Addiction

J J Indy · August 8th, 2008

Allthough there are worse things to be addicted to does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop buying things for aquariums my tanks are stocked and everything is going good but I am driving my wife nuts with talks of a bigger tank and I have just gotten her into the whole aquarium experiance and might be burning her out. I started out with one 55 gallon then I got a used 55 gallon from a guy at work, then I got my daughter a betta tank ( 2 1/2 gallon filtered and heated) now I want a "150 gallon" (220 gallon I have my eye on) MTS for sure. Any suggestions? or this may be my wife

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russ757 · August 8th, 2008

try to get her into this as well that way she can be as exited as you are when you buy new tanks

mrsmuffin · August 8th, 2008

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Originally Posted by J J Indy

Allthough there are worse things to be addicted to does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop buying things for aquariums my tanks are stocked and everything is going good but I am driving my wife nuts with talks of a bigger tank and I have just gotten her into the whole aquarium experiance and might be burning her out. I started out with one 55 gallon then I got a used 55 gallon from a guy at work, then I got my daughter a Betta tank ( 2 1/2 gallon filtered and heated) now I want a "150 gallon" (220 gallon I have my eye on) MTS for sure. Any suggestions? or this may be my wife

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There is NO WAY to stop!!!

Fishies-for-me · August 8th, 2008

Good Luck...lol

Steve113 · August 8th, 2008

hehe

"the MTS has you neo..."

J J Indy · August 8th, 2008

well she likes the tanks but she wants a gold fish tank. She wants a black oranda. I tried to tell her she can have one of the 55 gallons for her tank as soon as I get my big tank. Hopefully that works then I will be

Dark_Rider2k3 · August 8th, 2008

gah my MTS is driving me mad.

I just got my 55 all situated and looking great and i'm thinking "man if I could upgrade this to a 100 gallon"

J J Indy · August 8th, 2008

Im not ready for a pond yet but I did tell my wife that with the right filters I could turn our above ground pool into a really big tank but keeping it heated in the winter would be rough. She just stared at me like I was serious and a little crazy. If I keep it up she might just have me committed.

Steve113 · August 8th, 2008

that would be awesome - Convert a swimming pool to an aquarium! - You could swim with your fish!

Wonder if it's been done!

joy613 · August 9th, 2008

Does she have a hobby? If she does make a deal with her about her getting something of equal value for her hobby as you are yours. It is nice to be able to have some of the same interests but at the same time it is nice to have someone that can kind of keep a check on our interests.

J J Indy · August 9th, 2008

She doesn't really have a hobby right now but she has had several in the past she likes the tanks we have but she doesn't suffer from MTS like I do. Its probably a good thing because I would be broke if she did.

russ757 · August 9th, 2008

hope the situation gets better

MinxMermaid · August 9th, 2008

we started out the same way,

my hubby was into the fish....

well he got me a goldfish tank and a betta and the rest is history....

we now have 11 tanks and a 1000 gal koi pond....

get her the goldfish...that'll work

tanker83 · August 10th, 2008

just heard about your severe case of MTS..... tell your wife to run and save herself... its not too late for her!

COBettaCouple · August 12th, 2008

I think that a pool would make a great aquarium.

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