Have you ever met an uneducated fishkeeper?

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fish keepers ? share your stories !

I have a lot of coworkers who has fishtanks in their homes and has been in the hobby for a couple years. I have a friend who gravel vac and changes tankwater to about 50 percent every 3 months. He always says that he only buy catfish bcus its the only fish that survives within a couple months...:eek: (55g tank)

I also know a guy who has a fish tank and do the same process every 6 months, same story goes, only fishes he COULD keep are oscars and catfish....(125g)

One guy changes the filter and water every year !!!!!!!!!!!!! only fish he could keep are goldfish(30g)....Its a shame they don't have the passion and dedication like we do. When i told them my routine on how to clean and maintain my tank, they started laughing and saying that water chages every week is overkill and a waste of time.

So one day i decided to bring these guys to my house to check out my fish tanks (mind you i have 3 ). THey were in a disbelieve how healthy my fishes are and how clear my tankwater is !:naughty:

after this , they all changed their routine and followed my advise on fishkeeping. Up to now, they are glad that i showed them how to be a more responsibe fishkeeper, and they enjoy the hobby more than ever before.

Deep inside, i feel like i've made a difference in peoples lives and i feel really good about it. But whats more important is that i wanna thank this site, and its members, for helping me a more knowledgable FISHKEEPER.

Monsterfishkeepers.com FTW ! :WHOA:
 
i once sold plants to a women who spent $1000 on a 29 gallon tank, that did not have fish or even decent filtration. that's the worse i have encountered. the typical uneducated person im subjected to, just keeps Oscars in 15 gallon tanks and has never heard of cycling. - im use to that.
 
I met a guy that seemed to know a fair bit about cichlids and their care. He had a few breeding tanks, changed water weekly, knew all about the nitrogen cycle etc etc.
Only problem was he called them chill-ids.
Just thought it was really strange that he knew so much about them, but couldnt even pronouce the name.
 
i work with someone who has never done a waterchange "because i have live plants".
 
flipstylex;4222062; said:
fish keepers ? share your stories !

I have a lot of coworkers who has fishtanks in their homes and has been in the hobby for a couple years. I have a friend who gravel vac and changes tankwater to about 50 percent every 3 months. He always says that he only buy catfish bcus its the only fish that survives within a couple months...:eek: (55g tank)

I also know a guy who has a fish tank and do the same process every 6 months, same story goes, only fishes he COULD keep are oscars and catfish....(125g)

One guy changes the filter and water every year !!!!!!!!!!!!! only fish he could keep are goldfish(30g)....Its a shame they don't have the passion and dedication like we do. When i told them my routine on how to clean and maintain my tank, they started laughing and saying that water chages every week is overkill and a waste of time.

So one day i decided to bring these guys to my house to check out my fish tanks (mind you i have 3 ). THey were in a disbelieve how healthy my fishes are and how clear my tankwater is !:naughty:

after this , they all changed their routine and followed my advise on fishkeeping. Up to now, they are glad that i showed them how to be a more responsibe fishkeeper, and they enjoy the hobby more than ever before.

Deep inside, i feel like i've made a difference in peoples lives and i feel really good about it. But whats more important is that i wanna thank this site, and its members, for helping me a more knowledgable FISHKEEPER.
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i can appreciate what your saying.. and i thank MFK and all of you for the same reasons... thats what makes it really great.. here we share our knowledge.. for everyone to learn if they want to... and this will carry you on the rest of your life... :D
 
navygirl76;4222457; said:
i work with someone who has never done a waterchange "because i have live plants".
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I know a few people who still do once yearly water changes.They remove the fish and place them in a separate container, drain out and discard all of their water,remove all gravel and rinse it,before adding replacement water that has been sitting for a few days.
 
That's great, sharing is caring. I change 20% on my 5 tanks every Sat and Wed. I don't care how tired I am, lugging water back and forth (and I have a python...go figure), getting splashed on and an occasional nip is all worth it to me.
 
Whenever people come over and see my tanks I always seem to get the question "How often do you have to clean it?" I tell them that I do 25%-30% water changes weekly. And every time they say "No I mean how often do you have to take everything out and clean it?" I tell them never and they are surprised. So many people out there think this is a normal part of fish keeping.
 
My neighbor has a 30 gal tank with no filter and like 15 assorted cichlids, 2 frys of babies, shrimp and crayfish. he swears the crayfish and shrimp are somehow filtering the water and just dumps some stress zyme in every couple weeks..:grinno:
 
Did i ever meet an uneducated Fishkeeper? once yes, it was me :(

I still dont know much about many fish species but the general 'fishkeeping' jest, im good :grinno:
 
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