Is your spouse or S.O. down with your hobby??
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my girlfriend is sort of into it. She helped me setup my tank when i first got back into fish keeping. She loves going to the shops with me and spending my money. She has a tank of her own, and maintains it, but thinks its silly how much money ive spent.
My wife (woofy on MFK and AC) likes fish as much as I do, although we each have fish interests that are sometimes different, but it allows for our tanks to have more variety in fish and setups than if it were say, just what I picked out (mostly cichlids or 'gray fish' in every tank). Best part is she is good with parts of the hobby that I'm not good or knowledgable at, like with plants and aquascaping. We also have interests in common, like wanting to get into larger fish like aro's, also we both have experience with New World cichlids and having stocklists in tanks that go against usual recommendations.
Seems like a perfect reason to go 640 gallons to m.esse;2317932; said:When I am looking at my fish my wife says, I remember when you use to look at me like that
That way, when she longs for those looks you used to give her, she can take a 82 degree dip in the tank...
Then hand her the algae scrapper, and say "work it baby!".
2 birds 1 stone, she's happy, you're happier, and you'll have that 640g that every Monster fishKeeper should have...
zennzzo;2318102; said:Seems like a perfect reason to go 640 gallons to m.
That way, when she longs for those looks you used to give her, she can take a 82 degree dip in the tank...
Then hand her the algae scrapper, and say "work it baby!".
2 birds 1 stone, she's happy, you're happier, and you'll have that 640g that every Monster fishKeeper should have...
i think i'm in love..
My hubby and I each have our own hobbies that take up space. Our basement is pretty evenly divided between my fish room and his recordio studio/music gear and woodworking shop.
He is super supportive of it. When we talk about what to do in a given day, he always asks if I need anything at any of the fish stores. He even goes to fish stores without me, just to see if they have anything I might be interested in. He never complains at all about the huge numbers of tanks in the house. I spend my money, so that's not even an issue. When I got my 210 gal tank, he helped me plan out a DIY tank stand and did a good chunk of the building on his own for me.
He's even picked up enough knowledge from me to give advice to folks he works with. Makes me smile...
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He is super supportive of it. When we talk about what to do in a given day, he always asks if I need anything at any of the fish stores. He even goes to fish stores without me, just to see if they have anything I might be interested in. He never complains at all about the huge numbers of tanks in the house. I spend my money, so that's not even an issue. When I got my 210 gal tank, he helped me plan out a DIY tank stand and did a good chunk of the building on his own for me.
He's even picked up enough knowledge from me to give advice to folks he works with. Makes me smile...
.That's a healthy relationship right there...especially the last lineTitania;2318512; said:My hubby and I each have our own hobbies that take up space. Our basement is pretty evenly divided between my fish room and his recordio studio/music gear and woodworking shop.
He is super supportive of it. When we talk about what to do in a given day, he always asks if I need anything at any of the fish stores. He even goes to fish stores without me, just to see if they have anything I might be interested in. He never complains at all about the huge numbers of tanks in the house. I spend my money, so that's not even an issue. When I got my 210 gal tank, he helped me plan out a DIY tank stand and did a good chunk of the building on his own for me.
He's even picked up enough knowledge from me to give advice to folks he works with. Makes me smile...
