Meet the Fish

For Christmas Ali and Logan got their first pets: Betta fish. We were just going to get goldfish, but apparently Bettas are the only kind of fish that can live in just a bowl. That's why the goldfish I had in bowls when I was little died so fast. Poor fish. Since we wanted two Bettas we had to get this special bowl with a divider to keep them away from each other...otherwise they'd fight and kill each other. Nice.

Ali and Logan got to pick out their fish (Logan's is the blue and Ali's is the red) and got to pick their names. Logan's is Darth Vader and Ali's is Yoda/Jared. Hers was going to be Jared (and I thought Darth Vader and Jared were a hilarious combination), but at the last minute she changed it to Yoda. Occasionally, though, she will tell me he "turned into" Jared and so he will be Jared for a day before "turning back into" Yoda. They are well named, as Darth Vader is super aggressive. He is not at all interested in the food we give him (we would have fish that are picky eaters), and in fact when we put food in the bowl he instead attacks the wall separating the two spaces, trying to get Yoda. Yoda is pretty relaxed, but when Darth Vader gets really crazy Yoda can put on a pretty good show too. They are fun to watch, pretty to look at, and super low-maintenance which make them the perfect first pets.