March 31, 2011

A vote for Fish: By Joy

Fish can be a fun hobby for the entire family.  Think of the fun of owning a pet and multiply by 5 or 10 maybe even 20.  Depending on the size tank you have you can have lots of little pets to enjoy watching.  The time spent together as a family deciding which tank.  Where you will place it in your home, as well as the fun of decorating the tank.  You and your loved ones can take special trips to plan the types of fish to have in the tank.   By going to the library and checking out books on fish.  Let’s go to the pet store to see the different varieties in living color. 
 Think of all the wonderful hours you can spend sitting in front of the tank watching them swim and chase each other.  While sitting and observing the conversations that can come up, such as why does that big fish pick on the littler ones?  This may lead to something in your child’s on life. Someone at school that they have witnessed being bullied or experienced themselves.  But, have been unsure how to bring how to talk about.  Keeping fish is a great past time that can be shared and enjoyed with your family and friends.
The joy of keeping fish started for me as a child watching my older brother and my mother.  They had a beautiful two gallon all glass tank with bright yellow rocks and black mollies.  The colors just jumped out at you.  They even had a tank for the mommies to stay in so the other fish wouldn’t eat the new babies.  The bright guppies were my mom’s favorite fish.  She and my brother would discuss which male had better colors over another.  Then to decide which female was easy, they all ways choose one that was already expecting.  My brother had four tanks in his bedroom upstairs and it was neat to watch him cleaning tanks and talking to me about the fish. 
The best hobby is keeping fish.  So why don’t you try a tank or two yourself.  It’s really easy!

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