Meet the New House Guest!

After about a week, I decided that enough chemicals had evaporated out of the tank for me to introduce an organism. Unfortunately, the only day I had enough time to get a goldfish from my mom's pond was one of the hottest days this season (upper 90's). This presented some problems, first off, my mom doesn't live that far away, but I have to take curvy back roads. This meant that on the way back I would need to drive slowly, thus making the hot car ride even longer and potentially stressing the fish out too much.

When I arrived, my mom asked if I would prefer to take some pond water or well water. I hadn't considered what type of water I would be taking the fish home in, so I was stumped. I didn't want to put pond water in my tank for fear of adding parasites, but I also didn't want to add well water because of the high levels of metal. In the end I took some pond water for the fish's sake and only added a little bit with him during introduction.

Speaking of introductions, my youngest cat, Mojo, has taken an interest in the fish, to the point that I was afraid to head to work that day. I was relieved to come home and find everyone where they should be.

Mojo checking out our house guest.

I'm planning on acquiring my divider tomorrow and should be getting some mosquito netting in the mail Tuesday. At this rate, I'll be able to get some plants and substrate and then finally insects!