Re: [RML] Why do I have kids?
Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Tue, 26 May 1998 06:08:45 +1000
At 08:38 25/05/98 -0400, Larry wrote:
>I am sure there are a few members to this list that have children. I have
>2 boys ages 6 and 9, they show very little interest in my hobby and mostly
>ignore the tanks and occassionally even make comments similar to what my
>wife makes....
>
>Yesterday for some reason my 6 year old got it in his head he was going to
>feed the fish tanks. He found an almost empty jar of this pretty pink
>stuff.... ACID BUFFER and decided to put ALL of it in the small grow out
>tank of 7 month old tris. when I went in the fish room I saw the open
>bottle and knew I had a potential problem... The grow out tank was down to
>3.4 ph and all fish were floating. This begs the question of why did the 3
>fish not die>???? Yes I immediatly changed the water and got it back to
>6.5ph but the 3 small juveniles did not die.
>
>So is there anyone who wants my child? He specializes in killing fish....
>
I guess everyone who keeps fish and has kids have some horror stories to
tell. I guess 2 that come to mind happen to a couple of friends of mine. One
had his son climb up on his bank of tanks and one of the fronts just pull
away from the silicon. Another had his boy go berserk with a hammer in his
fishroom and you can imagine the results. BTW Both boys have grown up fine
but neither of them are fishkeepers. I've only had one grandson show any
interest in fish and used to help me collect eggs from the spawning mops but
these days he goes to High School and has other interests. Personally I have
always found young children and fish tanks just don't mix ;-)
Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
"Home of the Rainbowfish"
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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