Getting a fish as a pet For Dummies

Mike recently tried raring goldfishes; which of course ended up in, some would say, a disaster.
No, I wasn't entirely keen in fishes (except for the ones on my plate), but as couples, it's good to give & take.

So, I let him embark on his journey to the aquarium shop and, lo and behold, he bought 3 goldfishes (2 gold and 1 black). In the first week, both the goldies died (due to overdose of food intake, i suppose) and he replaced with another two. The following week later, the black one died (perhaps it was the water).

Before he could even say the word "let's go buy another", I screeched "No MORE!".. but yet, that didn't stop him... he still bought another black goldfish.

You need not have to guess what happened... two weeks later, all three "new" fishes developed weird bumps and were all getting sickly. Found out that it was the cause of ammonia.

Conclusion? Whatever it is, it wasn't easy keeping such sensitive creatures as pets. We had the tank cleaned regularly, fed the fishes on time and made sure the water had anti-bacterial purifying solution.

I wasn't too happy about having "weekly" dying goldfishes in my house. Maybe because I was reading this feng shui book and apparently goldfishes absorb the bad chi's... and maybe the goldfishes had too much of the bad chi's to absorb that they died.. whatever...

Anyway, that still didn't stop him... he ended up buying 3 guppies and 3 tetra-neons.

What I am trying to say is, it isn't easy keeping an updated blog, what more a house together.
I could not imagine the day where we have dogs and children for that matter.