Setting Up a New Aquarium

Several weeks ago through a series of mishaps and cleaning, we discovered that our 30 gallon fish tank was leaking. We ended up emptying the whole tank and moving the fish into a big bucket until we could get a new tank. The night this happened was very exciting for Katie, but not so exciting for the rest of us!

After the big clean-up, I tried to build on Katie's excitement by taking her with me to the pet store to buy a new aquarium. We decided it was best to downsize to make everything a little easier and got a ten gallon tank. I let Katie choose the decorations, and it wasn't at all surprising to me that everything was pink and purple.

The hardest part of the new aquarium for Katie was having to wait to put the fish in after it was set up. She had a hard time understanding that the water had to be conditioned, but it was still fun to watch her decorations.

It's always fun to open a box. 

I had to help wash all the gravel and decorations. 

I got to choose where to put the decorations. Everything was perfect except... 

…it needed King Triton next to it. 

Even though there were no fish, I had fun watching the water and decorations!