Macaroni woke up Christmas morning to find a much-much-MUCH-wished for, salt water aquarium in the living room
I have no idea how Santa got this mammoth thing into our house
But I do know Diamond has put his back out and owes his Dad more than a few beers
This thing is like a happening little ecosystem, with new things popping up and growing from the live rock every day
Macaroni’s first order of business was to name all the inhabitants of the tank
According to the accompanying letter from Santa, she had 2 clown fish from Australia, a fire fish, cleaner shrimp, 2 really fast yellow ones and a very cool little purple long one that I can’t remember what they were called comes out very rarely – a dozen little crabs and some snails
She settled on Sara & Lara, for the yellow ones. Angel for the angel fish. Dancer for the shy one, Herbert for the shrimp.
And the 2 from Australia? Boomerang and Cherry Ripe
I’m not big on fish and the bucketload of work that goes into maintaining a saltwater tank – but Diamond is the man. Having wanted a saltwater tank since we first moved into our house, he’s a very happy boy
He and Macaroni have spent the last few days reading their ‘how to’ books on saltwater fish and visiting the local aquarium shops to get all the bits and bobs they need
Meanwhile I have been playing and hanging out with Magoo and her new Hamster
Like fuck I have
Nice tank. If you put your hand in the cleaner shrimp will do your nails for you. Mine did. When they grow they shed their shell like snakes do their skin so one day it will look like you have two of them. Freaked me out the first time. Hope it all goes well
VERY NICE!!! 😀