What makes us want to keep living things in glass tanks?

[eclecticoldsod]

Why take a tiny piece of nature and put it into an unnatural setting in your home?
Nature manages very well/much better without human intervention. If you just want to see it, even for an inner-city dwellers, 'nature' can be found just a few miles out of town.
Do we love nature so much that we need to keep it close to us, even if the only way to do it is in a very unnatural way? Surely, there is a contradiction here? We try to simulate nature, and the only way to do that successfully is by replacing what Nature does naturally by artificial means. There is not a single thing we fish keepers do that is not unnecessary in the wild; CO2 injection, heating, cooling, lighting, feeding, and juggling water chemistry like an old stage act keeping 25 plates on sticks spinning in the air... It's a lot of hard work for a hobby!
I would really like to know why we do it...

[Star_Rider]

how do we know if nature is balanced without humans??

aren't we part of the ecosystem?

this is pretty open ended.
why do humans climb mountains, explore deep seas, circumnavigate the globe in a hot air ballon?

[J double R]

pretty much all of that.

[dixienut]

Because when you get it right, it's as near as you can get to playing God...

that about sums it up.......:headbang2:

[eclecticoldsod]

how do we know if nature is balanced without humans??

aren't we part of the ecosystem?

this is pretty open ended.
why do humans climb mountains, explore deep seas, circumnavigate the globe in a hot air ballon?

Star_rider, we humans are, of course, part of the world ecosystem, because we can move about almost wherever we want to go! A fish or shrimp from south-east Asia does not have the choice of moving to where you live – without human intervention. So it ain't the same thing..!


I don't think we want to get too 'open ended' on what humans can do! Most of it is against nature, and not even a wise thing for mountain climbers, pot-holers, and assorted idiots – let alone a good thing for an unknown, endangered catfish clinging onto life in an obscure Rio Negro tributary..!

Sorry, but I find it hard to see things from purely the human point of view...

[eroomlorac]

Because it is a challenge and it is relaxing to observe and it feels great when you get it right. And it is awesome to bring a little bit of that nature into your home to call your own. It's like having a little bit of the ocean or having a cabin on the lake all the time.

[Grins]

Because it should not be possible for a yellow tang to be living in the middle of my great room. Yet, it can.

[Fishy_Fun]

i like playing god mahahahaha LOL

[Coler]

because its a challenge, and very satisfying when it works out....a lot of things tick those boxes...but I don't want to run marathons :D

[ITHURTZ]

Because I like to look at a world different than mine. Get drunk or other assortments of your pleasure and day dream into the tank, theres nothing like it.

[Chill]

As for in In glass boxes
have you ever tried to fill a cage with water?