Thursday, July 29, 2010

Uncle Bob's Fish Tank

Ava loves fish, so we decided it was time for a fish tank. Since we were redoing our office we thought that would be a good place to put one. We also knew of a good sized tank and stand that wasn't being used. We asked Rich's brother Bob if we could borrow his while he finishes school in Boston and he said, "yes"....THANKS BOB!!

Once our office was mostly put together Rich and Ava got the fish tank ready. Ava helped Rich scrub the tank and Rich sanded off the salt on the stand. Bob had a saltwater tank, but we thought that would be too much work for us right now, so we are going to have freshwater fish.
We are starting off slowly by conditioning the tank with cheap and hardy fish. First we bought 2 shubunkins that will eventually go outside in Rich's pond. Then this past weekend we went to Capitol Aquarium (awesome fish store) and bought 2 Mollys, 2 Potbelly Goldfish, and 2 plants. In a few more weeks when the tank is conditioned we will decide what other fish we want.

1 comment:

sherrie said...

We LOVE Capitol Aquarium! R & N's preschool classes went on fieldtrips there. It's good to see the fish tank being put to good use.