Are You Ever Actually Happy

[johno]

Hi, maybe its just me, but i dont seem to be happy with my tank for very long

Im allways thinking "wish it was....." or "wish i had....."

So i would go out and buy somthing new, put it in and be happy for a few days, then i start thinkin "wish i had....."
Or i would see a pic of sombodys tank, then look at mine and start to think "wish my tank looked like his/hers!*

Is there anybody else out there like me?

It probly just is me lol

 

[Ficious]

i hear yea and unfortunatly it can get very expensive!!!! but this is what makes fishkeeping such a fun hobby, millions of combinations to make any 1 unique setup..and if you decide to rescape your underwater floor...youve got plenty of extra plants, airpumps, deco, gravel sitting around, just piling up! i think one day this will lead me to a "fishroom". not only will i maybe have replaced the living room tv with a beautiful, natural looking aquarium, but would have a nano in the kitchen, maybe the bathroom. what would my bedroom be without 2 or 3 pieces of the amazon, or maybe a part of a malaysian ditch, or some singapore lake and its inhabitants? of course all of this would not include what would be in my fish room

 

[BigC]

As the wallet gets more deflated the less happy I feel.
Regards
BigC

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I totally agree lol, I always buy stuff aswell and then regret it. When I see a cool fish I always want it. Heres the List of what I want to fill the void of happiness for a few days .

Exodons
Figure 8
Mbu Puffer
Fahaka Puffer
Clownfish
Triggerfish
Porcupine Puffer
Tilipia Buttikoferi
...
...
...
The list goes on

 

[Ian H]

im always saying "im happy with my tank now" then a couple of days later i'll be in fiddling around or buying new things/fish.

Theres ALWAYS seems to be something i want/need for it

 

[shelaghfishface]

no im very happy at the moment,i sold a few tanks so now have 8 and a little one arriving tommorow ( which i need) but i dont mess about with tem anymore, i was spending a min of £50 a week at the lfs, not including food, on fish, decs,plants, junk, junk, so i have decided less is more and have stopped tampering, my fish were getting sick with no good reason,and since i dont mess about anymore i dont get them ill, my osars tank is a mess, its clean with excellent water, but he shifts everything and i would have gone in and tidied up, but if he puts it there then it must be where he likes it, so i leave it now
but i was definatley a massive spender, theres nothing at the moment that i wish i had ( regarding fish)

 

[Gazoo]

I'm always the most happiest after I do a water change and a scrub. When the tank looks good, I feel good.

 

[gaz gun man]

I'm always the most happiest after I do a water change and a scrub. When the tank looks good, I feel good.

Have to agree with that!

Ideally I would like to change my tank over from gravel to sand but it would stress the fish too much.

So apart from replacing resin decor for bogwood and plastic plants for real ones, theres not alot I can do to make me feel any more happy with the tank

 

[MermaidMel]

im always saying "im happy with my tank now" then a couple of days later i'll be in fiddling around or buying new things/fish.

Theres ALWAYS seems to be something i want/need for it

Same here! Although I am the happiest Ive ever been with how it looks now I always feel something is missing or something is out of place in there or something needs moving etc

 

[tenohfive]

I'm slowly building up a loft fish house for breeding, I'm of the opinion that if I can get some fish breeding if I get bored of any variety I can sell them on - which pays for something new.

 

[Saedcantas]

I actually never get itchy feet with my tanks. I love making a plan and carefully taking each step towards my goal with no problems at all. Then watching a perfectly balanced tank looking good for years.

 

[OldMan47]

I am almost always happy with my tanks and my fish. I am never satisfied that I have achieved all that I can. Unlike Shelagh's former self, I find great satisfaction in planning my next move and spending time, rather than money, trying to figure my best next move. The end result is that I become very involved in the why's of my tanks and don't spend much money trying to get the what's of it all. At the moment I am engrossed with the needs of my corydoras habrosus and getting them ready to breed. This will probably mean a few well timed water changes with cold water to stimulate them when I am convinced they are ready to go. Another project is a selective breeding experiment with endlers that I already own. I have found a male that I want to improve from so I spend my time finding him virgin females. If you don't know endlers let me say that can be a full time job. They are prolific. My cost for both projects is zero in money but lots of time.

 

[tetratank]

I tend to feel this way just after I give it a clean. Think to myself, it would look better if I did this etc. But I rarely act on it and also feel much happier just after I have it clean as the fish seem to be at thier brightest and happiest. I would love a sand base and alot more plants, but I'm scared after the penguin tetra fiasco and unsettling my fish to not disrupt them again. They were happy for 8 months without a glitch. Sometimes very small changes is best. Changing the background or adding some live palnts wouldn't affect your fish, yet would change what you see I bought a back that is black on one side and sky blue on the other and from month to month I swap it.. My daughter gets blue one month and I get black the other month. Changes the whole look without any disruption

edited due to poor spelling

 

[OldMan47]

That sounds more productive than a fish of the week approach.

 

[Anthony!]

I tend to be happy with any given aquarium for about two or so months at a time. Luckily, I try to keep things as cheap as possible and "acquire" aquarium furniture from the surrounding area (driftwood from a few nearby lakes, several hundred pounds of slate from the local landfill... there's very little you can't clean with a motorized power washer and boiling water.) My latest tank re-designing was to cut a few sticks of bamboo that were about 5' each into 13-15" sections, clean them, glue them to pieces of slate, and put them in one of my 55 gallons. All of that on a whim because I read Angelfish hide among reeds in the wild. Of course, It would've been less work-intensive to just dig up some reeds and clean them up... maybe that'll be for the next tank. Right now though, I am looking for some gnarled branches I can put together to place into another 55 gallon. I tend to always feel happiest about my tanks just after a water change, when the water is crystal clear and you know everything is right with the fish.