Fish are our silent pets.  Much easier to care for than cats, and infinitely less demanding than birds, these aquatic residents round out our indoor zoo.

110 Gallon Salt Water - This is the largest and most involved tank we have.  Salt water is not difficult to maintain, but you definitely need to learn how each item impacts the overall ecosystem.  I am setting it up as a reef tank, meaning it will have less fish and more other creatures, such as invertebrates and corals.

12 Gallon Salt Water Nano, our resident slime sucker.  We have had several of these tank cleaners, and we always give them the same name ... Ugh Lee.

75 Gallon (Tin Foil Barbs) aquarium.  This is our largest aquarium ... we also have a 35 gallon.  We finally broke the 10 gallon barrier and got a "real" aquarium.  It's amazing how much more stable the water is when there is so much more of it.  Of course ... three huge Oscars will throw off the chemical balance of a 200 gallon aquarium.

56 Gallon Fresh Water (Angel Fish) - These large and graceful fish are Kristy's favorites.

Oscars - Although we no longer have them, these se huge fish started out just an inch or so long ... but they grew.  Three of them took over the 55 gallon tank and soon nothing else could survive in there.  Each grew to roughly 10 inches long.  We traded them back to our favorite pet store in New Jersey, and they quickly found new homes.

Placostimus, our resident slime sucker.  We have had several of these tank cleaners, and we always give them the same name ... Ugh Lee.

Harry, aka our resident crawfish.  This is definitely one of James' pets.  After devouring several of Kristy's favorite Angel fish, he found himself in his own tank.

Flappy.  No, this isn't actually one of our pets.  It is a stingray, a resident of the nearby New Jersey State Aquarium.  We just liked the picture.

Horsy.  Again, this is not one of our own, but another resident of the New Jersey State Aquarium.  We liked this picture, too.