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Ikhan Bettah
01-31-2006, 8:31 PM
Ok so I totally know not to buy fish before you have tanks ready, but my wife was so cute and excited picking out the stock she wanted, I bought it all for her right then. The result: Four neon tets, two strawberry tets, two cherry barbs, and four gups and an algae sucker all chillin in a 2.5 spring water jug for a couple of days, and they survived praise jesus! -__-. But if your wife/girlfriend tries to use that charm, RESIST, and get the tanks ready first! Dont be like me<------------ :screwy:
:hitting:
If you dont give in... :nutkick:
rallysman
01-31-2006, 9:50 PM
Hey, when they are all for buying fish TAKE ADVANTAGE of the situation lol
USMCtanker
01-31-2006, 9:53 PM
i would take jump on that if my wife wanted a fish. oh ya you want it baby you got it. then i will buy like 20 of them and then some fish for me and just tell her that her fish where more expensive
rook45
01-31-2006, 10:17 PM
tetras are food
Ikhan Bettah
02-01-2006, 6:51 AM
tetras arent food :( :jaw: :WTF: VAMPIRE TETRA!!!!!!!!! I MUST HAVE ONE!!!!!!!!!! X_X
Ikhan Bettah
02-01-2006, 6:51 AM
i would take jump on that if my wife wanted a fish. oh ya you want it baby you got it. then i will buy like 20 of them and then some fish for me and just tell her that her fish where more expensive
:ROFL:
puffer_girl
02-01-2006, 9:39 AM
Practically all fish are food for something..... Even the monsters!!! There's always a bigger monster out there thinking YUMMY!!!! :grinyes: Like the Vampire tetra!!!! :headbang2
BostonPatriot
02-01-2006, 11:31 AM
Ok so I totally know not to buy fish before you have tanks ready, but my wife was so cute and excited picking out the stock she wanted, I bought it all for her right then. The result: Four neon tets, two strawberry tets, two cherry barbs, and four gups and an algae sucker all chillin in a 2.5 spring water jug for a couple of days, and they survived praise jesus! -__-. But if your wife/girlfriend tries to use that charm, RESIST, and get the tanks ready first! Dont be like me<------------ :screwy:
Yeah it is like that with everything. It's called P.O.P.= Power Of Pussy. Hate to say it but they all posses and it is dangerous when they learn how to use it. :)
rook45
02-01-2006, 2:12 PM
i could be wrong....i withdraw my previous statement
The dictionary (encarta) defines a tetra as a tropical member of the family Characidae, popularly kept in aquariums, by that definition pacu, payara. piranha, and african pike are all tetras, for that matter so are african tiger fish, (family Allestidae (african tetras)).
beblondie
02-01-2006, 3:21 PM
"Hate to say it but they all posses and it is dangerous when they learn how to use it. "
A wink or a smile and most guys are putty lol
dapike1979
02-01-2006, 5:18 PM
:ROFL:
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 11:23 AM
HAHA Gotta bump this one back up. OK so my wife and I are getting the tank ready for the little guys, and we go to our local good shop, now keep in mind before we went she kept saying "OK ok we can't over do it we can't buy this we can't buy that". We walk in and and she runs to the stock tanks picking out a new white and nicely blue rayed female crown betta, a new fire red male crown betta, two black mollies, and a red eye TET!! HAA. Not to mention I talked her into an Aqua CLear for my 20 which now has two! IRID sharks(SID & Nancy, I got a male and female, score!) :headbang2 . And another AC filer for the ten gallon for the little guys. I wonder if we are overstocking the ten, hmm. DOesn't seem like it so far each seems to have plenty of room. Oh yeah I also got in a wentil(SE Asian plant) for the IRIDS, hee hee. :naughty:
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 12:49 PM
Oh and a heater! ^_^
puffer_girl
02-02-2006, 12:58 PM
I love your enthusiasm!!! It's great!!!! The addiction takes hold of yet another...... :woot:
Mourinho18
02-02-2006, 1:47 PM
you'll be overstocked soon enough once those irridescent sharks start to grow. I'd take them back with a tank that size. :(
riskistang
02-02-2006, 4:02 PM
"Hate to say it but they all posses and it is dangerous when they learn how to use it. "
A wink or a smile and most guys are putty lol
A few shots and you guys are putty too :ROFL:
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 4:30 PM
A few shots and you guys are putty too :ROFL:
LOL!!!!! ...nice.
