[Sherida]

Thank you all so much for the excellent advice! You've saved me making some mistakes, like washing the decorations before I put them in a new tank. The only thing I won't be doing is using the old filter, it's really, really old and I've just seen it's held together with tape (my friend installed it for me so I haven't really seen how everything works)! I'm going to look at new tanks tomorrow and I can't wait to start. My husband is wondering quite what's come over me since I didn't even want fish to begin with, and now I'm trying to have a conversation with him about how much personal space a goldfish needs, whether a betta sometime in future would be good, and while I'm at it I wonder what Nan did with her old 6ft tank........

Thank you all again, hopefully the next time you hear from me will be with photos of my new hobby. It's so exciting to discover something like this!

Sherida.