Daddy’s Fishes

For Fathers’ Day, it was quite unplanned by the way; we decided to get a fish tank. Since we live in a three bedroom, two-story house and we pay a lot for the monthly rent, we made it a point that we comply to the landlord’s rules specifically, no writings on the walls, no paintings on the walls, no dogs allowed, etc. My husband though is a dog lover and in his last duty station, he had a Rottweiler, Sadie and he would run with her almost everyday. So since we cant have dogs, then we opted to get fishes.

We got two goldfishes, one is named Ranch and the other one is Sophia. Tami and her Dad named them. We also got a yellow loach named Hannah.

We also had to get the essentials for this hobby: tank, filter, stones, some decorations and a whole lot of water, ladies and gentlemen. My husband cleans the tank every two to three days.

The next day, his friend gave him a bigger tank with filter set. He also has this pump that helped him drain the water out when cleaning and he also gave us a kit that made sure the tank’s temperature would be ‘friendly’ for the fishes. His friend, being a fish enthusiast, also gave us a chlorine killer, feeder fishes and the like.

Since we had another tank, we decided to get some more fishes. He really wanted to get the Arowana, which cost a lot and needed to be in a big tank since it grows way big. I got a koi and then he got two Paroon sharks and he also got a wicked-looking Bichir fish.

He had some angelfish but they died the next day, much to our dismay. They were nice to play with because they respond to stimuli and liked to follow your fingers.

He also regularly buys feeder fishes for the Bichir.

Recently we added three cute little goldfish to the collection. Also, we got an algae eater to clean the tank. We added some essentials like filtering refills and glassing wiper.

Here are some pictures of our fishes. Enjoy!

Tami especially loves to feed them. My husband spends a lot of time with them as much as he can. Just like my garden soothes me, I am sure his fishes give him this certain calm as well. It does need to be maintained every week for cleaning. Feeding could be every other day, not necessarily everyday. One this is for sure, the fish/pet craze doesn’t end here. Stay tuned!

 

 

 

 

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