Rob has been holding onto his 55 gal. fish tank for years and never have I seen him do a darn thing with it. Apparently, he used to have a tank filled with Oscars and they got too big. I've been trying to sell the tank and accessories on Craigs list for a couple of days and have been offered some terrible amounts.
I got interested in what this tank could actually look like and we did some arranging in our basement to accommodate lighting and outlets.
So here it is! We spent a few hours on Saturday looking and learning about all the equipment we have and needed to purchase. After grandma came for a visit we packed up in the car and headed to Aquatropics in Golden Valley for our fishy fun.
Olivia actually slept most of the time, which was good, and we were able to pick out expensive decorative aquarium tubes, plants and rocks. We also got 'hooked' for live bacteria, conditioner and cleaning trays.
We rushed home to establish our tank and Sunday purchased our new friends!
We decided on some beginner level fish to dunk in our tank. Not that they are less important~ just less spendy. We have 3 neon Tetras, 3 Guppies (yellow, red and silver) and One Oranda, who Rob named HotDog. The Oranda is about 1 year old and 2" long. He/she will, if lucky, live for 14 years.
I got interested in what this tank could actually look like and we did some arranging in our basement to accommodate lighting and outlets.
So here it is! We spent a few hours on Saturday looking and learning about all the equipment we have and needed to purchase. After grandma came for a visit we packed up in the car and headed to Aquatropics in Golden Valley for our fishy fun.
Olivia actually slept most of the time, which was good, and we were able to pick out expensive decorative aquarium tubes, plants and rocks. We also got 'hooked' for live bacteria, conditioner and cleaning trays.
We rushed home to establish our tank and Sunday purchased our new friends!
We decided on some beginner level fish to dunk in our tank. Not that they are less important~ just less spendy. We have 3 neon Tetras, 3 Guppies (yellow, red and silver) and One Oranda, who Rob named HotDog. The Oranda is about 1 year old and 2" long. He/she will, if lucky, live for 14 years.
Hot Dog
Olivia sitting on her Oranda
