So we were given a 10 gallon aquarium and we really liked it. So in traditional American thought: “More is better”, we found a larger one. Just a little larger. We went from 10 gallons to 55 gallons. Yep that is a lot of water. We actually had to get the water hose over to the window to fill this thing up. We got a good deal on the aquarium itself, but there is no such thing as a cheap fish tank. We soon realized that we needed something to set this thing onto. 55 gallons is close to 550 pounds. So in order to make sure that the floor suffered minimally, we put the tank in the corner of a room. Thus having two outside walls for maximum support.
So after cleaning the very nasty tank, which Becky said was quite the chore. She even found two old cigarette butts in the film of dust and dirt that layered the tank. After all the cleaning was done and the water added, she arranged the decorations and rock. I never knew what level of difficulty that is employed to this kind of operation.
Now the fun part. We took our three fish from the ten gallon and introduced them into their new home. Whereas they seemed to fit their environment quite nicely before, placing them into this new tank was like dropping a grain of sand into the salt flats. So now we get to buy more fish and more decorations. Remember what I said, there is no such thing as a cheap fish tank.
All in all, we are very happy with our new addition. I live in fear of the possibility of this thing springing a leak onto our hardwood flooring. Or worse yet, living the event that occurred to my friend, a golf ball thrown into the glass creating a deluge in the house. But I am still satisfied with it. I would advise anyone to have one, especially with kids. Our kids love it and so do their cousins. It is an instant attraction.
Those are not smudges, those are our little fish in a whole new world.