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 4:32 PM
you'll be overstocked soon enough once those irridescent sharks start to grow. I'd take them back with a tank that size. :(
Two IRIDs in a 20 gal tall? No way man, it will take them at least a year or so to start outgrowing that, and we will be out of our apartment and in a house then, so heh heh. I will move them to bigger quarters and raise them to be bigger fish!!!
:woot:
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 4:33 PM
I love your enthusiasm!!! It's great!!!! The addiction takes hold of yet another...... :woot:
Thank you!! ^_^
A few shots and you guys are putty too :ROFL:
yup, that's why i always keep liquor on hand
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 4:56 PM
Heh, hey now! -_- let's not get too bad
Mourinho18
02-02-2006, 5:09 PM
Two IRIDs in a 20 gal tall? No way man, it will take them at least a year or so to start outgrowing that, and we will be out of our apartment and in a house then, so heh heh. I will move them to bigger quarters and raise them to be bigger fish!!!
:woot:
:shakehead
they're gonna outgrow that very quickly. 1 year is way to long for them to be in a 20 gallon.
mainy999
02-02-2006, 5:12 PM
Oh yeah..."I want a cute little fishy!!" "OHHH Let's breed those guppies so they have babies!!" (As i think..well...im sure my Oscar would appreciate some guppies :devil: :ROFL: )
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 6:52 PM
:shakehead
they're gonna outgrow that very quickly. 1 year is way to long for them to be in a 20 gallon.
:duh: DUDE!! Trust me a year is not to long at all, not even taking into account organisms grow with their environment...-_-. These IRIds will be fine in 20 gal for the time being, hell it may not even be a year. Point is a year is plent of time to let em grow out of that tank.
Ikhan Bettah
02-02-2006, 6:53 PM
Oh yeah..."I want a cute little fishy!!" "OHHH Let's breed those guppies so they have babies!!" (As i think..well...im sure my Oscar would appreciate some guppies :devil: :ROFL: )
????????What?
Ikhan Bettah
02-04-2006, 5:07 PM
Has the thread finally fizzled out?
Ikhan Bettah
02-04-2006, 5:07 PM
Come on!! No more stories of how women influenced you into mistakes >.<???????
fishnutham
02-04-2006, 5:26 PM
:rip :D i always buy what i need i yell much louder then her...
I believe in the old saying, "If momma ain't happy, then nobody be happy."
I say if your woman likes the fish then keep the good times going... =) get as many fish and tanks as you can before she changes her mind! get her hooked!!
Ikhan Bettah
02-05-2006, 9:22 PM
No problem there! ^_^
Freakdaddy
02-10-2006, 4:52 PM
Two IRIDs in a 20 gal tall? No way man, it will take them at least a year or so to start outgrowing that, and we will be out of our apartment and in a house then, so heh heh. I will move them to bigger quarters and raise them to be bigger fish!!!
:woot:
Two words there Fish and House.........fish house..fishouse say it enough she'll think it her idea. ;)
zhinka
02-10-2006, 5:45 PM
I do that to my hubby too,drives him crazy! lol
scottchristian
02-12-2006, 12:28 PM
if i can even get the wife to talk at all about the fish for 10 min. im happy. its soooo hard to get anything out of her. she likes the fish, but does not care too much about changing anything. any time i say something about her tank or make a suggestion she ends up getting mad and tells me to leave her tank alone (except when it needs cleaning). im only allowed to do maintnance on it . i told her to make the 90 gal hers trying to get her involved and it has worked a little bit. she just hasent became OBSESSED like me yet,
Ikhan Bettah
02-12-2006, 4:15 PM
Two words there Fish and House.........fish house..fishouse say it enough she'll think it her idea. ;)
lol
Ikhan Bettah
02-12-2006, 4:18 PM
if i can even get the wife to talk at all about the fish for 10 min. im happy. its soooo hard to get anything out of her. she likes the fish, but does not care too much about changing anything. any time i say something about her tank or make a suggestion she ends up getting mad and tells me to leave her tank alone (except when it needs cleaning). im only allowed to do maintnance on it . i told her to make the 90 gal hers trying to get her involved and it has worked a little bit. she just hasent became OBSESSED like me yet,
Hmm touch cookie to crack sounds like. ALl it took for my wife was walking in the damn store!! :ROFL: She's loved fish since she was little though, and loves the ocean even more, so it just so happens she marries a marine bio student ^_^, can't wait to take her on dives.
