Being married means you have to make sacrifices. It often means you have to do things to make your wife happy even after you just did something to make your wife happy. In this instance, I had to move my fish out of our kitchen even though my wife requested that the fish be in the kitchen when we moved into this house.
The fish tank was always set up at the front of my shop prior to us closing it to reopen it in our new home. The first thing my wife said to me was that she wanted my fish tank in the kitchen where everyone could enjoy it as opposed to my office where it was more for me.
Everyone is in my office every day, just as often as we are all in the kitchen. She just wanted to watch the select fish she bought for the tank while she cooked.
This tank has been in the kitchen for almost two years, my shop two years prior to that. I was very proud of my tank at the shop as the fish would just grow in abundance and live months past their projected life spans. Once we moved to the house the fish seemed to stop producing new fish. We thought it was due to the constant traffic in the kitchen from the little ones running and playing and often hitting the tank as they ran by.
This was not the case at all we found out after the three black colored fish my wife bought, all died. I have always fancied bright multi-colored fish with bright markings and fins. Once her fish died off, my fish started to repopulate like crazy. On the day her last black fish died I had 5 fish left. This was a few months ago.
She has since then told me she wanted me to remove the fish tank from the kitchen, the tank had started to leak a little and made the kitchen floor wet each morning. I still think it had to do with the death of her fish and the proof that they were cannibals.
I told her once I had the money for a new fish tank I would move them. I have not worked in almost 2 years so I thought I was safe to leave my fish in the kitchen forever. Haha, nope.
I was very happy and started to fill it with video games. She promptly told me to stop, that's not what it is for she said.
Well, what the hell did you buy me a cabinet for that I can not use I asked her. She said you'll see, I am only one person give me time to get the rest of it.
Yay! I cleaned a section of the room that took me hours in my condition and I don't even know what the hell it is for.
She then came home with more.........
Hell yeah! New fish tank!!!!
I instantly told her I wanted bottled water for this one as our tap water is a little yellow! She was not pleased.
We are well on our way here.
32 of these later.......
and we have.........
Add a little fish and we have......
I still have to add the filter......
and once I replace the broken in the box glass lid I can add the multi light as well
I will post an updated finished tank once I get the new lid.
I hope you enjoyed!
