My goldfish loves me...

My earliest memory of my first goldfish was at county fair.
It was the prize for successfully tossing a ring onto a hoop. I think i won 3 that night, which i excitedly poured into a bowl and filled up with, i think warm water. Two were dead by the next morning and the third was belly up by day three. I think i might have cried but my mom comforted me by saying "don't be sad, goldfish don't live very long anyway."
As it turns out, mom was wrong. According to my buddy Darren the goldfish guy "goldfish can live up to 10 years; in some cases 15 to 20 years if they're taken care of by someone who knows how to do it.

Oh, and one more cool thing...because my goldfish never lived long enough , i never got to know their personality...that's right, personality!

I thought something was pretty weird the second week i had Buddy because he seemed really excited to see me. No one gets that excited to see me, not even the dog, and i feed him! Nope, he justs lifts one ear up...turns his head in my direction, and then goes back to sleep. No, the only person that gets excited to see me is Julie Davidson because she can go home when i get there, but even she doesn't spin around in the studio like Buddy the goldfish does in his tank.

There's even been some scientific studies that show that goldfish know who you are... and apparently it only takes about 2 weeks for that to happen. It's pretty cool, Buddy appears to know who i am...he actually comes up to the top of the tank to beg everytime i see him so of course i'm always feeding him...which could be a potential problem as he has doubled his size since i got him...or as Darren the goldfish guy wanted to know..."is that the same fish i gave you?"

Can i keep Buddy alive? Keep checking back here for updates...or give my "buddy" Darren a call over at Aqua Terra for updates or advice on all your fish needs...414-774-6080 or drop by and say hi Darren at 6410 W. North Avenue.
Cindy