Swimming Pets

Roger and I stumbled 'accidentally' upon a secret hideout recently. It had a lot of curious monkeys and lovely picnic spots that are so quiet you can hear a bird flap its wings (we went 'WOAH'). I really like this place a lot because it is just so beautiful and restful. We also met alot of lovely families with kids here who are very eager to share with us 'hunting' tips.

Hunt for what leh? From fishes to yabbies (small lobsters). At first, we thought everyone was just looking at turtles until we realised they were busy catching the fishes & yabbies. It was awesome... to just see parents and kids wading in the water with their tiny nets! The best part was this 3 generation family there - from grandpa, dad to kid son (along with grandma, mom and kid sister) all enjoying a day out and catching fishes, prawns and lobsters. It's really rare to see an entire family just enjoying a day out together like that.

Well, anyway on our second trip there recently, I was intent to hunt some lobsters too. Armed with a tiny tank and 2 nets, we proceeded to the waters... But alas, it was high tide! So only caught 4 SMALL TINY shrimps, 4 guppies and 1 goby. The family was kind enough to give us 1 lobster they caught. We called it Crusty. We thought the tank was much too small for Crusty and his pond family. We wanted to get a bigger tank the next day. But imagine my HORROR when I discovered to my dismay - CRUSTY HAD DIED!!! With the 4 SHRIMPS!!! And the GOBY!!! Only the guppies were alive! We don't know what happened! Anyway I tried to remove the 'dead' ones and change the water for the guppies... and... 1 GUPPY commited suicide and jumped straight into the sink hole!! I couldn't save it. It was too much...

The next day... GUPPY NUMBER 2 died. This is like a big epidemic... I was naturally distressed and quickly surfed the net for a cause. Found a possible cause that it is because they are depressed due to the small space.. especially CRUSTY - that they like to hide in holes... they may be stressed without that. The guppies that are alive now refused to eat. I really don't know what to do and sent Roger to the neighbourhood aquarium to buy nice fish food and ask the owner if fishes & lobsters died because of depression. The owner said no. He thinks it's the water. We asked my dad. He said it's the water.

So now we have super murky water (we poured lots of algae fishfood to achieve this result) for the 2 guppies that are still alive. They have been there since morning. They are still alive. I think they are eating finally too. Thank God... Jesus please don't let any more of my pets die... AMEN! Weekend go and catch some more! ^ __ ^