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siptang
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See, I knew it would be appreciated here lol.
snakeblitz33
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Lol. Yeah, a saltwater tank is perfect for a grow house. :laughing:
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siptang
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heh, I'm glad everyone could agree to it and found it amusing.
deejeff442
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about sums it up.except my wife burns cash not me.every cent i spend on the tank is worth every penny.but thats just my opinion
snakeblitz33
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siptang
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about sums it up.except my wife burns cash not me.every cent i spend on the tank is worth every penny.but thats just my opinion
I for one, agree with you 100%. :rotfl:
tirtza
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I get kinda jealous when ever I read posts from SWF.com members whose spouses are as addicted to this hobby as they are. I would LOVE it if my hubby was as crazy about it as me. Don't get me wrong he really likes our aquarium, but he'd much rather stand back and watch me do everything. He'll make suggestions such as "can we get an anemone?" or "Can we get more coral?" Then he gets sticker shock when we go to an LFS and look at it. One thing I do appreciate is his desire for a bigger aquarium. He's always checking out the huge tanks if we pop in to a store.
He knows we can't have one until we have a house though.
Another thing is, he really only has a partial idea of what I spend on the aquarium. I've become a little devious when it comes to purchasing stuff for it. Lets just say...I'll use cash to buy stuff when ever I can so that he can't electronically calculate how much I spend each month
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He knows we can't have one until we have a house though.
Another thing is, he really only has a partial idea of what I spend on the aquarium. I've become a little devious when it comes to purchasing stuff for it. Lets just say...I'll use cash to buy stuff when ever I can so that he can't electronically calculate how much I spend each month
deejeff442
Active Member
my wife never asks what things cost.even when i but something big like my $500 skimmer.she just gets mad when something dies
meowzer
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Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///t/390704/laughed-today#post_3462732
my wife never asks what things cost.even when i but something big like my $500 skimmer.she just gets mad when something dies
Danny doesn't ask $ amounts either.....BUT I usually just tell him.....sometimes it drives me crazy that stuff cost so much
Originally Posted by deejeff442 http:///t/390704/laughed-today#post_3462732
my wife never asks what things cost.even when i but something big like my $500 skimmer.she just gets mad when something dies
Danny doesn't ask $ amounts either.....BUT I usually just tell him.....sometimes it drives me crazy that stuff cost so much
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siptang
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I just buy it and then deal with the wife later lol.
tirtza
Member
lol.....When I had a freshwater aquarium I had such horrible luck with fish (of course I really didn't know anything at all about keeping an aquarium then either) Derek called me the Grimm Reaper when ever I went to buy new fish. Luckily I only got cheap stuff like Mollies, small Angels, or Guppies. He said that when I walked into the LFS all the fish were silently screaming "NO!!" and were hiding.
Now that I have a SW tank I'm waaaay more invested in it, and take the time to research and ask unlimited questions about stuff. I've only suffered the loss of one fish in the past 8 months
My other fish and coral seem to be pretty healthy!
Now that I have a SW tank I'm waaaay more invested in it, and take the time to research and ask unlimited questions about stuff. I've only suffered the loss of one fish in the past 8 months
tirtza
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sometimes it drives me crazy that stuff cost so much
I totally agree!! Now that I'm actually shopping for a fish (which hasn't happened in about 6 months) it drives me crazy that I can't just buy it online without such a huge shipping cost. The fish I've been looking for (a Midas Blenny) usually costs the same as shipping. It'd be worth it if I were buying a more expensive or rare fish. As far as the wild caught fish go, I sometimes wonder what the people who literally go out and catch these fish sell them for and then what the mark up is by the time the consumer gets the fish home from a store. The other night (when I couldn't sleep) I tried imagining that steps that go into bringing a fish that's caught off some island in the Indo-Pacific to the time when it finally lands in someones aquarium in Denver....it's mind boggling.
