I HATE fishtanks.

my son Kase wanted a fish tank. Got him one for his birthday (no. not the toilet bowl tank).

we bought 6 fish (the exact ones the PetCo guy said to buy that are "easy to keep alive")

and no..

not golfish..

.because he said they are HARD to keep alive..and are dirty fish ;)

we bought everything he said...

the filter, rocks, heater etc...

killed all those fish...

not on purpose.

flushed them.

traumatic for the kids....

and it was Kase's bday present

so we got more fish, brought a water sample to Petco ....

they said it needed water conditioner

and salt stuff.

we bought that...

and more fish....

and more plants for the tank $$ cha-ching! $$

3 of those fish ate 3 of the other fish.

so now we have 3 fish left.

I ended up telling Kase sorry, and that this was not a great gift because we are obviously doing 

something wrong...and we gave him $$ and kept the tank as a family death  fish tank.

Kase was happy.

So..now, 3 fish are dying...I think.  They float to the top....

I say "Kai get the net!" 

anxious to move on and retire the tank...

but oh noooooooooooooooo

just when the damn fish see the green net coming their way 

they COME BACK TO LIFE!

seriously.

WTH?

Here we do everything to keep the fish alive...and they die.

Now, I am ready to move on...lose the last 3...

and they will NOT die.

Please don't think I am cold-hearted. 

We took in a stray cat....

and a lost bird...

still have those.

We like them...

we liked our fish 

at first...

but they have just brought us drama/tears...

and a mess....

hate hate cleaning the fish tank.

I keep things alive for a living....

humans...

children....

at work.

But can't keep a fish healthy for anything.

Anyway...not sure what this post is about...other than

I hate fish tanks.

I guess it's a rite of passage...

every family has to have their fish tank.