What Works for Me May Not Work for You
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I talk to my fish. If only to tick my dogs off because they can't figure out what I'm talking to :evil_lol:
I do a 50% WC once a week.
I grow plants, lots of plants...
I have no idea how many fish I have since I often can't see them to count them.
I overfeed a couple tanks so that I can produce snails.
I have a figure 8 puffer that loves snails. So much so that his tank pretty much has snail shells as substrate at this point.
I don't test freshwater unless something goes hinky.
I don't gravel vac since a: I don't use gravel and b: I'd have to be able to get a vac to the substrate.
I've spent hundreds on good substrate. And the one that works best is the $15.00 40lb bag of soilmaster select over a bit of peat moss.
I grow plants, lots of plants...
I have no idea how many fish I have since I often can't see them to count them.
I overfeed a couple tanks so that I can produce snails.
I have a figure 8 puffer that loves snails. So much so that his tank pretty much has snail shells as substrate at this point.
I don't test freshwater unless something goes hinky.
I don't gravel vac since a: I don't use gravel and b: I'd have to be able to get a vac to the substrate.
I've spent hundreds on good substrate. And the one that works best is the $15.00 40lb bag of soilmaster select over a bit of peat moss.
Heres my list, totally agree with the statement, "If it aint broken, don't fix it!"
1. Overfeed all tanks.
2. Overstock all tanks.
3. Monthly waterchange with gravel vac(sometimes longer).
4. Never test my water(until last week when I got my first kit).
5. Never quarantine, just let the bag sit and dump it all in.
6. Don't own any chemicals or salt.
7. Only clean filters only when flow has minimized to nothing.
8. I'm a bucket hauler, most of the time water goes straight in from the tap into the bucket and then right into the tank.(no sit time)
9. Use hot tap water to clean everything.
10. Everytime I go to the LFS I buy something even if i don't need it
11. Never cycle any of my tanks. In goes the water, in goes the fish, never lost anything yet.
12. Tank lights are all the time(12 -16hrs) because I like watching my fish while I'm home.
13. I have a 1 eyed fish and think its the coolest thing in the world.
1. Overfeed all tanks.
2. Overstock all tanks.
3. Monthly waterchange with gravel vac(sometimes longer).
4. Never test my water(until last week when I got my first kit).
5. Never quarantine, just let the bag sit and dump it all in.
6. Don't own any chemicals or salt.
7. Only clean filters only when flow has minimized to nothing.
8. I'm a bucket hauler, most of the time water goes straight in from the tap into the bucket and then right into the tank.(no sit time)
9. Use hot tap water to clean everything.
10. Everytime I go to the LFS I buy something even if i don't need it
11. Never cycle any of my tanks. In goes the water, in goes the fish, never lost anything yet.
12. Tank lights are all the time(12 -16hrs) because I like watching my fish while I'm home.
13. I have a 1 eyed fish and think its the coolest thing in the world.
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confessions of an old surfkat:
1. I clean my tanks every 1-3 weeks if i get around to it
2. will never post pics of my tanks cause I have some tacky thing in all of them the 30 has a pirate ship and an angel named barbossa, the the 2 1/2 has a castle the 10 has a gargoyle arch and the 5 hex looks like a little kid decorated it.. all of them have plastic plants
3 I do not own a test kit of any kind i do not know my params I just power water change when the fish act strange
3. I love cleaning the tanks its a zen thing for me..I tote buckets
4. my QT tank is full of fish
5. the 30 is overstocked, I have kept black neons with angels..no one was lunch!
