Little fishies

Yesterday was a day full of excitement and trepidation for me. I finally picked up my latest pets - 4 baby fantail goldfish. Those who know me well will understand the irony here (if that's what it is) - because I do not have a great history with having fish as pets.
In my last year at SMBC I decided to get 2 Siamese fighting fish (yes they were in separate tanks) to brighten up my room a little. Who knew that you're not supposed to make loud noises around them (not great next to my stereo speakers then), tap on the glass, keep them in sunlight, change all their water all at once, feed them twice a day, handle them (only when I dropped them out of the net a few times) or aggravate them in stressful situations (like making them fight each other)? Needless to say, one of them got sick within a couple of weeks (apparently because he was stressed out).
What would you do if it was late at night at college and you were bored, didn't want to pay for fish medicine and the person in the room across from you had a yabbie? You'd want to see how long it would fight for too wouldn't you? Imagine it, 11pm, spotlight on the tank, "Gladiator" theme music in the background... Let's just say that the little fishy perked up to fight for a while but the odds were always stacked against him. The other Siamese fish lasted a few more months...
I'm expecting better things this time round though. I set up my little aquarium last week, they have good food, I'm going to measure the right amount of water conditioner in this time - and none of the previous activities will happen to these ones. I might even buy them something to play with and some special snails to eat their algae.