Hobby Enjoyment.

[Nick16]

who here actually enjoys every second of the hobby?

personally i hate it sometimes, when stuff goes wrong or when its maintainence time.
Recently i have lost the thrill with the hobby, but hopefully soon my 4x2x2 will be going.

Im not looking forwad to planting 20+ pots of acicularis though.

 

[Truck]

I enjoy it sometimes, emptying tanks is a PITA , but apart from that I enjoy it.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

i love it personally, my only problem is i only have one tank... so i lose interest in my fish to some degree pretty quickly. When i get new fish i'm always really fascinated by the whole deal for a week or two but once that feeling goes away i always want to try something new. i'm think im finally satisfied with my set up though, i'll try to keep this one going.

 

[erk628]

For me doing new setups researching new fish etc is what keeps me so interested I think. If I only had one small tank or my tanks were all stocked I would probaly start to lose interest for awhile but id be back. I'm like that with all my hobbys I haven't played my 360 or my PS3 for over a month because I have got seriously into this latley. Even when I do lose interest I don't get rid of anything I just don't get on here much and don't do any research. A few months ago when I got really back into fish keeping because my oscar got hith I have been more serious with the hobby then I ever had before.

 

[mmanist]

Me personally, I love it, but I have this problem, Its called newtanksyndrome, its when you get tired of your old tank and just buy and set up a new tank. It gets to be expensive, and is a very incurable illness LOL But fish are so relaxing and its nice to come home, crash on the couch and kick back with the dog and watch the fish.

 

[ajs2294]

I love it, even all the annoying water changes, but the enjoyment is worth it. Wish I had more room though?

 

[drobbyb]

I actually love every second of it. I even enjoy doing maintenance. Even when things go horribly wrong, I still look at it as a new chance to learn something. It's just a very enjoyable hobby to me. I also build and maintain computers, but I get more pleasure from fishkeeping.

 

[Bebobb]

One of the parts of the hobby that I enjoy most is being on this forum. I have learned A LOT since I have been a member here, and unlike school... I have actually enjoyed learning about fish, and how to keep them ect.

One think that I don't like though, are water changes... One of the reasons that I am motivated to keep on witht the water changes is because I know after the water change, my fish will be happier, and my tank will be cleaner. It is a great hobby to be involved in. Even though it can be very expensive at times.

Another thing that I consider partr of the hobby is going to my local aquarium society meetings. I have met friends at the meetings. All of them are considerably older than me, but I love to talk about just fish with them. This is a hobby that I will never regret getting into.

 

[Lambno56847]

I love every second of it, even all of the maintenance. Only thing i dont like about it is seeing one of my fish take a turn for the worst...
other than that i love it all

 

[boost]

i love almost ever min, the only part i get rattled at is priming my filter its a right #28### to get going

 

[snowflake311]

I love almost every second. When Something goes wrong it's not fun. But I like cleaning my tanks. I don't even mind cleaning the filter.

Sure there are times when I don't feel like doing a water change. But then there are days when I am all about it.

Setting up a new tank is fun aquascaping is fun too. Cycleing inhard it and don't ever want to do it again.

 

[Hokum]

I love it (so far only just got back into fish keeping) except when my fish get an illness as i feel its all my fault...

 

[Assaye]

I love it. I love looking after them. Just finding the time for all the maintainence is hard. Got 8 tanks up at the moment.

Which reminds me . .. *toodles off to change the girls' water and muck about with some plants*