lol.. i was expecting posts like this one.
They're relaxing to watch mostly. Not everybody understands what is enjoyable about fish so if you don't care about them thats no big deal. Most pet shops these days cater to aquarium owners with a greater variety than they do with most other pets so obviously plenty of people enjoy the hobby of running aquariums. Different strokes for different folks really.
I'd seem obsessed if i told you how many dry tanks I own. I have a monster tank (4x2x2 foot) that i will be setting up when i move into my next house soon but aside from that tank i also have a bunch that i picked up cheaply through some facebook groups, garage sales and at a local salvation army store. I need to sell a few tanks again since they're piling up. I've made a decent amount of money by buying tanks with a broken bit of glass and repairing it from other broken tanks, then reselling the repaired tanks for big price mark ups. My best was a $5 tank that I sold again later for $100. The repair process isn't that hard but finding the extra tanks to tear apart to fix others can be time consuming in the rural area i live in and just buying glass bits to make the repairs makes it an expensive process. But using another broken tank to salvage the glass from means i can often fix a few tanks by tearing apart one tank. I have 4 tanks awaiting repair in my spare room right now. I plan to fix and sell them soon to buy some equipment for the moster tank i bought myself for christmas.
my blue line sharks i used to hand feed them. i can sit infront of the the tank for hours and watch them play around and "do things"
Fair enough. My parents used to have a tank when i was growing up, but i was never really interested in the fish. I was more interested in watching what the cat would do to try and get in the tank aha.
I agree mate, could watch fish for hours on end
If you want to get into it cheaply have a look on gumtree. There are usually a lot for sale and you could save $50-$1250 on a tank set up depending on how big you decide to go with the tank and if you go for fresh or salt water. Salt water tanks are usually pretty expensive due to the gear needed to maintain them. Tropical tanks are next down the list in order of expense, followed by cold water which are pretty cheap to set up. Let me know if you want to set a tank up and I can link you to good articles to help you with the set up process. Pet shops don't always give the best advice about setting your tank up and lots of people kill fish when they start out and get disouraged.
Thanks for the compliment Natboy. I sometimes think i keep fish as fertilizer factories for my aquatic plants. I've probably spent close to as much on plants as I have fish.
They're a nice looking Fish Indiandog. I've stuck with smaller fish varieties so far but I'll change around with things as time goes on. There is so much variety on offer that I'd need a bigger house to keep all the fish i want. Have your blue lines bred for you at all?
There are some gorgeous cychlid varieties on the market Cook. A local bloke i know sells and breeds about 36 different types. I haven't owned any Cychlids yet but I have plans to buy and hopefully breed some German Blue Rams pretty soon. If you have a light over your tank and you keep it in a shed i'd be running the light during the night to attract insects to the tank. I love giving the fish the chance to catch their own food. I feed my fish a massive variety of foods both porocessed and frozen foods, but it's fun seeing them guzzle down live foods when they get the chance.
Mate , old dirty water Is very important for fish. Whenever you change water keep the water from top of the tank in separate buckets, as the bottom has got all the crap. Never replace 100 % water from tank as the fish goes into the shock in new fresh water. Once the tank is cleaned put old water back in plus fish and then every day add little water till it gets to the top. Unless your water is contaminated with disease then you have no choice, but I would still keep some from top.
