Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Pets. As parents of young kids, we’ve heard a lot in media about not letting kids pressure us as parents into buying pets, and the dangers of impulse buying. As cute as some the furry little critters like hamsters, guinea
We haven’t been blogging about our aquarium for a few years now; the last such post about our tank at home was nearly three years ago now. The three feet tank still graces our living room, and it was put
One thing you try to do in a marriage is couple activities. OK, whenever we go out, e.g. to shop for things, to see parents/relatives/friends, or to small group, it’s a couple activity. But when you’re at home, are there
One thing the two of us couldn’t agree about the aquarium at home was how many Otocincluses we had in in the tank. I’ve always thought we’ve got five, but Ling believes there’re six! For those of us not in
One of those things about attending ornamental fishes and aquarium exhibitions like these is that you get very inspired about setting up your own aquarium if you haven’t already got one – and in our case, feeling very dejected at
We had a nasty outbreak of algae in our tank last week, and this is despite the fact that we’ve got five Ottocinclus critters living in the tank. These five Ottos are quite a temperamental bunch: of the five, two
Upon reading my earlier entry on our new Sterbai Cory – which Ling has named GG – addition to the tank, I realized that it’s rather difficult to tell the relative size of this gentle giant compared to the other
The last of the four Lionheads, Patches, expired a fortnight ago after losing a bout with white spots. Ling was especially sad since they were the four critters that got us started on our aquarium hobby. We decided to start
Of all the different species of Corydoras we’ve tried keeping in our two aquariums at home, we’ve had the most luck with the Leopard Corys. They’ve been terrifically robust, gregarious, and very social to the other inhabitants in the tank.
Ling had to work late on VD several evenings ago, so I got off the hook from having to plan for another madly expensive and exorbitant dinner as it’s often the case for days like these. We instead had dinner
Or so Ling complained the other evening. We’ve been incrementally adding inhabitants to the aquarium over the last week or so now. As these things go, additions of new critters need to be done slowly; adding too many at a
By that, I meant the fishes.:)Ling has been remarking that the fishes in our tanks really do enjoy a good life. How’s that? Well, they get a nicely planted playground to swim around in, a wooden cave to hide in
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