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lollardfishToday, Nico saw his first real penguins. The penguins saw him, too, but they (and the gulls and terns) were really more excited about the fish that the keepers were giving the penguins. Nico, on the other hand, grabbed the front of his stroller and rocked back and forth with great glee. It's a "free flight" area, so the gray gulls (from South America) were wheeling about and shouting, and Nico looked up a lot and was very excited.
He also loves the fish, big fish swimming about in their tanks evoked similar reactions of concentrated excitement. It's a lot easier to focus on the fish in the blue than an animal in the rocky yard, and boy was Nico focused.
This means, I think, that we need an aquarium. We can't actually afford one right now, but maybe in the fall when we come back from Europe. Anything that stimulates my boy's brain is something we need. Fortunately, I did spend the money to get a zoo membership, so we'll be back. Maybe tomorrow afternoon! It's gonna be nice and warm.
He also loves the fish, big fish swimming about in their tanks evoked similar reactions of concentrated excitement. It's a lot easier to focus on the fish in the blue than an animal in the rocky yard, and boy was Nico focused.
This means, I think, that we need an aquarium. We can't actually afford one right now, but maybe in the fall when we come back from Europe. Anything that stimulates my boy's brain is something we need. Fortunately, I did spend the money to get a zoo membership, so we'll be back. Maybe tomorrow afternoon! It's gonna be nice and warm.
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Date: 2008-03-12 02:50 am (UTC)We could try to ship it? I could take it to Mailboxes Etc & have them pack it up, hopefully successfully?
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Date: 2008-03-12 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-12 03:07 am (UTC)For info about keeping fish, I'd check out some of the articles & threads on http://www.petfish.net/forum/ Lotta good info there, esp for new fish owners.
Once your tank cycles (basically, develops a healthy bacterial community to assist w/toxin removal) and you add fish, you're looking at daily feeding, and weekly partial waterchanges. (This is the most basic setup- there are other kinds of setup, like I use, and perhaps MorganLF that require even less care than this).
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Date: 2008-03-12 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-12 03:22 am (UTC)