First time posting here in a long time, trying to reignite a bit of my passion for the hobby...
Lately I've been completely "meh" about my tank, yep that massive one that only a little while ago was my life long dream-build finally coming to fruition, and now I'm already thinking about tearing it down. Yesterday I figured out why when this pic popped up on my Facebook feed as being a memory from four years ago...
Holy sh!! Four years already! In the twenty years I've been keeping fish this is the longest period I've ever had one tank continuously running for. And further more, it's nearly been three years since I sold my aro and went down the 'monster community' route with angels and tetras etc, which is the longest I've ever kept a single "theme" (for want of a better word) going in one tank.
No wonder I'm bored with it!!!
Today I pulled apart the big pile of wood to do a thorough clean, and a stocktake on my plecs (still got 6 out of the 7 tiny L85s that went in there nearly 3 years ago). I contemplated the future of the the tank and decided to persevere with it, maybe change up the stocking a little. In the mean time here's a couple of current pics, as it is this morning.
It also got me wondering about how much of the fun in this hobby is the excitement of doing something new, setting up a tank, re-scaping, new fish etc etc. So how old is your longest-running set-up? Both in terms of equipment and unchanged stocking? Is three years unchanged a good run or do I just have a short attention span....
Lately I've been completely "meh" about my tank, yep that massive one that only a little while ago was my life long dream-build finally coming to fruition, and now I'm already thinking about tearing it down. Yesterday I figured out why when this pic popped up on my Facebook feed as being a memory from four years ago...
Holy sh!! Four years already! In the twenty years I've been keeping fish this is the longest period I've ever had one tank continuously running for. And further more, it's nearly been three years since I sold my aro and went down the 'monster community' route with angels and tetras etc, which is the longest I've ever kept a single "theme" (for want of a better word) going in one tank.
No wonder I'm bored with it!!!
Today I pulled apart the big pile of wood to do a thorough clean, and a stocktake on my plecs (still got 6 out of the 7 tiny L85s that went in there nearly 3 years ago). I contemplated the future of the the tank and decided to persevere with it, maybe change up the stocking a little. In the mean time here's a couple of current pics, as it is this morning.
It also got me wondering about how much of the fun in this hobby is the excitement of doing something new, setting up a tank, re-scaping, new fish etc etc. So how old is your longest-running set-up? Both in terms of equipment and unchanged stocking? Is three years unchanged a good run or do I just have a short attention span....
Exactly what I'm working on, but not so monster.
