I love fish. I should say "fishes". I grew up in a household with many animals and we had many goldfish as well as tropical fishes and wild freshwater fishes that had been caught in the local rivers and streams.
Back in Boston, I had 3 fish tanks in my room. One was a "Hawaiian Reef" tank in which I kept reef fishes and creatures from Hawaiian waters including my beloved Puka the Yellow Tang. Another one was an "Amazon River" tank with fishes found in Amazon River with aquatic plants. The other one was a "Lake Victoria" tank which housed the cichlid fishes from the African lake.
I really enjoyed trying to recreate their natural habitats in these tanks. It was landscaping as well as animal husbandry.
There is a famous public aquarium in Boston called New England Aquarium. I had a membership there and would visit at least twice a week. I would just look at the fishes for hours on end.
I loved it so much I ended up working there as a volunteer aquarist for a few years. My main responsibility was to take care of the fishes in their research facility where they were breeding the cichlid fishes from Lake Victoria. I also helped them in the kitchen preparing the food for the animals in their Giant Ocean Tank, which is home to many different species found in Carribean reef including Sand Tiger Sharks and Green Sea Turtles. They were using restaurant-quality fish and while cutting up squid for the sharks or the turtles, I would steal a taste here and there. lol
When it came the time for me to come back to Japan, I had a huge fish-stew dinner for my friends since taking my fhishes home with me was not an option. Nooooooo〜〜〜〜 I'm kidding. I donated most of them to a tropical fish store where I knew the owner very well. The rest, I gave to my friends.
I really miss having fishes in my life. Yesterday, I drove my friend Mina to a goldfish store because she wanted to buy some medakas for her pond. It just brought back all the fond memories of watching my fishes swim around happily in their tanks.
I am thinking about setting up a tank. Probably a freshwater tank with some local species of medakas and loaches with lots of plants. There is a nice little stream running through my neighborhood I am sure I can catch some there.
I am getting SO excited just thinking about it!
It is too bad there are no public aquariums where I live. My dream would be working in one.
BTW, the answer to the question in the title is PHISH.
Back in Boston, I had 3 fish tanks in my room. One was a "Hawaiian Reef" tank in which I kept reef fishes and creatures from Hawaiian waters including my beloved Puka the Yellow Tang. Another one was an "Amazon River" tank with fishes found in Amazon River with aquatic plants. The other one was a "Lake Victoria" tank which housed the cichlid fishes from the African lake.
I really enjoyed trying to recreate their natural habitats in these tanks. It was landscaping as well as animal husbandry.
There is a famous public aquarium in Boston called New England Aquarium. I had a membership there and would visit at least twice a week. I would just look at the fishes for hours on end.
I loved it so much I ended up working there as a volunteer aquarist for a few years. My main responsibility was to take care of the fishes in their research facility where they were breeding the cichlid fishes from Lake Victoria. I also helped them in the kitchen preparing the food for the animals in their Giant Ocean Tank, which is home to many different species found in Carribean reef including Sand Tiger Sharks and Green Sea Turtles. They were using restaurant-quality fish and while cutting up squid for the sharks or the turtles, I would steal a taste here and there. lol
When it came the time for me to come back to Japan, I had a huge fish-stew dinner for my friends since taking my fhishes home with me was not an option. Nooooooo〜〜〜〜 I'm kidding. I donated most of them to a tropical fish store where I knew the owner very well. The rest, I gave to my friends.
I really miss having fishes in my life. Yesterday, I drove my friend Mina to a goldfish store because she wanted to buy some medakas for her pond. It just brought back all the fond memories of watching my fishes swim around happily in their tanks.
I am thinking about setting up a tank. Probably a freshwater tank with some local species of medakas and loaches with lots of plants. There is a nice little stream running through my neighborhood I am sure I can catch some there.
I am getting SO excited just thinking about it!
It is too bad there are no public aquariums where I live. My dream would be working in one.
BTW, the answer to the question in the title is PHISH.