll get them some playmates.