Cyrenaic

Cyrenaic

Monday, July 14, 2014

Journal entry—my new pet fish

By សតិវ អតុ

It has been about a week since I caught a bunch of fish from the Walnut River. I decided to put my new bluegill in my big tank. There are two red-finned shiner-minnows that I put in the tank right away. But they are not that smart and they seemed to have adjusted to their new home just fine.
There is several mosquito fish which I may end up letting go. They are boring pets. I am keeping them in a small tank on the floor of my bedroom.
The Bluegill is the most interesting of the new fish. He seems smart. He looked at all the decorations in the tank when I put him in there. The minnows paid no attention to the scenery of the tank. The bluegill took a while to get used to being in a tank but now he eats the food I put in for him. He is like a lot of simple minded fish. He likes food and as long as he gets it, he isn’t afraid of me. The tank also leaves him eye level with me. He was more afraid of me when I kept him in a small tank on the floor. I’ve noticed that he has gotten more of his orange color since he is more at home in the new tank. Before, in the small tank on the floor, his colors faded.
The behaviors of these fish are very interesting. I’ve really enjoyed observing them and learning how they like to do things.  


                                                                  

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