We finally got all the required accessories home and got the aquarium all set up. H was pretty proud of the aquarium as he helped decorated it. Now it was time to get the fishes (we didn't get them from the same shop). We got 6 guppies, 4 swordtail fish and a mudsucker (the kids named it Lulee). Apparently these are hardy fishes but they don't come cheap. I thought guppies are longkang fish no? They cost RM5 each, I kid you not, what a rip off!
After putting all the fishes into the aquarium, daddy started giving rules to the kids. Alamak, so many rules!
#1: Cannot put your hands into the fish tank or the fish will die
#2: Cannot put dirty things into the fish tank or the fish will die
#3: Cannot give the fish too much food or ... etc etc.
But the kids were so excited they nodded anyway and repeated the rules to daddy.
The next morning though, kakak found all the 4 swordtail fish on the floor dead. They must have jumped out of the tank, and 1 guppy dead in the tank. So much for them being hardy, and there goes RM25. I guess we'll have to go to the pet shop again this weekend to get more fish ;-)
This is what Hubs found out from his research before we bought our aquarium:
- The bigger the aquarium the easier it is to keep the fishes alive as more water means less drastic change in water temperature
- For beginners, you should choose hardy fishes like guppies or swordtail fish. Also, not all fishes can be put together in the same tank, so better check with the pet shop staff
- There's a minimum space requirement for the fish (depending on their size) so although our tank can hold 10 gallons of water, the maximum number of guppies we can have is about 16-20
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