The trials and tribulations of starting up a planted aquarium for a goldfish!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
A New Home for Bully
As part of my Mother's therapy from heart surgery five years ago, my sister Kathleen got her a small 3.5 gallon fish tank. My Mother's responsibility would be to feed the fish. Who knew it would be so hard to raise goldfish. It seemed that every time I came home for a visit, there were new fish! After about a dozen candidates who didn't seem to like living in the tank, I picked up a small Fantail and a bigger Oranda to give the Comet some company. But, then I started reading up and realized what a big mistake that was -- goldfish produce a lot of waste and pollute a tank really easily (especially with my Mother's penchant for overfeeding him because "he looks hungry!"). But the fantail took care of things for himself ... by the next time I came home, the Comet and the Oranda were gone ... dead, thanks to the Fantail. Kathleen nicknamed him Bully. Two years later, and home for a while with some time on my hands, it's time to give Bully a bigger home.
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