May 10: Fish Facts

We've had fish for just about 2 years now, and, the fact is, I still know nothing about fish. But, I was enlightened on the appropriate care and grooming of fish during a trip to PetSmart. Okay, I was kidding about the grooming part; even I know grooming a fish would be considered highly unusual. But, I did learn that sometimes over-cleaning your fish tank can be worse than under-cleaning it. In addition, when you remove the dirty water from a fish tank, you should only remove about 50-60% of that water and replace it with fresh water. Not 90 of it as I've consistently done up until now. Even more, you shouldn't replace the dirty water and replace the filter at the same time. Instead, you should rotate those two actions so as not to make the tank too clean. Is anyone out there finding this stuff interesting in even the slightest manner? I didn't think so. Then again, I never promised that each blog entry would be highly engaging...only a new experience for me. Mission accomplished.