Like assuming space and money issues aside.
I've decided I like seeing them.......with other people. Oh I've had my phases, at one time I would have wanted a huge tank filled with large plecos.
When I was younger, did I dream about a lot of indoor ponds with whatever huge fish etc...
Of course I was highly amused that when I found MFK:
a) It was real and being done. b) Other people thought exactly the way I did about having huge tanks and fish.
As much as I enjoy them, I don't think I'd want them anymore even if I had the money and my own house.
Part of it is because I've maintained a larger tank long term and partly from what I've read here. Maybe I've even been a MFK keeper if one counts twelve inch fish, which is the largest fish I've ever kept.
It seems these larger fish are far more dependent on aquarium filters to just remain alive. I've noticed posts where "monster" fish have died in a single day over power issues. It seems like more of a life support then having a filter for keeping the water cleaner and reducing water changes.
I'm liking that my fish can survive many disasters and if I want to, they can kept without a filter. So a power outtage doesn't spell instant death for them. This is good because power outtages are not a what if factor, they happen eventually where I am.
I cannot justify spending that kind of money on a mere hobby...To me if you spend vast resources on fishkeeping, it's because it's for earning money. My fish are just pets now, so then I'd rather spend my money elsewhere and I have two careers that I am building up.
And oh yes...reading here has taught me how much even larger tanks with bigger filters can cost. I'm guessing feeding "monster" fish costs a bundle too, though that part hasn't come up here much.
So I started thinking...sure a huge tank with huge fish is awesome, Would I rather have pro graphic tools so I could take my design work further, wouldn't I rather start my own massage room?..Course I am dreaming now how I can place the current tanks at my parent's house into that future massage waiting room.
I am highly amused at married people who don't want a big tank with "monster" fish..I would be like...BRING 'em on in...I'll watch, you care for them...LOL.
Nothing putting people down here, I hope?...just realizing it's not for me and wonder if anyone else is planning to just enjoy the "monsters" in other people's care.
I've decided I like seeing them.......with other people. Oh I've had my phases, at one time I would have wanted a huge tank filled with large plecos.
When I was younger, did I dream about a lot of indoor ponds with whatever huge fish etc...
Of course I was highly amused that when I found MFK:
a) It was real and being done. b) Other people thought exactly the way I did about having huge tanks and fish.
As much as I enjoy them, I don't think I'd want them anymore even if I had the money and my own house.
Part of it is because I've maintained a larger tank long term and partly from what I've read here. Maybe I've even been a MFK keeper if one counts twelve inch fish, which is the largest fish I've ever kept.
It seems these larger fish are far more dependent on aquarium filters to just remain alive. I've noticed posts where "monster" fish have died in a single day over power issues. It seems like more of a life support then having a filter for keeping the water cleaner and reducing water changes.
I'm liking that my fish can survive many disasters and if I want to, they can kept without a filter. So a power outtage doesn't spell instant death for them. This is good because power outtages are not a what if factor, they happen eventually where I am.
I cannot justify spending that kind of money on a mere hobby...To me if you spend vast resources on fishkeeping, it's because it's for earning money. My fish are just pets now, so then I'd rather spend my money elsewhere and I have two careers that I am building up.
And oh yes...reading here has taught me how much even larger tanks with bigger filters can cost. I'm guessing feeding "monster" fish costs a bundle too, though that part hasn't come up here much.
So I started thinking...sure a huge tank with huge fish is awesome, Would I rather have pro graphic tools so I could take my design work further, wouldn't I rather start my own massage room?..Course I am dreaming now how I can place the current tanks at my parent's house into that future massage waiting room.
I am highly amused at married people who don't want a big tank with "monster" fish..I would be like...BRING 'em on in...I'll watch, you care for them...LOL.
Nothing putting people down here, I hope?...just realizing it's not for me and wonder if anyone else is planning to just enjoy the "monsters" in other people's care.
