When we first started keeping tropical fish - we did have one major disaster which wiped out the whole tank. It was a particularly gruesome situation which we could have avoided but I didn’t count as “our fault”…
We had gone away for a long weekend and yes, you’ve guessed it, the thermostat on the tank heater broke, the temperature of the water soared - fish tank extinction ensued…and my family and I were in tears on our return…
I was so shaken by the experience that for a while we kept only plants in our aquarium as we didn’t have the heart to start again. Read the rest of this entry »