View Full Version : Fish... Pets or Hobby?
The Zigman
10-09-2008, 9:46 PM
My crazy GF is always up my butt about the fish I keep...
I care more about them than I do her..
They are stupid, what can they do? the cant play frisbee, or snuggle up to you on the couch..
She has a cat and a dog, I tried to tell her having fish is no different that having any other pet..
She dont get it..
So..
Are your fish pets, or a hobby?
justahannah
10-09-2008, 9:49 PM
Fish are pets with individual personalities..but the upkeep and accessories are definitely a hobby :P
Mgamer20o0
10-09-2008, 9:51 PM
where is the addiction option?
Snakes
10-09-2008, 9:51 PM
My Fish Are My Pets and Hobby
I love each of there personalities thus they my Pets
and Learning about them and fish is becoming my hobby :)
petluvr
10-09-2008, 9:53 PM
My fish are my pets, however I stopped naming them after about the 10th tank went up :)
The Zigman
10-09-2008, 9:59 PM
where is the addiction option?
that would be option #3...
muddskipper26
10-09-2008, 10:04 PM
im somewhere in between the first and second options
bkw1982
10-09-2008, 10:05 PM
fish=pets
Fish tanks and etc=hobby
For about 6 months i had 2 tanks and only 1 fish lol. Now im up to 3 tanks with 10 fish and a bunch of shrimp.....i consider it a growth :). I'd say I'm a hobbist not a fish keeper.
I picked 4 cause i didn't agree with any of the others.
Eupterus
10-09-2008, 10:08 PM
I had this discussion before when I used to keep rats. For a different reason.
The thought that keeping rats could be a hobby insulted some of them.
I didn't know what else to put the expenses under.
Career, health, educational expenses ( yeah I was in college at the time) or basic necessities...So since I kept rats for pleasure and not to make money or to fill basic needs, then it's a hobby?. I guess for some of them keeping rats meant the rats were family members now and I was objectifying them.
Feel the same way about the fish unless they are a source of income or I'm going to do something functional with them like raise them for food.
And to answer the basic question here, I see them as both.
J double R
10-09-2008, 10:09 PM
Fish? I dont own any fish.. What the heck is this place some kind of fish forum or something?
this is true for me. lol
Snakes
10-09-2008, 10:10 PM
Most Fish Keepers Grow LOL
I currently have and had 5G and now 10G Tank and im moving soon to over a 50G Tank
It Starts as a Pet :) and u become a hobbyist :silly:
bkw1982
10-09-2008, 10:14 PM
I had this discussion before when I used to keep rats. For a different reason.
The thought that keeping rats could be a hobby insulted some of them.
I didn't know what else to put the expenses under.
Career, health, educational expenses ( yeah I was in college at the time) or basic necessities...So since I kept rats for pleasure and not to make money or to fill basic needs, then it's a hobby?. I guess for some of them keeping rats meant the rats were family members now and I was objectifying them.
Feel the same way about the fish unless they are a source of income or I'm going to do something functional with them like raise them for food.
And to answer the basic question here, I see them as both.
Please list the reasons you keep rats lol.....Not as a food source I hope:eek:
Snakes
10-09-2008, 10:18 PM
Please list the reasons you keep rats lol.....Not as a food source I hope:eek:
Rats are High in proteins and carbs LOL :silly:
The Zigman
10-09-2008, 10:20 PM
Rats are High in proteins and carbs LOL :silly:
And let me guess...
they taste like chicken?
Why hasn't anyone invented chicken that tastes like beer?
Snakes
10-09-2008, 10:23 PM
what is chicken :evil_lol:
bkw1982
10-09-2008, 10:29 PM
And let me guess...
they taste like chicken?
Why hasn't anyone invented chicken that tastes like beer?
my uncle bbq chicken with a beer can in it, it has kinda beer taste.
petluvr
10-10-2008, 12:26 AM
Fish? I dont own any fish.. What the heck is this place some kind of fish forum or something?
this is true for me. lol
Why no fishies?
Mgamer20o0
10-10-2008, 12:34 AM
that would be option #3...
i was looking for the get rid of the gf for more tank option.
NorCalFish
10-10-2008, 1:13 AM
I only voted #2 becuz that's what it seems like right now (being away at college all). i just don't have the time to really devote to them. i still love my tanks though!!
i was looking for the get rid of the gf for more tank option.
My wife offered me that option if I bought any more tanks!
That was when I had 5 tanks.
I now have 8; 9 if you count my 4G QT...still married :)
ummm..addiction...
--Don
Mgamer20o0
10-10-2008, 1:26 AM
this will take care of that problem...
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/rack/rackspics.jpg
NeonFlux
10-10-2008, 1:56 AM
Option #1 for me. What about plants... they are family too
The Zigman
10-10-2008, 8:18 AM
this will take care of that problem...
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k225/mgamer20o0/rack/rackspics.jpg
Hey MG, what size tanks are those?
I was thinking of a similar set up with all 20G long tanks.
oscarluvr
10-10-2008, 9:31 AM
dont listen to your gf after all your fish will never get a headache