End of an Era

This weekend Chad and I embarked on ending a long journey we have been on together. A lot of money was put into this journey, more than you can even fathom. We decided after long discussions that we were going to sell our 120 gallon fish tank. Since we are getting married we have so much stuff and need the extra space. We have been taking care of fish tanks for almost as long as we have been together. It was something we thought we would learn about together. It started off small and grew and grew and grew. Amazingly after taking the fish and coral to a gentlemen in Belmont and spending 8 hours cleaning everything, we sold the tank just hours after we finished. It's gone already. We thought it would be much harder to sell, but it's gone. We decided that we are going to continue to rent for a few years because we are growing a nest egg for a down payment on a house. The more we put down the less we will have to finance.

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I was so sad to get rid of Kevin and Spot. They are the fish we have had the longest. When starting out in this hobby we had a 46 gallon tank and we experienced things like ick and we never had fish for long. Once we were able to get rid of the ick, these guys have lived the longest. 2 years I think. They are my babies. This nice gentlemen in Belmont, NC has a small shop called Advanced Aquatics and he only has the best specimens and no ick. So we took Kevin and Spot to him and I know they will go to a good home.

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Now there is an empty hole in our home, a silent area which once was filled with noise. It's strange and sad but I know we will have a nice fish tank again some day. Now we will work on getting new flooring in our house; hopefully laminate. Our landlord has always said she would put in new flooring but we never could because of the big tank. After everything settles down from the wedding we will look into flooring. Now Charles has his own area. He doesn't know what to do either. I even washed the cover to his bed so now he is really confused. He's my baby too. I think he could sense my sadness. Him and Chad stayed on me all night so I wouldn't have tears. They did a good job. I would like to go see my babies if they haven't sold already. maybe Saturday.

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The end of an era. Hmmmm... What territory will we conquer next? How about an Ant Farm? I am trying to talk Chad into another bird; a cherry head conure (I posted some videos of them on my video bar). He wants one too but not this soon. I will keep you posted on that one. Thanks for reading.