Fish keeping
So you buy a couple of goldfish, bung 'em in a tank and Bob's your uncle.....not so. First, you have to 'cycle' your tank with a number of different potions before they'll even consider giving you a fish. When I finally managed to get it right - 6 weeks later - fish no 1 (Marty) was dead within a week. Not the greatest start but fish no 2 (Nemo) seemed OK so we decided to persevere and find him a new friend. More water issues, no more fish. Another 3 weeks of faffing around with potions in the water and we were finally allowed fish no 3 (Little Marty). Attempting to pass him off as the original was an utter failure so we ended up agreeing that the orignal Marty had gone to hospital and this went down well. He lasted a week. Embarressed, I ended up going to a new fish shop to try to avoid a reputation as a murderer of fish. After yet another water test I felt utterly neurotic and went home with fish no 4 (Big Fat Marty). Shortly afterwards our incumbant, Nemo...
