tank ethics

[Potts050]

thanks for the replies everyone, alot of things i've never thought of and alot we all have seen way too much. how about when you clean out your filter and you find strands of your girlfriends hair stuck in random parts(that falls under the urk list. it's rather minor, but it's there. damn them

I'm thinking you should consider finding a differant way to get rid of old girl friends dastardlee...

 

[CHOMPERS]

...oscars...

Breathe man breathe! I agree with ya. I have been to that oscar website and had to leave. I couldn't take all the idiots there.

And WELCOME to MFK. It is going to be nice having you here.

 

[rob0521]

That gun is very LEGAL where I live..thank you...If you knew your Federal gun laws you would know this.
The state of Michigan requires it is registered as a Handgun due to 16 inch barrel but there is nothing about it that is Illegal..

Thank for proving my point.

the fact that legal is in big red letters gives me the heebee jeevees

 

[vexter]

...a food network special on my fish comes up

Because its every aquarium owners dream to eventually move on to 400lb tuna and eat them later. I used to hate finding information on fish until this website.
Also yeah, reader beware some Oscar sights will make you cry.
Hair in filter... wow... Just ... weird. My ex had some hair behind the clear plastic lcd display on her cellphone... I was like wtf did you do with your cellphone. But yeah, finding hair in weird places. Definitely another pet peeve.

 

[straitjacketstar]

i hate when i'm trying to look up something on my fish and i either get some video of some ass' smacking the glass of a tank while the fish looks at him like he's a retard

That totally reminds my of glassbangers. Being adult and banging on a tank's glass is bad, but a few strong taps usually does it for those who don't know any better. It's the rabid little children and their parents who will work my last nerve...
I hate, abhor and DETEST these snotty-lipped, sticky, smelly, screamy little creatures who are allowed into shops with aquariums and bang violently on the glass, while their lousy parents, seemingly delighted to have a minute or two to check out whatever they want while said rabid child is distracted, could care absolutely less. It happens the same way every time too.
child: "FISHY! *BANG* Fishy, fishy! *clap, BANG* Lookit mama, Nemo! *SLAP SLAP SLAP*
Mom: looking off in some other direction "Mhmm, yeah...Nemo..."
And if someone finally comes around to telling the child not to "do that" or tell the parent/guardian to please not allow the child to bang on the glass they cop an attitude like that's what glass boxes and pretty colored fishies are for anyway.

 

[AquataHolic420]

people that want to have the most aggresive fish they possibly can, because it makes them feel better about themselves.

people who cut p's lips to make them look more feirce

people who buy p's for the sole purpose of feeding it live food and show there friends

people who keep fish in tank that is to small, and say they'll upgrade later but never do.

people who don't take advice, because they don't want to think there wrong.

people who give bad advice, and don't know how to keep fish.

that's just off the top of my head.

Good LIst, the worst i read was the cutting Piranha lips off to show more teeth...

 

[dmarinko]

definately

 

[derk dastardlee]

definatly agree w/ straitjackerstar on the damn kids. i was at a lfs and got some looks from parents when i said "that fish must wanna kill that kid, cause it's pissing me off". i have poor volume controll i guess.

 

[tyl089]

here's another one; people who tap on the tanks just to see what the fish will do.

 

[Zoso]

People in general suck, they will be the undoing of this planet.

This isn't a pet peeve, but fear of my Pacu attacking kept my great grandma from moving in.....that fish was worth every penny.

I too hate the walmart people. I once waited a half hour at the sporting goods department, asked 3 employees for help, and had to resort to calling the manager with my cell. When the guy got there, i was like "I was here untattended for a half hour. I could have grabbed that golf club, smashed the glass case, grabbed those shotgun shells, and ventilated the whole store." His response "We never move the guns". And the response when i asked for feeder fish was no better. Some knappy headed hoe "Feeder who's?" she starts checking labels. "We got goldfish for a dollar, what's the matter, they all feed!" At that point i walked out.