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I have no control, I just bought another tank. I am beyond help; the addiction is just too strong. Ooooh look fish, pretty fish, <grabs fish and runs laughing maniacaly>.
This may be the wrong hobby for someone with my level of attention defecit.
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anonapersona
10-30-2005, 9:08 PM
Ah, yes, so addicting.
I had 7 tanks at one point, all over the house. Never did get a fish room set up, had I been able to automate the water changes I might have had more, for there were 7 smaller empty tanks available.
Fortunately, I got most of the stuff cheap at garage sales though some came from newspaper ads, all were bargain priced tanks. Still, the investment sure adds up.
Now I am in the reducing phase. Got rid of the active 10 gallons, and the 29 gallon, both heavily planted tanks. Keeping the discus and big cichlids, but trying to go to planted driftwood and barebottom for the discus, still just rocks and plastic for the cichlids as someone in there eats anubias overnight. I'm now down to 4 big tanks, 55 gallons to 110 gallons.
The local fish club has 3x/year auctions of used equipment and fish and that both adds to my stuff and gives me an outlet for the excess. Maybe you need to find a local club?
SnakeIce
10-30-2005, 10:50 PM
This may be the wrong hobby for someone with my level of attention defecit.
Naw, I don't know a better hobby for someone with an attention problem. Try working on making your fish homes more like habitats with plants and other natural items. It won't make it worse and the time spent on it is better than watching tv.
I definitly have that disfunction myself chill.....not doubt about it !
Holly9937
10-31-2005, 11:36 AM
I've moved away from MTS to big tank syndrome. I keep telling my husband these "stories" about our tank when we build a house. It usually starts out like "wouldn't it be cool if we had a HUGE tank built in the wall and we could keep these kind of fish....". The 180g tank I got a little while ago is just not impressive anymore :(
daveedka
10-31-2005, 11:55 AM
I just don't comprehend the desire to be cured of MTS. I prefer my addictions to be unchecked whenever possible. All that talk about obsessive compulsive dissorder just cuts into my tank time, and the therapist charges enough to pay for a lot of fish eqipment. :D :D
dave
I'm with you Dave !!! Who wants a cure ?? :coffee2:
Personally, I love how my raging case of MTS has spread to my husband...
See, here I was, happily doting on my little 10 gallon when HE bought me my dream tank, 125 gallons, last year. Then, Uncle calls up with a freebie 135 gallon 6 months later. Now, he's saying "Does DebraMark's hubby have their tank info in writing that I could look at?"
At this rate, I should be snorkling in my basement in a few years!
:laugh:
LOL Aknif ! now there's an idea !! :dive:
I do tend to change my therapy periodically. When MTS is getting too bad, I break down the smaller tanks and reset the big ones. Swapping MTS and LTS (large tank syndrome) at intervals of 10years +/- 5 years keeps my interest up quite well without other therapy than periodic ingestion of good single malt (which alleviates the pain from many issues even beyond tank problems).
I try not to combine the two. One night I laid my scotch and some fresh shrimp on top of the tank and got momentarily distracted by the tv, the scat hit the top of the tank and nearly spilled my scotch. Don't drink and feed man someone could get hurt.
I'm not sure if the scat was after the scotch or the shrimp but he had to settle for the shrimp. I mean, I love my fish but I'm not sharing my scotch.
Cheers