6. I have flushed live bully fish
7. the betta tanks get a 100% water change every 2 weeks cause I really suck at vacuming gravel
8. the bio wheel HOB has no bio wheels on it
9. I use cycle
10. I have a 5 inch snyo in the 30 I need to take him to the lfs but I am attached to him he will go one day but right now I keep on saying soon....his name is jack cause he loves the ship
11. I keep filter cartridges in the filters till they fall apart and rinse them in hot water
12. I talk to my fish and duringwater changes its hey you move your a$$
13. I do a head count every time I go by the tanks
14. my 10 and 2 1/2 have no stands the 10 is on my desk next to my printer and the 2 1/2 is on the other desk next to my monitor
15. I pay more attention to the 30 than the tv or the bf
16. I dont wash my hands before of after water changes
17. I cant keep my hands out of the tanks I am forever adding or moving stuff around
18. I am a dog groomer so all of the tanks have hairs in them
20. I float and dump
21. I have bought fish from Walley World
1. I clean my tanks every 1-3 weeks if i get around to it
2. will never post pics of my tanks cause I have some tacky thing in all of them the 30 has a pirate ship and an angel named barbossa, the the 2 1/2 has a castle the 10 has a gargoyle arch and the 5 hex looks like a little kid decorated it.. all of them have plastic plants
3 I do not own a test kit of any kind i do not know my params I just power water change when the fish act strange
3. I love cleaning the tanks its a zen thing for me..I tote buckets
4. my QT tank is full of fish
5. the 30 is overstocked, I have kept black neons with angels..no one was lunch!
6. I have flushed live bully fish
7. the betta tanks get a 100% water change every 2 weeks cause I really suck at vacuming gravel
8. the bio wheel HOB has no bio wheels on it
9. I use cycle
10. I have a 5 inch snyo in the 30 I need to take him to the lfs but I am attached to him he will go one day but right now I keep on saying soon....his name is jack cause he loves the ship
11. I keep filter cartridges in the filters till they fall apart and rinse them in hot water
12. I talk to my fish and duringwater changes its hey you move your a$$
13. I do a head count every time I go by the tanks
14. my 10 and 2 1/2 have no stands the 10 is on my desk next to my printer and the 2 1/2 is on the other desk next to my monitor
15. I pay more attention to the 30 than the tv or the bf
16. I dont wash my hands before of after water changes
17. I cant keep my hands out of the tanks I am forever adding or moving stuff around
18. I am a dog groomer so all of the tanks have hairs in them
20. I float and dump
21. I have bought fish from Walley World
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ok ok if everyone is doing it lol.
I clean the outside glass of my tanks so much that my 3 yr old and 19 month old take baby wipes and wipe the glass.
I made my family go to the beach in january and dig through the 2 feet of snow to find more rocks and driftwood for the tanks.
I have no couter space left in my kitchen because the living room ran out of space for tanks so i had to start putting them in the kitchen.
I cant stand dirty tank water.
Our fish are completely spoiled.
No one else would be able to take care of the fish the way we do so we dont go away.
We have a live bearer tank for food but i have kept most of the babies because they were too pretty to get eaten.
We rarely clean filters as they work just fine.
We test water weekly to keep ph steady.
our lfs knows us by name and will order anything we ask for.
My fish eat better then i do.
If i visit someones house and they have a dirty fish tank i think badly of them.
I go to my fathers once a month to make sure that he has cleaned his fish tank.
My friends and family are sick of hearing about my fish.
I clean the outside glass of my tanks so much that my 3 yr old and 19 month old take baby wipes and wipe the glass.
I made my family go to the beach in january and dig through the 2 feet of snow to find more rocks and driftwood for the tanks.
I have no couter space left in my kitchen because the living room ran out of space for tanks so i had to start putting them in the kitchen.
I cant stand dirty tank water.
Our fish are completely spoiled.
No one else would be able to take care of the fish the way we do so we dont go away.
We have a live bearer tank for food but i have kept most of the babies because they were too pretty to get eaten.
We rarely clean filters as they work just fine.
We test water weekly to keep ph steady.
our lfs knows us by name and will order anything we ask for.
My fish eat better then i do.
If i visit someones house and they have a dirty fish tank i think badly of them.
I go to my fathers once a month to make sure that he has cleaned his fish tank.
My friends and family are sick of hearing about my fish.
