Are fish keepers very superstitious people?

**longcheeze** · 2nd Nov 2011, 13:23

Just wondering?
Keeping for good karma and geomancy reasons?

**eviltrain** · 2nd Nov 2011, 13:54

hehe, there's some shrimp keepers who don't take their shrimps photo and share online, they scared that particular shrimp will die next day.

**reiner09** · 2nd Nov 2011, 13:56

true the same goes for me..I dont dare to take shrimp photos until they are really stable.If not i scare the next day they will die. call me superstitious man..ahaha

**benlauhh** · 2nd Nov 2011, 14:20

They die becaus eof sudden flash? :P

**hardric** · 2nd Nov 2011, 20:57

I'm not. So are most of the fish keepers in non-Asian countries. I think the businessmen who keep fish in their offices may be keeping them for feng shui reasons.

**bernie** · 2nd Nov 2011, 21:43

Some are , some not. Some people keep Koi, black gold fish for auspicious reasons, some just keep them for their own personal reasons. Some people called Pleco "devil" fish, but alot of people keeping them too.

**|squee|** · 3rd Nov 2011, 16:26

Originally Posted by bernie

Some people called Pleco "devil" fish

Why is that?

**bernie** · 3rd Nov 2011, 17:31

Originally Posted by |squee|

Why is that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwai_(Chinese_culture)

**wongce** · 5th Nov 2011, 08:13

haha, some people call the MOGWAI fish in chinese, actually MOGWAI fish should be stingray... not pleco...

its just a nick for pleco when we are dealing with LFS uncles which are not well verse in english.

for me, i did some research to put my tank at auspicious location in my house..no harm killing 2 birds with one stone..

**reiner09** · 5th Nov 2011, 12:45

Originally Posted by wongce

haha, some people call the MOGWAI fish in chinese, actually MOGWAI fish should be stingray... not pleco...

its just a nick for pleco when we are dealing with LFS uncles which are not well verse in english.

for me, i did some research to put my tank at auspicious location in my house..no harm killing 2 birds with one stone..

Where is this generally good place to place tanks in the house? I probably will like to place my tanks at that particular place as well...no harm believing right..?

**edw7636** · 6th Nov 2011, 00:37

Well,I keep becoz interest getting all over me,and with this forum. the poison getting thicker and thicker,lol.

**mezica** · 6th Nov 2011, 14:26

Probably to some degree, yes those who own them are superstitious. I have an arowana on my aquarium and based on Chinese beliefs, they bring good luck to a house or a business. I do not have any business but I take care of one for my home, not really to bring any luck but just to have one.

There are even those who believe that death brought to your pets should have been targeted to a member of the family but rather was attracted to your pet.

**wongce** · 6th Nov 2011, 15:18

Originally Posted by leefhker

Where is this generally good place to place tanks in the house? I probably will like to place my tanks at that particular place as well...no harm believing right..?

PMed you, generally is area beside your main door but there is a lot of variables to take care..i'm still a noob though...