What makes fishkeeping SO hard?

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Redearsunfish

Redearsunfish

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Not a single person in my life understands my love of fishkeeping. not my wife, not my parents, not my friends... its isolating to say the least, and makes it difficult.

No one sees it as a valid hobby or why I "waste my time" doing it.

it truely is a piss-off for me.
 
I get the same from some of the kids at my school, some people are just nieve
 
its typical to hear everything your saying i just brush it off but lucky for me my soon to be wife loves the rays and other fish she just complains when i stress out on them but my parents too say the same and some of my friends they just dont get it and never will but thats ok thats what makes us all here so different from the ones who arent in the know hahaha and i love jonny cash by the way
 
Same here, people think its messed up when i get excited about a new filter, or a better way to arrange the media in one lol. I also have nobody to bounce ideas off of or ask advice of. The web is great but having a friend, spouse or family member that shares an interest, well there's nothing quite like it.
 
I guess I'm lucky. My wife doesn't do the maintenance but she has her own tanks with fish that she chose. My friends and family don't have tanks themselves, but they think my tanks a cool and want to see them whenever they come over.
 
My husband really enjoys my tanks and is UBER supportive of my passion for them. He doesn't understand them and has no interest in trying to understand them. But he supports all of my energies and has been caught bragging to his pals about how awesome his wife's tanks are a few times.

That's good enough for me.
 
sometimes my wife thinks that i spend too much money on fish, but she does not bug me about being a hobbyist. nor do my friends think i'm weird. they are impressed with my fish-keeping skillset. i'm not hearing the same complaints that you guys are. i also try to have balance in my life. i enjoy the my fish, but i also enjoy many other things. for me, it's not an obession. i try not to overwhelm others with it. i prefer to allow the tanks, themselves to impress people.
 
I got lucky and grew up in a household where my dad had fish.. But he doesn't understand my need for as many tanks.. he had 1 SW tank.. and he was content.. he doesn't get my constant desire to keep new species, or my dedication to the ones I already have. He thinks I need to sell my old fish and just buy new ones. I don't need so many tanks. Thankfully my fiance understands this aspect of me.

I also found other hobbyists in my area by going to local shows/events/ect. I've actually made a fair amount of friends in the past years this way. and gotten a few frineds inot the hobby by dragging them along.
 
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