My New Aquarium

I've always wanted a large saltwater aquarium for the living room, and last week I splurged and bought one. The problem was, what kind of fish did I want to stock it with?

Well, I've always liked Japanese Spider Crabs, so I got a baby one. When fully grown these things have legs that are around eight feet from toe to toe and stand about five feet tall, but since they live around 100 years Pépé (that's what I call him) will grow very slowly. I'll just get a bigger tank when that happens.

And I bought a baby Sunfish. In the ocean, she'd grow to about 3,500 lbs (about the weight of an SUV) but they don't need a lot of space to move around in, so this tank will  be okay for a while. Her name is Sally. Sally the Sunfish.

And I thought what better fish to round it off with than a Mako shark? (That's Tony, in the background).

I have an agreement with the sushi place down the street and they'll provide the150 or so pounds of fish I need to feed these guys every day (heh -- no Kamikaze rolls, needless to say!) so I'm all set!

I have my eye on a deep-ocean giant squid (they can reach 48 ft. in the wild!) but I'll settle for these guys for now.

My new aquarium. That's (l - r) Sally, Pépé and Tony.