Does anyones fish keeping hoby get them in trouble

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my mom has gotten practically obsessed with my fish. i got stuck with some large cichlids that i saved from ym friends pirhana tank and couldnt keep them all after college so i was gonna give them to a lfs but my mom refused and got super attached to them. her getting mad is only cuz she thought my big back cr. sveni ate my 3" convict whihc is like her favorite fish. i said look under and around all the rocks he'll be there and sure enough he was. fish friendly family = :)
 
Now you mention that... When I lived at home with my mother a few years ago, whenever a fish died, got eaten or whatever, my mom would cry and get so upset.. She would fly out of the room cursing and say she cant handle it... Etc etc.... I thought she was funny...
 
my missus is always *****in an moanin about my tanks, i just swich off listenin
 
Camshaft Ramrod;2344311; said:
For me, the hobby keeps me out of trouble.

The reason I got into fish keeping in the first place was to give me something
to do while I was trying to clean up my bad lifestyle and get sober. I had a pretty
rough past. So I replaced a habit with a habit.
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x2 :WHOA:drugs suck.... and as much as i bugger away on the hobby its just no contest to the absolute cost of what i was doing finiancially its not saving me much though:)
 
It hasn't gotten me in trouble yet. It seems like I have always had some sort of aquarium since I was young but they were all smaller aquariums. My guiter hobby has made me get some looks though. I hope this 120g I got pushes me over the line. That means I am doing it right!
 
Mostly money wise. I'm also sometimes really stressed about the hobby. It seems like my fish are always sick or something is wrong with a piece of equipment. My aquariums are cycled, large enough/undercrowded(except maybe my quarantine), I don't overfeed; Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are always good when I check; and I do weekly 25-35% water changes/gravel vacs. Either I'm doing something wrong that I don't know about or I'm just crappy at selecting fish. Sometimes fish keeping is the opposite of calming for me.
 
banjocat;2348285; said:
Mostly money wise. I'm also sometimes really stressed about the hobby. It seems like my fish are always sick or something is wrong with a piece of equipment. My aquariums are cycled, large enough/undercrowded(except maybe my quarantine), I don't overfeed; Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are always good when I check; and I do weekly 25-35% water changes/gravel vacs. Either I'm doing something wrong that I don't know about or I'm just crappy at selecting fish. Sometimes fish keeping is the opposite of calming for me.
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Im sorry to hear that, maybe you are a fish reaper as opposed to the fish keeper lol ko. I hope the best for you.
 
Malawi-;2346629; said:
Now you mention that... When I lived at home with my mother a few years ago, whenever a fish died, got eaten or whatever, my mom would cry and get so upset.. She would fly out of the room cursing and say she cant handle it... Etc etc.... I thought she was funny...
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haha yeah man my mum was gutted when my Oscar Seabuscuit tagged one of my plecos, she was like its just a mean fish whatever happened to those lovely wee goldfish lol
 
i stared with a 10 gallon my mom got me for christmas 3 years ago she started this addiction ! she tolok me to the lfs like days after christmas to stoock the tank. well iv since got rid of the 10 and got a 20 i want a 75 but dad is already agenst my 20 he claims its to heavy and that a 75 is way to heavy my house was built in 1942 we replaced the floors less than a year ago i mean the parents jacked up the house and replaced the foundation and all the main beams and the floor joist and all the plywood is NEW! 17,000 dollars worth of work so yeag i have to kiss major ass to get a bigger tank
 
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