The Fishery

Rather than getting Sam a dog for Christmas, we decided to start with fish. I secretly (not so secret anymore I guess) think Bryon wanted a fish tank and used Sam to get one.

So for Christmas we started with a 20-gallon tank and 4 goldfish. After they didn't immediately die, we added a couple of black Mollies, two bottom-feeding catfish and 2 algae-eating snails.

And then a funny thing started to happen. Everyone started having babies. Not only are there now 20 fish in the tank but a baby snail appeared about a week ago and when I opened the lid to feed the fish this morning (turns out I love the fish tank) there was this rather gross but fascinating glob of snail eggs.

Apparently we have a knack for sea life.