Beginners Luck or;

[Strider199]

About two weeks ago my 18 year old son wanted his own aquarium. With the cash he had saved up we went to BigAls and he bought a 38 gallon kit with a nice stand for around $200.00. We got it home, found a place in his room (the basement of course), and removed the wall so we could run some wire and put in an outlet. Put the stand together, levelled it and added the tank.
Since I wanted to try my hand at a reef set-up, we drained my 55 gallon tank, used the gravel, slate, live plants and driftwood. After the tank had been filled with water using Prime to de-chlorinate it, we hooked up the two filters. One was my Fluval canister from the 55 gallon and the second was a new bio-wheel Marineland which came with the tank set-up. The filter floss for that filter came out of my HOB from the 55 gallon.

We added the fish from the 55 gallon that afternoon.

Here is the thing, all the fish have survived and there is no sign of any disease after two weeks. Beginners luck or has he actually been paying attention these last few years?

I watched his first water change last weekend and he preformed it like an old pro. I caught him tying some java moss to a piece of slate the other day. There seemed to be extra in my wife's Betta tank, lol.
He even bought a zucchini two days ago for the bulldog pleco.

Can you say proud Father.

I hope he has caught the bug for the long haul. Time will tell.

[fishmommie]

sounds like you taught him well! See. they DO pay attention

[Northerly]

That's cool to hear:) Flawless tank transfer btw, props on that

[Strider199]

See. they DO pay attention

When you least expect it. lol.

I was expecting him to loose a couple of Cardinal tetras Northerly. But so far so good. I hope this doesn't go to his head.

[Gesp56]

That's actually really amazing, having something like that with a son.

[Strider199]

Thanks Carapar56.

[ScottishFish]

Long may it continue

[mommy1]

It is fun to share a hobby with your children. Both of my daughters have tanks of their own now and they do pretty well with them. I guess when you grow up with them in the house you catch on to a thing or two.

[Dennis Bissett]

Great to see another addict developing, obviously well taught

[Cermet]

That is good but be aware that the ammonia, and then nitrites could quickly climb. Pay close attention and do large water changes every single day for at least two more weeks or until your test prove you have completed all cycling.