Fight the urge to change things around..

[joecoulson]

How do you MFKr's do this? I am constantly fighting the urge to move things around or change the look of my tanks. I guess I love that new tank smell? I know that all the tanks are where they need to be and are stocked and mechanically sound, but it seems I always get an itch to change something or add something or BUY! something. Anyone else have this prob???

 

[ar0wan]

why would you stop moving stuff around
if I don't move it my fish will
there is nothing permanent about fishscaping

 

[CLDarnell]

I do it all the time too. Mostly, I try to keep things the way I have it, but I suddenly get the urge to trim off a tall plant. So I replant the trimming. But then I have to move a rock to make a better spot. Then, that rock is blocking a cave, so I move the cave formation. Then, I notice I have a Cichlid holding. So she goes into a nursery tank. But I have to move the fry from the nursery into a community tank. And that tank has too many artificial plants, so some of those get moved to a breeder tank and I take the original plant trimming and put it in the community tank.

It never fails

 

[Cookie*]

I found a way on accident (for myself at least). I always had tanks no taller than 21", I now have one that is 24". Just that extra 3" of height keeps me out of the tank most days. I cannot see into the tank and rearrange things at the same time anymore. And now I have to stand on a bucket to reach the back bottom. It's just annoying to me. Unless I am doing a water change, I don't touch anything but cleaning up poop at the front of the tank with a turkey baster.

 

[joecoulson]

I do it all the time too. Mostly, I try to keep things the way I have it, but I suddenly get the urge to trim off a tall plant. So I replant the trimming. But then I have to move a rock to make a better spot. Then, that rock is blocking a cave, so I move the cave formation. Then, I notice I have a Cichlid holding. So she goes into a nursery tank. But I have to move the fry from the nursery into a community tank. And that tank has too many artificial plants, so some of those get moved to a breeder tank and I take the original plant trimming and put it in the community tank.

It never fails

Are we related?

 

[Gruff Master]

I hope that you're not changing the Midas tank. It looks very good as is. I really like it. But I do know how you feel. I plan on doing a major change in the next few weeks too. I usually get aggravated during the process by some unseen mishap that always occurs. But it's always worth it in the end when I get to sit back on my sofa and watch the fish investigate their new surroundings. Then I start thinking, "I bet another fish would really like this set up." That leads to another trip to my LFS which is always good.

 

[nes999]

No matter what i do the fish re do it to their liking. so i have to keep on it

 

[CLDarnell]

Are we related?

lol Joe, naww, unfortunately not. But we both are into our fish...not a bad thing!

 

[ricardo1]

im always changing fish or changing the aquascape to suit the fish or buying a new fish to suit the aquascape!!!!!!!!!!!! im in the process of gettin sum electric blue jd so my tank will more than likely change for these guys!!!

 

[NixMix]

I'm doing it constantly too. I think the longest I kept my tank arranged a certain way was maybe a month... Then I started upgrading to only live plants (despite my Sevs always wanting a nice salad. lol ) Now I'm changing things around weekly. Good thing about this is that the fish always get thrown off and won't be as territorial. That's what I keep telling myself anyway. I definitely have an Alpha Gold Severum. He's a bully but I still love him.