If you happen to be like me and enjoy the company of a cat and a fish tank full of what my cat thinks to be “munchies”, then you have a problem.  I cannot bring myself to punish my cat every time he climbs up on the fish tank and tries to do what I do when I open the fridge; I just giggle and put him back down.  I can only imagine the foul language that my fish are giving my cat and me for not correcting the situation; well, at least until last month.

Cats will always be cats, and that is one of the reasons why we love them, right?  Well, then it is up to you to fix the situation so that they can still be cats and you can still enjoy a well-populated fish tank.  Someone suggested once that I put a crystal lid on top of the tank; that is a bad idea, the cat will still climb and being crystal, he believed that it was ok and tried to swim, the glass broke and he cut his paw and I lost two fish stabbed with glass fragments.

However, the lid is not a bad idea.  If you are able to buy a lamp, these usually come with a lid that will allow you to protect your fish, but if you, like me, have the fish tank in the middle of the living room without a lamp, an acrylic slab cut to the size of the tank will do a whole lot better.