Indigo

I bought a fish tank ages ago, one of those little jobs with the divider in the middle, suitable for Siamese Fighting Fish...horrible name for such extraordinary looking fish.
I found a couple of pet shops but the specimens were rather ordinary and so the fish tank has sat on the kitchen bench, full of water resplendent with little aquarium ornaments but no fish!!
Today in the midst of a heat wave  as I'm driving through the local town I suddenly thought about the fish, oh goodie I'll pop into that pet shop and get me 2 fish, one red and one blue.

Can someone tell me why every time  I go to buy a fish or two that they're practically out of the little critters....if they're so in demand well why don't they stock more?
Anyways I digress, I did choose one very beautiful deep blue 'crown tail' and enquired as to the intricacies of keeping siamese fighting fish...well apparently their needs are fairly low, just a water neutraliser and some food that will last for 10years at the rate I'm to feed this fish daily, 3 - 4 granules only and the jar has about a zillion in it!!

So the salesperson popped my little fish into a plastic mug with a lid on it  and off I marched up the street as proud as punch, talking to my little pet all the way to my car.
He fitted nicely into the cup holder and as I took off with music pumping I wondered about whether my little mate likes my music. and whether the decible level would be harmful to his wellbeing.....well he'd better get used to it cause when I drive back to Cairns he and his mate, yet to be purchased will sit side by side in their own individual cups in the centre console,  all the way home.

It seems all I have to do is pop the lid off at the end of day for a little gasp of oxygen, change the water and pop in a couple of feed granules and we should all travel quite happily together...after all I did ask for a travel companion so there you go, 'be careful of what you ask for'...cause you know what might happen....:)


Oh and Indigo is his name, his mate, when I find him will be called Scarlett cause he'll be red of course! It has rather a nice ring to it I think, Scarlet and Indigo!

And maybe I'll even train them to do this in time.... ewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!