Having a fish sounded like a good idea for a pet while staying in Singapore. And it was. His name is Tiburon and he is quite tough actually. I think everyone as a kid sometimes gets to own a fish, at least for a few days or even hours. Yeah, the suckers die really easy. Either you put the two wrong fish together and they fight, or one gets fatter the moment you are not watching. Sometimes they also multiply like crazy and before you know it you have 40 little swimmers being chased by their own parents.
Anyway, I love my fish. He has survived days of hunger and a few days of a not so clean water. I had to ask my friend John to look after it once cause I thought 6 days without food could be too much and I didn't want to push it. Then when I went back to Mexico for a couple of weeks he stayed at Robs and Fung's place which at that time was just a few steps away.
I read somewhere that a goldfish will only grow to the size of his home. And his bowl is not like a suite. I think he grew a bit during the first year and now he can't really swim to far before hitting the glass. They are swimmers too. (It's great that I am doing some research after a year). I also found out that they have a memory of 7 seconds. So I bet Tiburon has no hard feelings for what has happened lately. Anyway, for being such a cool fish I decided to look around for a new home (new bowl) for him. Besides it was Christmas and whatever...
I found this awesome infinite bowl fish designed by IL-Studio. These guys are in Amsterdam and they even went through the hassle of creating a paypal account so I could buy it! (Thanks Isabelle!)
I am expecting it soon. Can't wait!
Neat bowl. Tiburon is lucky to have you and K. as their mommy and daddy. How spoiled to get an infinite swimming pool. Only a designer could buy, haha.