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Posted by Gill Passman on September 1, 2005, 5:15 pm
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> Gill Passman wrote:
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> > > If I ever wanted to add a new tank to the living room/ kitchen/ spare
> > > bedroom, etc, I used to send the wife out shopping and by the time she
was
> > > back the tank was located, filled with water, planted and running.
After
> > the
> > > initial outburst, it didn't take long for her to calm down and
appreciate
> > > the new addition.
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> > Why not let her design the tank decor and pick some of the fish ? - "oh
> > these are so pretty" as long as they fit in with your environment and
> > plans....if she is into design programs she might take this on as a
project
> > afterall the tank is part of your home interior design....
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> Thanks for the suggestions. I had toyed with the fait accompli idea and
> just install the whole thing while she was out at work, but I'm such a
> coward. Also it would seem that I am imposing my wants on her, and her
> revenge would be to have her way in another shopping spree that might
> give my credit card account a good pasting, although that may be the
> price I will have to pay.
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> As for designing the whole thing, I think her problem is not so much
> that she dislikes the whole idea, it is just she seems not to like
> fish, any fish. And I think she harbours an irrational fear of the
> whole thing breaking under the pressure and her coming downstairs one
> morning to find the contents all over the carpet.
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If she doesn't like fish then I can see that you have a problem here. What
fish do you currently keep? Do you ever drag her around your LFS to show her
the diversity?
In my household:-
Hubbie listens patiently when I talk fish, gets scared everytime I identify
a potential space in the house, helps out with filter problems and has been
known to algae scrape....oh and had traumas when I set up a third tank in
the kitchen for QT (number 7 tank) - lol - it's going back in its box
tomorrow - afterall I do actually need a QT/hospital tank - but wouldn't it
just look great filled with tetras <grin>
Older son says he "doesn't see the point of fish" but then periodically will
ask about getting a Black Moor Goldfish.....still resisting as I know who
will end up looking after it....
Next child (son) has a 30 gall in his bedroom - he used to have a 15 gall as
well but I have comandeered it - afterall who really looks after the 30g????
Daughter (youngest) would love a tank but as she is only 4 I know for
certain who would be looking after it - lol. She loves Clown Loaches and
will sit watching the fish....she is also rather keen on feeding the fish
but knows that she can only do it with me....however her habit of feeding
the Mbunas one Spirulina stick at a time caused all sorts of infighting in
the tank - quickly put a stop to that one....
If the fear is a credit card spree then maybe you should double the budget
for the tank - half for the tank and half for the spending spree - :-)
Gill
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> Gill Passman wrote:
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