Fish TV is cool and soothing to watch. Putting the tank light on in a dark room and watching them feed or school is very zen.
Fish TV makes funny gurgling noises which are nice background noise for writing, not so nice for sleeping.
We couldn't keep fish alive in a 10 gallon tank but the 50 seems to work nicely. Of course, we also couldn't keep guppies alive, so we know we're just weird in our household.
I think after you are settled in and know what your space needs are (remember fish tanks take up room AND electrical outlets) you will be better able to assess your need/want of fish. Personally I have never owned fish. I have lived with several roomates who have fish tanks and cats and the cats never got the fish but they did watch them A LOT. We think one of the tropical fish went belly up because it got too stressed out from being watched.
And fish tanks really ARE amazingly soothing. We have one in the lobby of my building at work--a couple of people decided to put it in and a bunch of us donate some money every year for upkeep. It's the only one I know of at the Labs, and people like to come out and sit and watch the fishies. Pretty fishies. (We name the ugly ones after bosses we hate.)
Look. You can keep fish. You can keep cats. But you can't keep fish and cats. Choose one.
If you are determined to keep fish, keep one Siamese fighting fish. Put it in a 2 liter container of some sort. It will just hang there. No swimming. This is very restful.
"Wanted: Dead or alive -- voracious giant koi "Toss-away fish causing havoc in area waterways "By Douglas Belkin, Globe Staff | August 11, 2005
"WINCHESTER -- Like any good fish tale, this one involves nicknames, a legend, and a contest of wills.
"The fish, in this case, is known alternatively as Flash, Moby Dick, and Darth Vader. He is said to be 2 feet long, 5 or 6 pounds, and fearless....
"Locally, scientists have found koi ''in hundreds of ponds and lakes throughout the state," said James Lee, an ichthyologist at Harvard and Cambridge College....
" In April 2004, Roy Leyva, who was then Massachusetts angler of the year, caught a 20-pounder in Jamaica Pond [in Boston]....At the time it was caught, the fish was a world record, according to the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wis...."
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Date: 2006-03-27 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 08:17 pm (UTC)Fish TV makes funny gurgling noises which are nice background noise for writing, not so nice for sleeping.
We couldn't keep fish alive in a 10 gallon tank but the 50 seems to work nicely. Of course, we also couldn't keep guppies alive, so we know we're just weird in our household.
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Date: 2006-03-27 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 10:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 11:14 pm (UTC)And fish tanks really ARE amazingly soothing. We have one in the lobby of my building at work--a couple of people decided to put it in and a bunch of us donate some money every year for upkeep. It's the only one I know of at the Labs, and people like to come out and sit and watch the fishies. Pretty fishies. (We name the ugly ones after bosses we hate.)
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Date: 2006-03-27 11:44 pm (UTC)If you are determined to keep fish, keep one Siamese fighting fish.
Put it in a 2 liter container of some sort.
It will just hang there. No swimming.
This is very restful.
But the cat will eat it anyway.
JoB
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Date: 2006-03-28 08:36 am (UTC)http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/08/11/wanted_dead_or_alive____voracious_giant_koi/
"Wanted: Dead or alive -- voracious giant koi
"Toss-away fish causing havoc in area waterways
"By Douglas Belkin, Globe Staff | August 11, 2005
"WINCHESTER -- Like any good fish tale, this one involves nicknames, a legend, and a contest of wills.
"The fish, in this case, is known alternatively as Flash, Moby Dick, and Darth Vader. He is said to be 2 feet long, 5 or 6 pounds, and fearless....
"Locally, scientists have found koi ''in hundreds of ponds and lakes throughout the state," said James Lee, an ichthyologist at Harvard and Cambridge College....
" In April 2004, Roy Leyva, who was then Massachusetts angler of the year, caught a 20-pounder in Jamaica Pond [in Boston]....At the time it was caught, the fish was a world record, according to the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wis...."
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Date: 2006-03-28 09:40 pm (UTC)I sense a commercial opportunity here.