25-09-2025, 08:17 PM
Oooops!
I accidentally bought a fish tank.
I kept tropical fish in planted aquaria for most of my adult life, but eventually decided I was getting too old for that pastime, and I sold all my tanks and stuff and put the typewriters where the tanks used to be. And I have really missed the fish, and the science and just watching and working with them. And then today a friend was telling me about her fairy house project and while that doesn't appeal to me, it made me think about terrariums. In particular, the way a good terrarium can be a miniature world...
But why not use a bigger container, than one of those dinky glass balls, or a vase - I have those with plants in them already... And then I found a second hand aquarium, with lid, box only, in good nick, local seller, and they would deliver. Cheap. 45 litres... Sold.
Ooops indeed.
I accidentally bought a fish tank.
I kept tropical fish in planted aquaria for most of my adult life, but eventually decided I was getting too old for that pastime, and I sold all my tanks and stuff and put the typewriters where the tanks used to be. And I have really missed the fish, and the science and just watching and working with them. And then today a friend was telling me about her fairy house project and while that doesn't appeal to me, it made me think about terrariums. In particular, the way a good terrarium can be a miniature world...
But why not use a bigger container, than one of those dinky glass balls, or a vase - I have those with plants in them already... And then I found a second hand aquarium, with lid, box only, in good nick, local seller, and they would deliver. Cheap. 45 litres... Sold.
Ooops indeed.