me and my wife had discussed having a small tank about 2 years ago, prior to getting married. we decided to save the money towards the wedding which was in september last year. then about 6 weeks ago we went out for a meal on a sunday dinner, after eating we sat in the pub next to a big fish tank, and both just sat watching the fish lol. Split second decision - drink up were going shopping for a fish tank.
Given I had been made redundant in December and already had a new job we had money sitting in the bank ready to spend so 30 mins and £120 later we had a 31 litre tank on a stand, complete with all the heater, filter, gravel, ornaments etc, looked lovely. We said this will do us for about 6 month before we think about getting a bigger one while we get used to keeping fish.
One week later 6 fish added, nice, going well, water perfect, another week later 5 more fish. Then the 3rd week the LFS had an offer on so 15 more fish later our tank is overstocked. This was 4.30pm on a sunday. by 5pm I was on ebay looking for a bigger tank. By 6.30 we were in the car driving 40 mins to collect a new tank. 8pm 180 litre tank on a stand in our kitchen being clean. Mad rush to get it set up, cleaned and filled by 11pm.
3 days later ammonia levels of 8 in the small tank, #29### !!! took a decision to move the fish to the new tank
3 weeks down the line readings are ok, doing a fish in cycle, just need to add more gravel, a few more plants and some wood for our pleco.
Have my eye on a nice little 5ft tank at the minute as we may be moving house in June to a bigger place, if we do i'll have the 5ft set up in the new house a few weeks before we move in so we can just put the fish from one tank to another - ive got the bug !
My hubby only let me replace our couch with our 75g because he got a new "manchair" for father's day last year. 
