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Hi,
i share the same sentiments with you, and until now i don't know why. I was very glad to be hooked though. Haha.
Cheers!
wonder why i became so hooked on it ...initially keep telling myself not to spend so much money ... just keep it low tech and simple ...but now .. almost every week spend money on the tank although i only got very little time to spend on it .
worse than drugs ...start liow cant stop
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Last edited by enhanzed; 3rd Feb 2008 at 19:12.
Hi,
i share the same sentiments with you, and until now i don't know why. I was very glad to be hooked though. Haha.
Cheers!
Last edited by Justikanz; 4th Feb 2008 at 14:19. Reason: Removing immediate quotation
Likewise, i planned for a low tech tank when i first started out with cheaper equipments. But in the end, end up spending money almost every week to upgrade the tank. Regretted this approach because turns out i spent much more in the end.
So for beginners who might be reading this thread. If budget is not a problem. Do some reading up before you splurge on the tank. Get good equipments that are reliable so they can last. Of course, good equipments come with a premium price, but in the long run, they save you more money.
Eugene (^_^)
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Now swimming: Plecos and Apistogrammas
easier said than done dude.
but the buying also provides for a good learning process.
i.e. how can you get "better" at the hobby without paying tuyition fees?!
from the process you will know what equipment is worth spending more money on and what is money down the drain.
and if you think equipment is a black hole... wait till you start a liking for exotic fish...
Last edited by celticfish; 4th Feb 2008 at 13:21. Reason: typo
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i keep telling myself , ok keep it this way , as long as flora/fauna don't die ok already...no more additional stuff...BUT ....salary come only spend like crazy
Will work for apistos, shrimps, mosses, chiller, additives, fish food (for me and my fishes)
haha same here. from an ugly low-tech 3ft tank, to CO2 cylinder, to plants and more plants and equipments. but i believe the price i pay is worth it if i can go home and see a beautiful tank everyday
yeah i agree its really addictive I started with betta now I have arowana and discus aside from 50+ betta.
The juggling apprentice fish
I started with 1 plastic tank on a washing machine that will cause major quakes to the tank whenever there is a load...
Now I have 10 tanks... And that's because I de-commissioned 2 over the weekend...
And I found myself slowly expanding my interest from fish to aquatic plants to emersed forms of aquatic plants to fauna that can live with the emersed aquatic plants to terrestrial plants... The hobby is evolving but it is still revolving around fish...
If I was to saved up all the money I ended up spending on the hobby since I started some 14 years ago, I would probably can buy a decent medium sized car already...
Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/
I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted!), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted!
Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...
You have a big washing machineOriginally Posted by Justikanz
, at least my washing machine top can't hold 10 tanks
The juggling apprentice fish
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It was a medium sized plastic tank...
Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/
I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted!
Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...
At least your OC let's you keep a tank on the washing machine... count your blessings man
I am into Plecos now...
L46, L173, L134 & L236
~~Jeffrey~~
The juggling apprentice fish
My mum was the OC...
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I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted!
Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...
You have a big washing machine
hahaha you bad..............
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Hi,wonder why i became so hooked on it ...initially keep telling myself not to spend so much money ... just keep it low tech and simple ...but now .. almost every week spend money on the tank although i only got very little time to spend on it .
worse than drugs ...start liow cant stop
mods ...wrong thread,.. please help move thanks
Set yourself a budget for this fish keeping hobbyist. This will greatly help you solve the overspending problem.
Read up more.. Research more... This can ease the urge to get more fishes.
Practice and program your mind to associate visit to LFS with visit to the dentist.i.e. go only when necessary.. OR visit once a month for checkout(check out on fishes
)
I believe if you have planned and researched what fishes/setup you are going to get - you have a pleasant journey in keeping fish.
Lastly, it is all about self control..self discipline. It's all in the mind.
Cheers & Happy lunar new year.
not feasible for meHi,
Practice and program your mind to associate visit to LFS with visit to the dentist.
orhh..... seems like more people fell into the bottomless hole of fish keeping. I kept on buying even though my tank is already high on bioload. Just can't resist nice fishes.
when my tank is high on bioload, i start buying and upgrading equipment...or new and better types of fish food...i have so much fish food that i can't see myself being able to use them up by next year
i'm addicted too. i go to lfs every other day.
I started with 1 plastic tank on a washing machine that will cause major quakes to the tank whenever there is a load...
I like that quake thing....wake up all the creature inside when ever you do youe washing...hahaha...
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