Here is the monster aquarium that Richard got from our neighbor. Not bad for $10, huh? Richard has since added his own touches with rocks, plants, fish, and a crawfish. We plan on getting more fish and Kyra is really excited about that. But we told her that we wanted to wait to see what her report card looks like in 2 weeks. Nothing like getting your child to "earn" her fish! LOL! Actually, I'm confident that Kyra is doing just fine in school. Yes, we are aware that Mr. Crawfish has the ability to escape. Richard has clipped one claw back completely so that he doesn't wander up the aquarium. He'll have to continue to keep up with that. He said that if that thing gets his fish then both claws are gone! LOL! Poor Mr. Crawfish!
Right now, the fish and Mr. Crawfish are tiny, but they will get bigger. These fish are happy. They swim around in there like crazy. They are fast. Kyra hasn't named any of them yet. Not that you can tell them apart. She still talks about Poopie....a fish that they had at school that died. She prays for Poopie in heaven at night! LOL!
Also, notice that the aquarium is right by a window. We did that on purpose (sort of). It's so easy to open the window and siphon water out of the tank when we have to change some of the water. Richard has a system down already.
Maeve is pretty oblivious to it all. She has learned to say "fishy" though. :)
1 comment:
How fun! When I was Kyra's age, my dad set up a tank with crawfish and a small catfish he'd caught at his workplace.
We went camping and when we came back, the catfish was GONE.
...and my cat had been left in the house, alone, all weekend.
We're still not sure if she caught him and ate him, or what...
I think that's a good place for your tank.
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