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Thread: I quit y'all...the fish win
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11-29-2012, 12:34 PM #1
Booo! Humbug!
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I quit y'all...the fish win
You know, I am the first to admit I am not the best at scaping a tank, but I think I am going to take this personal now. When I first set up my 120 gallon for Texas cichlids it looked like this.
Not the most amazing scape, but it doesn't suck either
Then I changed it to this. It's not as blurry in real life.
Again, not the best, but not bad either.
Then I raided some of the plants for a different tank, and the tank looked like this.
Since then I have planted and replanted and planted some more, but the fish insist, this is how the tank should look...
I give up, they win. They are the ones who have to live in it and if they want a tank that looks like a barren wasteland with one small sword and a big pile of sand in the middle and none on the right side and algae covered glass, then so be it.
If it's called tourist season why can't I shoot them?
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I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
Tolerance is a great thing to have, so is the ability to shut up.
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11-29-2012, 12:38 PM #2
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Three cheers for fish that speak their minds - and another three cheers for the fish owner who can respect that! LOL
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11-29-2012, 12:39 PM #3
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Eh it works out for you the barren look is really easy to maintain.
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11-29-2012, 12:55 PM #4
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Looks about right. LOL When I would wake up in the morning, my plants would all be floating. That's a pretty nice hill they have there in the front.
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11-29-2012, 04:12 PM #5
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With that sort of scaping you could hire them out to do groundworks for people
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11-29-2012, 06:23 PM #6
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Actually, I think both you and your fish have some pretty good aqua scaping skills.
If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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11-29-2012, 10:26 PM #7
Booo! Humbug!
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Thanks everyone.
Andreah, I'm not so sure I am listening to the fish lol...more like giving up. There is just no reasoning with them and they refuse to compromise.
Jenn, you are right, it is much easier, but I still wish I could put my hands in the tank.
Lady Hobbs, I wish I had kept count for how many times I put that hill back in the corner. They have removed all the sand from the front corner and filled in the caves in the back corner.
I guess to a Texas cichlid this is what is considered a nice place to raise the children. But it's driving me nuts.If it's called tourist season why can't I shoot them?
Brutal honesty will be shown on this screen.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
Tolerance is a great thing to have, so is the ability to shut up.
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11-29-2012, 10:41 PM #8
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I feel your pain. I gave up on scaping my 100g a long time ago
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11-29-2012, 11:20 PM #9
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Hey you can't argue with Mother Nature. I think it looks good like that.
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11-29-2012, 11:47 PM #10
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Doesn't everyone's tank look like that?
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