What's the highest complement?

[Buphy]

Wanted to hear y'all's thoughts. If you post a pic of your tank or fish, what's the highest complement some one could pay? Natural? Clean? Beautiful? Healthy? Let's hear y'all's thoughts!

Personally I feel like it's healthy. Many people in the "hobby" have no clue what they're doing and their fish health suffers from it (I've been in that group too).

 

[HumanBean]

Oh well i guess I am on wrong side of the coin.
I get " oh **** these are ugly fishes you have" referring to the comments I get from my partner.
Other than that beautiful y done etc

 

[pops]

I will never get kudos for my tanks, whats in them is for the fish, for me best compliment is good looking healthy fish.

 

[jeaninel]

I guess for me it's "what beautiful healthy fish you have". So if the fish are beautiful and healthy looking then that must mean you're doing something right. Lol

 

[ehh]

I feel accomplished when people tell me them like the set up.

 

[pops]

I agree EHH, again I well never get kudoes for my setups. and I am fine with that, some dang beautiful setups out there, just want to say wow!. I am pretty basic kind of guy. keep the filters,water and gravel clean and some plecos to do the glass and wood, and me and my fish happy.

 

[Fat Homer]

For me highest praise i have gotten was that my tank looked very natural and the fish must be really happy coz they so fat and healthy looking...

 

[Buphy]

Good answers so far! I like "fat". =P

 

[Brent419]

For me, it's when one of the kids or their friends take notice and then stop and start really watching even though they may not really know about the fish at all. It's great when I tell them some fact about the fish or their natural environment and their interest is peaked and they start to ask follow up questions. My 10 year old boy just recently noticed my firemouth sucking up some gravel and then spitting it out. He thought that was so cool and wanted a firemouth of his own. We went out last weekend and he picked one out and is really excited about it. That to me is the HIGHEST compliment ever.

 

[millerkid519]

My favorite compliment is "hey... you still have those fish. I didn't know they lived that long"