Fish "The Real Work"

Plot Twist  Well, we came home with ,Jack, a betta fish. Briella picked out a beautiful male red betta fish, even though she calls it a goldfish. The wife said that all of the goldfish looked sick anyway.  The tank was not ready for a betta fish. I have no idea how I let my wife talk me into the betta fish. The fish needs higher water temperature and a lower KH. Needless to say we came home with a heater. We will see if the fish makes it thought the night. Right now he is doing great and swimming around.   Briella smiling showing you Jack

The Works!! Well, after the heart break I have to do everything in my power to keep a fish. She say something about the fish from time to time and points to the tank on the back of the toilet.   I have bought every chemical known to the fish  community it hopes to cycle the tank properly. I think the las fish passed due to a large temperature difference.That is my hope. I had most of the chemicals on the fist cycle I only added one since then. So what I have learnt so far. There is a lot of information on keeping goldfish online but there is not a whole lot of solid information. More or less the information goes like this do something to the tank and wait for a week. If not do this and then wait another week. I'm a very impatient man when it comes to cycling a fish tank. So I look for ways to speed up the process. I do have a degree in chemistry and love my Job. This is important to what I'm about to tell you ...

                                                6 Hours Goldfish only lasted 6 hours and Passed. Yes, my wife and I decided to flush the fish in front of her and she now believes that it swims in the back of the tank of the toilet. I will never lift the lid until she is older and can warp her head around death. She came up with this story on her own. I told her to tell fishy bye, she blew it a kiss, and she cried awhile and then was over it. It broke my heart!

Fish Day

               ට Very Early Morning Shenanigans ට Working Night Shift 12 hours is never easy. There are a select few that actually like the shift. I work a 2-2-3 pattern. Some are aware of the pattern and if a person has never heard of it they are lost from the start. I  will spare you the time and jump into the shenanigans. I called this post shenanigans because I never asked my wife to get a fish,for Briella, until she woke the morning of fish day while she was getting ready for work. She asked where I was going to put it and I told her I had the tank already set up. She also knew that I had been awake since 2am in the morning. Sleeping during the night is a struggle sometimes when I have off! Yes, I still keep my little one even though I'm up very early. I make a long day but it is worth it. 

Photo took on one of my days off!