Has anyone attempted to buy a fish recently?! When I was a kid (and I'm only 25) you just walked into oets at home, bought a tank, bought a fish, done.
We've just gone to buy ds a fish for his second birthday which thankfully isn't for a few weeks. We picked up a tank and were asked what fish we wanted for it. I sort of quietly said "a goldfish" because I thought it was fairly obvious but I suppose it probably isn't given all the fish they have there. Anyway, this tank was an 18L tank, about 40cm by 30cm and we were told it wasn't big enough for a standard goldfish!!! I was shocked but understood! Then the shop assistant started to talk me through their fish points system where they rank the tank space and the fish and you must match the fish to the tank ranking.we also had to buy a filter, gravel and plants and a boat for it (which we wanted to do).
Now, I'm quite pleased you need to do this really, but it made me think of how crap we were as fish owners years ago.
We kept one set in a large vase my mum had, no plants, no entertainment for them, just fed them. The second lot we kept in a fish bowl that was won at the fair. I feel like the worst pet owner in the world! Especially as my mum out the fish on the top of the tumble dryer and one jumped out with the vibrations.
Had anyone else found this when buying their kids fish?! I feel like I've committed to years of fish ownership as there is no way it will mysteriously die like mine did every 6 months. I am quite pleased about this though, and I'm excited to teach ds some responsibility in feeding his fish and helping me clean the tank (which I now need a flipping gravel vacuum for!)