We are finally crossing another accomplishment off our Homeschool Goal list! 🐟🐟

The kids have been setting up their little Fishtank in the dining room for the past year now! They decided to go with a SpongeBob theme in their fish tank, and it ended up looking so cute!

After it got all set up, we filled up the water, filter, and chemicals for it, then let it sit a few days.

We started out getting 2 Elmerald Green Cory Catfish for our first two fish. They are supposed to be very easy beginner fish & they are very playful, which is something I really wanted for the kids fishtank. The kids named them Bob 🐟 and Fred 🐟.

We had to leave the bag they came home in, in the water for at least one hour to get safely acclimated to our water temperature from theirs.

I didn’t want to add more than 2 in case they didn’t survive the move. As a kid who often won bagged up goldfish from the local Midwest church festival games growing up, I remember the disappointment of excitedly checking on my brand new fish, only to find one floating at the top instead. I wanted to give our kids fish a better chance at life than those poor goldfish ever had.

They are already having a great time hanging out with Spongebob & friends!! They are so fun to watch.

We will be feeding them Algae Wafers & occasional slices of zucchini, squash, cucumber, or pieces of romaine or kale! They are known for eating the Leftovers of fish flakes that reach the bottom as well, so once we add more fish they will have that as well.

Next, I will take one kid each week (youngest to oldest) to pick out their own fish to add to the tank. If you add a bunch of different varieties at once, they will be more likely to die, so it is important to introduce new fish slowly.

Then once each kid picks their own fish, I’ll be adding 2-4 more Cory Catfish. They prefer to have schools of at least 4 or more (if size allows.) Since we already have 2 of the Emerald kind, I will be choosing another variety to add diversity. After that, we will be finished with the kids fishtank and can move onto preparing the fishtank in the living room 🐠.

Until next time ♡ Mama Morozov