Red1313

I've been on aquabid again... It's horrible I mean, you can't really ship in January anyway
But I consider aquabid a learning experiance. For example all the betta auctions are learning experiances. After all how can you decide what traits you do or don't like for breeding without first examining the traits out there.

Also it's a great place to discover species you've never heard of before. I have to have a google tab open so I can google all these scientific names I find.

And then there are the things you learn about yourself... for example, I have a weakness for the "un-cute" fish. You know the ones, they make the circle from cute, all the way through ugly and into adorable territory again.
TETRADON PALEMBANGENSIS
Not only are they awkwardly adorable... they're freshwater... and I've got a 20 gal that could be opened up for 1 temporarily until I can upgrade to the 30 I've found recommended...

I just have to keep telling myself, no fish shipping till thaw, no fish shipping till thaw...

Meenu

lol... Have you found a support group?

Chris123

Bad Red! Bad Red! lol

Llama

*clicks link*

*hums*

*scrolls down*

Aaah, that's hideous

It reminds me of one of those x-com 3 aliens... that's scary.

haedra

Good lord, Red.

I'm not sure I would have ever known what "awkwardly adorable" would have meant until I saw that fish.

Red1313

Umm... Fishlore isn't a support group?



But he's CUTE!!!
kinda...

Red1313

It fits him doesn't it though?

Butterfly

There is no cure you know
Carol

Meenu

No, no... FL is a bunch of instigators!

Goldwing_Don

the voices in your head ....buy buy buy..more more more............jmho....lol

Chris123

Hes got AquaBiditis

Red1313

Great lol now there's MTS, the Fish Itch, and AquaBiditis... someone here needs to stop coming in when they're sick! lol

Borisbbadd

Maybe you could just cut back a little bit..............

MaddieLynn

What do you mean, "Un-cute" fish? He's ADORABLE!!!

Llama

On the contrary, FL is actually a quarantene for fish-related-human-illnesses of that kind. Somewhere, people in white coats are examining us and the forums, seeing how we interact and trying to find a cure.

CHoffman

Oh Red. You are a sick pup aren't you..lol..MTS BAD. But I do think he's cute and aquabid is a GREAT place to poke around and learn all kinds of new things. I love it too.

Meenu

Not to mention another new one I read today: MPS (multiple pond syndrome).

This place is downright contagious!

Borisbbadd

This is getting serious !!!

Chris123

There should be a Fish doctor on this forum

bolivianbaby

The proper terminology is enablers

Tigerfishy

Uh, oh BB, we just reached the point of diagnosis!! We are getting worse...

Omgami

BB, you are right, enablers is the correct term. Why as soon as I read this post I checked out the links and then found myself gleefully clicking links on Aquabid for an hour.

Red1313

Happy to do my part

jclee

I won't even allow myself to look on aquabid. The site's like crack!

Elodea

Last time I went on to look for cherry shrimp, I went on to CRS, then to glowlight tetras, then to kuhli loaches, then to bettas, then to paradisefish, then to...

MissMTS

I looove Aquabid. I'm as bad as you Red I end up trying to figure out how to set up more tanks in order to make room for all of the fish I see on there. The plant section is pretty addicting too. I end up ordering tons of plants when I don't even have room in my tanks.

Elodea

Sheesh, now you guys got me hooked onto Aquabid, too!

HitchHiker

LOL thanks Red. I was just wondering to myself where else I could do so fish shopping on line, and this looks to be awesome. I love Fish Lore, my wife may not.

mosin360

That's a fish? I wouldn't say ugly, just not right.