Possible cure for MTS

[greendeltatke]

Has anyone ever tried this cure? It comes in three parts:

1. Take one of your tanks and set it up in a school classroom, a day care center, a nursing home or the waiting room of a non-profit agency.

2. Set up a super easy feeding schedule for an employee there.

3. Volunteer to come in once a week for tank maintenance. Spread the work around with your local aquarium club if you can.

There! You have eliminated a tank from your home and beautified a public space. You've maybe spread your interest to the kids who see the fish. Most importantly you've given support to people who make a living taking care of other people.

[nursie]

LOL...I thought you might have meant malayasian trumpet snails...great idea. Our fish club has their meetings in a local parochial school and we maintain a 55 gal community tank in their science classroom for them, using tiems donated by club members.

[SnakeIce]

Heh when it comes to that, it just means I can't fit any more tanks in at home. :D

[RTR]

I cannot even fit any more tanks into the storage area...

[SnakeIce]

RTR, does the current number of tanks set up now as compared to the past mean there are more in storage?

[Emg]

I want more tanks................ :girl:

[RTR]

Yup. The re-arrangement of the last couple + of years means that all the big tanks are stored, nothing over 65 in use, and most of the smaller tanks were donated away.

Someday I will swap back, and just have mostly the big tanks going, so the tank numbers will be smaller, total water volumes close or slightly greater than now.

[flyingfish]

Unfortunately, you have just spread the dreaded MTS to all those poor unwitting elderly and children. :D And now you have to go buy a bigger tank to replace the one you are "loaning".:)

[RTR]

Not quite - Like Boston ladies' hats, I don't often buy fish tanks, I have fish tanks. But considering how much effort it takes to tear down tanks and reset others in their place, it does not happen until I get very bored... ;)