| I was interested in finding a pet fish for my son's | | | | That means they eat either other animalsor |
| 6th birthday. We went to thefish store. The idea | | | | plants. To think that gold fish actually eat |
| is that a pet fish would be an ideal tidylittle pet | | | | vegetables and meat mademe squeamish. I opted |
| that would not require a lot of maintenance. | | | | to purchase the little flakes. I kept thisinformation |
| Fish are beautiful and come in a lot of colors. | | | | about the meat eaters to myself. I told my |
| Children respondto pets. Having a pet is said to | | | | sonthat he could be almost exclusively responsible |
| teach responsibility to a child. | | | | for feedingthe new gold fish. Naturally this filled |
| Fish are the perfect first pet because a child can | | | | him with some great delight. |
| actually carefor the fish. We decided to get some | | | | We took the fish, the aquarium and all the |
| fresh water fish as opposedto salt water. This | | | | associated equipmenthome. We started |
| was our first time owning a fish so we did | | | | immediately putting the ac together. |
| notwant to buy fish that we could not care for. | | | | The aquarium was really beautiful with the plants, |
| Fish do not require heavy maintenance. It was | | | | castlesand brightly colored stones. We followed |
| easy to have thepet store show my son what he | | | | the instructionsthat we were given . |
| should do each day to makesure the fish was | | | | The store's customer service representative |
| taken care of. | | | | encouraged usto slowly introduce the fish to its |
| We purchased two goldfish. We were not trying | | | | new environment |
| to innovative orbuy some rare tropical fish. All we | | | | It took over an hour to get the aquarium set up. |
| wanted was a couple of healthyfish. | | | | We dropped the fish into the tank still in the |
| We chose a small Aquarium that fit the size and | | | | plastic bagfilled with water. The fish were a |
| number of the twogold fish we selected. It was | | | | beautiful gold color. |
| interesting to watch the transformationwhen my | | | | We purchased a book on goldfish. I read the |
| son developed from a little boy to the proud | | | | instructions andinformation about this breed of |
| owner andcaretaker for the fish. | | | | fish. I discovered that the namegoldfish is a |
| The supplies for our little pet fish costs over | | | | misnomer as all fish of that breed are not gold |
| $100.00, We justwanted to put the fish in a little | | | | incolor. Some goldfish have different patches of |
| bowl but were persuaded topurchase an aquarium | | | | black or silver. |
| that included all of the following items to make | | | | We had just added new members to our family. |
| thefish more comfortable. | | | | We were responsiblefor feeding these omnivores |
| Aquarium hoods | | | | food on a daily basis. We had to keepthe water |
| Aquarium Plants | | | | clean. There are a lot of health hazards that we |
| Aquarium Water Conditioners | | | | needed tobe aware of and the fish food needed |
| Aquarium Thermometers | | | | to be of high quality. |
| Aquarium Lights | | | | The temperature in the house had to be level. |
| Aquarium Filters | | | | Pets are a great way to bond a family. My son |
| Aquarium Air Pumps | | | | and Itake care of the fish together. The fish are |
| Aquarium Heaters | | | | happy andhealthy My son loves watching the fish |
| Aquarium Fish Nets | | | | swim in the newaquarium. They are thriving in the |
| Aquarium Gravel | | | | clean fresh water. My sonis diligent about feeding |
| In addition to all those items we had to buy fish | | | | the gold fish. I thank son for that. |
| food. I did notknow that goldfish are omnivores. | | | | |