Well, the 3 year old isn't going to maintain the tank, so I'd check with your cousin.
My brother has expressed interest in an aquarium from time to time, until he realized that there's work involved.
Dora
From: Ava
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 9:19 AM
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AquaticLife] Betta fish as a gift?
So, my cousin and his 3 year old daughter recently moved into our basement. She has become entranced with my tanks, which is awesome, because not much keeps her entertained other than the television and we don't want that. She'll come into my room and look into my 10gallon betta tank, which also has a few african dwarf frogs. "FROG FROG!!! LOOK A FISHIE!" It's asian-zen themed, so I have a dragon bubbler, and a jade buddha in there. She'll point to the bubbler and say "DRAH-GAW" And then at the buddha and go "And dat's JESUS!" She loves watching feeding time for my axolotl tank, and her absolute FAVORITE thing, is what we call "Fish kisses." I make sure our hands are clean, and she'll dip her finger into the goldfish tank, and the fish come up and "kiss" her fingers, just looking for food. Haha.
Anyway, I have a spare 10 gallon tank/filter/hood/gravel... I was thinking of possibly setting up her own betta tank! I'd have to pick up a heater and a light, maybe some seachem products to help the cycle along. I think she's too young to have this be a responsibility lesson, but I'm hoping it'll keep her interested long enough to not care about TV as much. I'd have to clear it with her dad, because if they ever move he'd take the tank with him. Has anyone ever worked with children and fish? Do you think it'd be worth the trouble? Anyone given a fish as a gift? I hope this works! Thanks!
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