Dovii dude
02-16-2006, 8:49 PM
The only thing my wife is obssessed with is cleaning the damn house!!!And fish,forget about it!! :screwy:
Hmm touch cookie to crack sounds like. ALl it took for my wife was walking in the damn store!! :ROFL: She's loved fish since she was little though, and loves the ocean even more, so it just so happens she marries a marine bio student ^_^, can't wait to take her on dives.
I took my girlfriend on a dive, but I was intoxicated and, oh you mean a SCUBA dive...nevermind
Ikhan Bettah
02-17-2006, 12:55 PM
The only thing my wife is obssessed with is cleaning the damn house!!!And fish,forget about it!! :screwy:
THats what my wife is trying to get me to do right now! =P
Ikhan Bettah
02-17-2006, 12:55 PM
166 I wonder what my new fish will be!!?
Tongue33
03-08-2006, 2:24 AM
:ROFL: :ROFL: UUUmmmmm ya....
fish head )'>
03-22-2006, 1:02 AM
preach on brother![I][U]
bentank1
03-28-2006, 10:33 PM
Ok so I totally know not to buy fish before you have tanks ready, but my wife was so cute and excited picking out the stock she wanted, I bought it all for her right then. The result: Four neon tets, two strawberry tets, two cherry barbs, and four gups and an algae sucker all chillin in a 2.5 spring water jug for a couple of days, and they survived praise jesus! -__-. But if your wife/girlfriend tries to use that charm, RESIST, and get the tanks ready first! Dont be like me<------------ :screwy:
how did they survive?
johnlinds
04-15-2006, 4:15 PM
easy to be suckered by the female.
wild caught
04-17-2006, 1:16 AM
my girlfriend actually buy fish for me that she likes when ever she goes shoppin. but what she thinks is "cute" my guys think is "tasty"
limz_777
05-08-2006, 9:03 AM
Practically all fish are food for something..... Even the monsters!!! There's always a bigger monster out there thinking YUMMY!!!! :grinyes: Like the Vampire tetra!!!! :headbang2
paraya as food?:(
They are eaten but sought mainly as gamefish rather than food fish as they are so narrowly built that they carry relatively little flesh for their size.
moxxommox
05-15-2006, 7:30 AM
my mrs wants me to get a salmon catfish.... she says they are cute, but I think my rtc would like to meet it also! =)
loach43
05-15-2006, 8:03 AM
My wife wants me to get an L200 green phantom pleco:headbang2
I think I'll keep her
If your lady wants fish and she is gonna pay for them, get em, then tell her you need another tank so your beasts don't eat them for lunch and she what she says !
cichlid savage
05-19-2006, 7:02 PM
you'll be overstocked soon enough once those irridescent sharks start to grow. I'd take them back with a tank that size. :(
Never take fish back just get a bigger tank:grinyes: :headbang2
She who must be obeyed is buying me a bigger tank for daddy's day..shes definitely a keeper!
sour_girl
05-19-2006, 7:38 PM
I never get influenced by the power of a woman!! I AM the woman !!
90% of the fish I have or have had have been b/c I wanted them....
Muahahahahahahhhaahhaaaa
Keeper of the Ropes
05-23-2006, 1:31 AM
I've been cut off from buying more fish - and from going to petstores in general. Since I can't go "buy" one... I've begun "trading" :grinyes: with a local store with quality fish. That way, I can smile with that big grin and say "but HONEY!!! I traded a pair of paradise fish for the 8 inch eel..." It works a little better :)
<*<>{ KOTR <*<>{
bullibudget
05-24-2006, 6:31 PM
if ever you need to live by a motto, its,....A HAPPY WIFE, IS A HAPPY LIFE!!!! besides, it costs a fortune to get rid of em!!!
Mourinho18
05-24-2006, 6:33 PM
if ever you need to live by a motto, its,....A HAPPY WIFE, IS A HAPPY LIFE!!!! besides, it costs a fortune to get rid of em!!!
not unless you've got a pre nup
IRoman
08-01-2006, 10:43 AM
This thread makes me laugh, I'm also glad to know I'm not alone. I just got my first tank, and it only took me about 4 months of hovering over the classified to get it. My wife hasnt been the least bit interested the whole time, she usually just rolls her eyes when I talked about it...(I should ban her :ROFL: )
Now that the empty 125 gallon tank is in our living room, she wants to see it stocked. When we have gone into the fish stores, she starts telling me what fishes she wants. Right now I just have a tank and a stand, I still need everything else but when it is time to put fish in it, I'm curious to see how she will be
oneyedfish
08-01-2006, 7:28 PM
All hail the P.O.P!!!
HAHAHA