Only A Fish Keeper Would......

[riffraff]

morning....

seeing as i`m not working tonight because of a slight illness i`m wide awake coz i should be on nights anyway...

i was sitting here thinking of doing a water change, at 3am !! anyone else add to my list of things that only a fiskeeper would do or think??

1, water change at 3am

2,i was watching a programme on solar flares and the world going to pot, first thing i thought of was, what about my fish tanks??

3,when the wife watches these makeover house programmes i always look at the house and wonder where and what size tank i would have in that house.

4, like 3, when we visit friends and relatives i usually look about for a place for a fish tank for them.

5, go to the lfs or local pet stores, just for a look to see whats in.....then end up buying something.

6, put up a stupid post on an internet forum at stupid oclock coz ur wide awake and bored.

cheers
riffraff

 

[Juggler75]

everything but no. 2

 

[Man of fish]

Forget breakfast and the first thing you think of is "Oh rats I forgot to feed my fish!!"

 

[Baccus]

Power goes out and your more worried about the fish suffering lack of filteration/ heating over the fact that your freezer is quietly defrosting a fortnights worth of food.

 

[Crossfire]

Power goes out and your more worried about the fish suffering lack of filteration/ heating over the fact that your freezer is quietly defrosting a fortnights worth of food.

Amen.

 

[Baccus]

And when the power finally does come back on your more concerned with ensuring all the filters kick back in again.

 

[KrystaK]

When you get back from a holiday and left a family member to look after the fish the first think you do when you get home is check the fish to make sure they were taken care of properly
Thats a major one with me.

 

[KISSfn]

Spend a fortune on a new bigger tank and find out it's a lot more trouble to work on.

 

[Lufbramatt]

Yeah I do number 3.

My fiance's parents have just bought a new bungalow and theres a perfect space for a 6'x2'x2' tank. Her step dad wants a new tank but only wants a little 100l tank I even considered offereing to do all the water changes for him if he got a 6x2x2 so we could get some awesome cichlids

 

[*pete*]

Same as you on 3&4.

 

[FishBlast]

morning....

seeing as i`m not working tonight because of a slight illness i`m wide awake coz i should be on nights anyway...

i was sitting here thinking of doing a water change, at 3am !! anyone else add to my list of things that only a fiskeeper would do or think??

1, water change at 3am

2,i was watching a programme on solar flares and the world going to pot, first thing i thought of was, what about my fish tanks??

3,when the wife watches these makeover house programmes i always look at the house and wonder where and what size tank i would have in that house.

4, like 3, when we visit friends and relatives i usually look about for a place for a fish tank for them.

5, go to the lfs or local pet stores, just for a look to see whats in.....then end up buying something.

6, put up a stupid post on an internet forum at stupid oclock coz ur wide awake and bored.

cheers
riffraff

1 - happened once... it was at 4 am for me though. I saw my swordtails skimming the top of the water and thought there was a nitrite spike (can't measure nitrite yet and couldn't back then either), only to find out after doing a large water change that they do this when they are hungry.
2 - I ask myself, but in a different way: Who do I give the tank to, if I'd know I will die? Or what if I'd die unexpectedly? What will become of my fish?
Other things: When I see pictures of fish tanks, I can't help but wonder what fish would look good and like that tank.

Forget breakfast and the first thing you think of is "Oh rats I forgot to feed my fish!!"

I feed my fish first, maybe arrange a few plants that my kittyfish has unrooted and THEN I eat breakfast.

Power goes out and your more worried about the fish suffering lack of filteration/ heating over the fact that your freezer is quietly defrosting a fortnights worth of food.

I'd worry about that too now that I have a filter. Luckily I was doing 100% changes when there was a 1 whole day power outage.

When you get back from a holiday and left a family member to look after the fish the first think you do when you get home is check the fish to make sure they were taken care of properly
Thats a major one with me.

This would especially be happening after letting dad in charge. The countless fish I've lost while I was at grandma's and dad was home with my fish...

Spend a fortune on a new bigger tank and find out it's a lot more trouble to work on.

Spent my whole salary on a bigger tank + stuff for the fish, found out that a 30% water change in a larger tank is bigger than a 100% water change in my old tank. X_X At least it's weekly (or every 5 days), so my mom stops blaming me for their water bill. I'd say they should just get a dishwashing machine instead of using me as a dishwasher, because there's where all the water bill sum is coming from.

 

[Primous]

3,

Watching Location Location on C4 and passing judgment on how good the house is according to the size of the tank I could fit in the living room/lounge.

 

[RamboFish]

ALWAYS wanting a bigger tank!

 

[Joshwainwright]

ALWAYS wanting a bigger tank!

And the money for one!

 

[RamboFish]

ALWAYS wanting a bigger tank!

And the money for one!

Lol I second that!