If you ever get your neice and/or nephiew an aquarium for Christmas, never, under any circumstances, let your brother-in-law touch the damn thing!
My neice and Nephiew were so happy when they opened the big package from me and a friend and found a ten gallon aquarium inside it. I left and came back a couple days later only to find that their dad had plugged the heater in without any water in the tank, and melted one of the clips which hold it onto the tank. What a complete !@#$ing moron! He's lucky if that's the only damage he's done. I don't know if the heater still works or if he burned it out yet. At least the glass didn't shatter.
I wrapped the accessories seperately and had the kids open them first to work up the suspense, then gave them the tank last. I got them pretty much everything they will need to get started so they won't have to worry about too much expense. I even bought an ornament, vaccume hose, water treatment, pH test kit, rocks, etc...
My neice and Nephiew were so happy when they opened the big package from me and a friend and found a ten gallon aquarium inside it. I left and came back a couple days later only to find that their dad had plugged the heater in without any water in the tank, and melted one of the clips which hold it onto the tank. What a complete !@#$ing moron! He's lucky if that's the only damage he's done. I don't know if the heater still works or if he burned it out yet. At least the glass didn't shatter.
I wrapped the accessories seperately and had the kids open them first to work up the suspense, then gave them the tank last. I got them pretty much everything they will need to get started so they won't have to worry about too much expense. I even bought an ornament, vaccume hose, water treatment, pH test kit, rocks, etc...