Aquarium Addicts

[Tenelen]

Psychologically Addicted/Experimenter My wife cut me off at 4 tanks so now I am consolidating and moving to 2-3 larger tanks (75-100+ gal)!

[SunnyHouTX]

Yes and yes. Depending on the locale, pH is around 8 so perfect for my addiction just like here. My BG fry hoard is already there waiting for me [emoji6]

[black_knight]

Thanks Sunny. I heard you are moving to Colorado. Are you gonna set up a business there? Wonder what their water parameters are like there.

[SunnyHouTX]

The first step is acknowledging you've got an addiction.
Then deny it.
Use the "Frozen" method of problem solving:
1. Conceal - expenditures on aquariums and aquarium related products. fight that urge to pull over to LFS, that you happen to be driving past , when you have the family in the car. Take them home or drop them off at the mall and sneak off. Remember to delete your browsing history, so your love ones don't wander into your "fishy" sites.
2. Don't Feel - never let them see you overly excited about water changes, new fish ect. Fight the compulsion to rearrange your aquarium decor , while you have company in the house.
3. Don't Let them know- when you've snuck in a new tank, bought new fish ( yes they just magically multiply), you spilled a lot of water the other day, and used the guess bathroom towels to wipe up the dirty aquarium water.

But when all fails with your decent into madness. The " Now they know" scenario ( this is where you bust out into a Disney Animated Movie inspired musical number- to emphasize the fact that you are crazy and in fact dangerous if anything gets between you and your addiction)
... Let it flow. Let it flow. Can't hold it back any more.
Let it flow. Let it flow. Shop around and buy some more.
Here's my stands. There my tanks. There are fish inbound!
The smell never bothered me anyway.

Dancing around with a towel around your neck, holding a bucket and a siphon adds to the intensity of the performance.

Can I "like" this post a few million time?

[SunnyHouTX]

Jonas, you're on point on all counts.

[Brandon O'Brian]

Love Pseudoepiplatys annulatus. I had a nice group once.

Pseudoepiplatys actually sounds better. They are a great little Killi.

[black_knight]

Love Pseudoepiplatys annulatus. I had a nice group once.

[Brandon O'Brian]

What killies do you keep?

I currently don't have any Killies, since I just got back into the hobby after taking a year long break. I have mainly kept a bunch of Fundulopanchax gardneri (my favorite Killie). I have also kept several more that I can't remember. I do remember keeping Aphyosemion australe, Fundulopanchax sjoestedti, Epiplatys sexfasciatus, and Epiplatys annulatus. I also had a pair of Nothobranchius, but I can't remember which species it was that I kept. I will be definitely be getting more Killies in the near future. I love them too much.

[black_knight]

This is your support group.

[Timber317]

Is there going to be support group meetings somewhere now?

[black_knight]

Yeah, I can definitely say that I'm addicted. I love my livebearers, shrimps and Killies! I can't live without them! Everyone always has to pry me out of any LFS I enter.

What killies do you keep?

[Brandon O'Brian]

Yeah, I can definitely say that I'm addicted. I love my livebearers, shrimps and Killies! I can't live without them! Everyone always has to pry me out of any LFS I enter.

[ptran]

Damn, you pretty much sum it all up. . Now I know I am addicted! What's next?

[black_knight]

The first step is acknowledging you've got an addiction.
Then deny it.
Use the "Frozen" method of problem solving:
1. Conceal - expenditures on aquariums and aquarium related products. fight that urge to pull over to LFS, that you happen to be driving past , when you have the family in the car. Take them home or drop them off at the mall and sneak off. Remember to delete your browsing history, so your love ones don't wander into your "fishy" sites.
2. Don't Feel - never let them see you overly excited about water changes, new fish ect. Fight the compulsion to rearrange your aquarium decor , while you have company in the house.
3. Don't Let them know- when you've snuck in a new tank, bought new fish ( yes they just magically multiply), you spilled a lot of water the other day, and used the guess bathroom towels to wipe up the dirty aquarium water.

But when all fails with your decent into madness. The " Now they know" scenario ( this is where you bust out into a Disney Animated Movie inspired musical number- to emphasize the fact that you are crazy and in fact dangerous if anything gets between you and your addiction)
... Let it flow. Let it flow. Can't hold it back any more.
Let it flow. Let it flow. Shop around and buy some more.
Here's my stands. There my tanks. There are fish inbound!
The smell never bothered me anyway.

Dancing around with a towel around your neck, holding a bucket and a siphon adds to the intensity of the performance.

[thegoodlife]

If being anyone of these is wrong, then I don't want to be right! Haha...