I have what?

All of my fish have nicknames. The blue fish, the orange fish, the red fish, the big fish, my sucker fish and the small fish. When I'm taking field notes I use their nicknames, not the name of the type of fish they are. I felt bad not knowing what type of fish they were. It relates to when people call me by something else besides my name. I couldn't imagine how I would react if they never knew what my name was or even bothered to ask me what it was. People have the ability to ask other people what their name is, but I, on the other hand, don't have the opportunity to ask my fish anything I'm wondering. 

I decided to find out what kind of fish I have. Thanks to the websites http://www.unclemikespetworld.ie/pages/fish.html and http://www.fattinostri.com/tanino/An%20introduction/fish.html I was able to find out the type of fish I have and a little about them. I now know that I have two Guppies (my orange and blue fish), one Rummy Nose Tetra (my small fish), four Red Eye Tetras (my big fish), one Serpae (my red fish), and finally a plecostomus (my sucker fish). 

My two Guppies come from Central America. The male guppies are "brighter" and have "longer fins" than females do. I always thought the female fish would be more pretty, but I guess I was wrong. Guppies can grow up to be between 3-6 centimeters long. In the fish world that's about average size. When we bought our guppies we had to even out the space because they each need their own amount of space. We also had to buy 5 of them because they say that they do better in groups of three or more. Sadly, 3 of them died. Although we've lost 3 guppies, the two I have left still manage to survive and be happy. My Rummy nose Tetra is also known as a Red-nose Tetra. They have a red nose which makes the name fit in. We were only able to buy 1 of these because we had already bought too much. These type of fish are "peaceful schooling fish." We actually saw that he was hovering in the water and was floating. It wouldn't move and we thought it was going to die. After a while he began to swim around again and is still living to this day. 

Next, my four Red Eye Tetras are known to be very "peaceful." In my tank they seem the most aggressive, but maybe they act different depending on where they are. They can grow up to be 7 centimeters big. I already thought they would be the biggest fish in the tank because they were bigger than the other fish when we first got them. I like to think of them as the "guard fish." Finally, my Serpae is a "very bright, shiny orange bodied fish." He used to be really aggressive and was always at the bottom all by itself. Whenever the other fish would go near his spot he would scare or chase them away. They are know to be "semi-aggressive" unless they are left alone for a while. Then they become "good community fish." We only have one of these because we didn't want this group to gang up on the other smaller fish and end up killing them. They can grow up to 5 centimeters, which again is about average size. 

Every single one of us, including animals, have a name. We are all unique in our very own beautiful way. We may not be called or seen and the same thing, but we are all important. If you truly don't know the name of someone or something you should take the time to find out. You might think that some people don't get bothered when you call them by something else besides their name, but really it makes it look like you don't care what who they are or how important they are. Fish might not be humans, but they live on this world and we should be able to identify them just like if it were a person walking down the street.

Works Cited

"How to Care for a Fish in a Bowl." Uncle Mikes Pet World. N.p. n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2014                  

"Fish Information." Photo Album of Our New Pets. Nino Puddu. n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2014