Getting my kid a fish tank

[KI4MVP]

I had Dalle-3 make this for you if you want to try it again.

 

[bigking777]

Got this a couple months ago for $25 on Amazon.
Very little maintenance and kids look at it as much as the real tank.

 

[The Oi]

I had Dalle-3 make this for you if you want to try it again.
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That’s awesome. Thank you.

But I am out of the fish tank market. Too much work for too little payoff. My son is off to new ventures and my daughter wouldn’t touch a fish tank.

 

[Huber.]

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Got this a couple months ago for $25 on Amazon.
Very little maintenance and kids look at it as much as the real tank.

I'm going to tell my kids this is the new Disney+ subscription

 

[Randolphkeys]

Eh, my kids stopped caring about the tank but I still maintain it. On occasion, I talk my eldest into helping with maintenance. He also managed to find an angelfish with very rare coloring, pictured in the top tank. It all goes well with the room.




As you can see, I barely do anything with the bottom tank. There's a gourami and a tiger barb who boarder on indestructible living down there.

 

[The Oi]

Maybe I was like Lenny from Of Mice and Men and just loved them too hard.

Regardless, we will remain fishless.

 

[Randolphkeys]

The fish were leaping out of the tank towards the end on suicide missions. Found several on the floor a few days apart dried up.

When I had red swordtails, they did the same thing. That's back when I let my kid get whatever fish he wanted without researching care. They are live breeders so I went from three of them to about fifteen.

I also learned later that they needed a tank over 55 gallons because they are powerful swimmers. I had half an eye on the tank at all times, trying to toss them back into the undersized tank. I listened to a lot of How To Save a Life by The Fray. When my wife would watch Grey's Anatomy, I would quietly nod my head from the other room at dialogue, still refusing to watch because I have some self respect.

So, maybe it is "suicide," but not entirely your fault.

 

[The Oi]

When I had red swordtails, they did the same thing. That's back when I let my kid get whatever fish he wanted without researching care. They are live breeders so I went from three of them to about fifteen.

I also learned later that they needed a tank over 55 gallons because they are powerful swimmers. I had half an eye on the tank at all times, trying to toss them back into the undersized tank. I listened to a lot of How To Save a Life by The Fray. When my wife would watch Grey's Anatomy, I would quietly nod my head from the other room at dialogue, still refusing to watch because I have some self respect.

So, maybe it is "suicide," but not entirely your fault.

Mystic River is today’s Grey’s Anatomy.

 

[macbdog]

That’s awesome. Thank you.

But I am out of the fish tank market. Too much work for too little payoff. My son is off to new ventures and my daughter wouldn’t touch a fish tank.

There is a great fish tank screensaver available for Roku TVs and my 1 year old loves it as much as the fish tank at the zoo.

 

[2 For The Brew]

The only thing worse than being trapped in a fish tank would be coercion to watch Grey's Anatomy.

 

[The Oi]

There is a great fish tank screensaver available for Roku TVs and my 1 year old loves it as much as the fish tank at the zoo.

@Huber.

 

[Biw]

The only thing worse than being trapped in a fish tank would be coercion to watch Grey's Anatomy.

You know, my girlfriend got me to watch that after almost a year of bringing it up. It’s not bad for what it is but only watch the first couple seasons. It jumps the shark pretty early.

I also watch 90 day fiancé, so don’t take any television advice from me ever.

 

[Otsego Mar]

There is a great fish tank screensaver available for Roku TVs and my 1 year old loves it as much as the fish tank at the zoo.

My PC says welcome to 1995.

 

[Biw]

My PC says welcome to 1995.

G.O.A.T. screensaver

 

[Cavatt]

The fish were leaping out of the tank towards the end on suicide missions. Found several on the floor a few days apart dried up.

Couple got dropsy.

What a nightmare.

Ph levels were good. Put a lot of work into it. Son lost interest almost immediately.

The haters were right.

My daughter gets some enjoyment, but minimal. We have some snails, some tetras, orange Mollies, we have a blue red and yellow shrimp and a little catfish.

Biggest thing for us was getting the UV light in the filter to prevent the algae. It was impossible to stop and the snails were getting too fat.

My Daughter and Wife love saving animals. So we raised a Robin whose siblings all died on this 97 degree Saturday end of July.

Then, more recently our dog got into what looked like a crime scene. Chipmunk crime scene. Blood limbs everywhere. We saw something moving, and when we brushed some gore away there was a just a chipmunk head that was still alive. Well, it looked like a head. In fact it was a baby chipmunk which is approximatelty 70% head and I am not kidding. It's body was totally hidden.

It was almost starved and its family was dead. We bottle fed that guy for awhile. We had some people over, they were hanging out in the living room and our cat brings the dead baby chipmunk in and leaves it for our guests. Thank goodness my daughter was outside with their son. It was so sad. Our cat is old and hasn't killed anything in ages. She is terminally ill and has outlived her life expectancy by more than a year now. She had to open the cage and get him out. Definitely some final destination shit.