sometimes it drives me crazy that stuff cost so much
I totally agree!! Now that I'm actually shopping for a fish (which hasn't happened in about 6 months) it drives me crazy that I can't just buy it online without such a huge shipping cost. The fish I've been looking for (a Midas Blenny) usually costs the same as shipping. It'd be worth it if I were buying a more expensive or rare fish. As far as the wild caught fish go, I sometimes wonder what the people who literally go out and catch these fish sell them for and then what the mark up is by the time the consumer gets the fish home from a store. The other night (when I couldn't sleep) I tried imagining that steps that go into bringing a fish that's caught off some island in the Indo-Pacific to the time when it finally lands in someones aquarium in Denver....it's mind boggling.
flower
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Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390704/laughed-today#post_3462740
I totally agree!! Now that I'm actually shopping for a fish (which hasn't happened in about 6 months) it drives me crazy that I can't just buy it online without such a huge shipping cost. The fish I've been looking for (a Midas Blenny) usually costs the same as shipping. It'd be worth it if I were buying a more expensive or rare fish. As far as the wild caught fish go, I sometimes wonder what the people who literally go out and catch these fish sell them for and then what the mark up is by the time the consumer gets the fish home from a store. The other night (when I couldn't sleep) I tried imagining that steps that go into bringing a fish that's caught off some island in the Indo-Pacific to the time when it finally lands in someones aquarium in Denver....it's mind boggling.
Tirtza,
I like to buy my fish online, because of the 14 day guarnantee. If you get a fish at the LFS and 2 days later it's dead...you have just paid double for the fish if you buy another. In this hobby we spend a small fortune just to keep the tank up and running, so going cheap on the critter you want to keep makes no sense. I have my fish budget...(after all the bills are paid and the grocery store gets their cut)...I buy what I want, and I certainly go for free shipping whenever possible...but I very seldom even look at the fish in the stores.
The good news is that the cost of overnight shipping is the same, be it 3 critters or 1. So add to the CUC, buy a coral, or a couple of small fish so you can add them at once.
I do my very best to always buy my critters home grown, they are used to fish tank life with the small changes. Ocean fish can't handle anymore stress, and small changes really cause problems. If it were not for folks raising home grown seahorses, I would never have one....and they eat frozen mysis. Life can't get much better than that for me.
Originally Posted by tirtza http:///t/390704/laughed-today#post_3462740
I totally agree!! Now that I'm actually shopping for a fish (which hasn't happened in about 6 months) it drives me crazy that I can't just buy it online without such a huge shipping cost. The fish I've been looking for (a Midas Blenny) usually costs the same as shipping. It'd be worth it if I were buying a more expensive or rare fish. As far as the wild caught fish go, I sometimes wonder what the people who literally go out and catch these fish sell them for and then what the mark up is by the time the consumer gets the fish home from a store. The other night (when I couldn't sleep) I tried imagining that steps that go into bringing a fish that's caught off some island in the Indo-Pacific to the time when it finally lands in someones aquarium in Denver....it's mind boggling.
Tirtza,
I like to buy my fish online, because of the 14 day guarnantee. If you get a fish at the LFS and 2 days later it's dead...you have just paid double for the fish if you buy another. In this hobby we spend a small fortune just to keep the tank up and running, so going cheap on the critter you want to keep makes no sense. I have my fish budget...(after all the bills are paid and the grocery store gets their cut)...I buy what I want, and I certainly go for free shipping whenever possible...but I very seldom even look at the fish in the stores.
The good news is that the cost of overnight shipping is the same, be it 3 critters or 1. So add to the CUC, buy a coral, or a couple of small fish so you can add them at once.
I do my very best to always buy my critters home grown, they are used to fish tank life with the small changes. Ocean fish can't handle anymore stress, and small changes really cause problems. If it were not for folks raising home grown seahorses, I would never have one....and they eat frozen mysis. Life can't get much better than that for me.