| Are you a Fish Haver or a Fish Keeper?. |
From the product “N-forcers” advertisement.
You may be a “Fish Haver” if any of the following sounds like you:
- You wait almost no time before stocking a brand new tank
- You don’t bother to read up on your fish, but choose the ones that look “interesting” and add them to your tank indiscriminately
- You blatantly disregard overstocking guidelines and try to cram in as many kinds of fish as possible
- You have only 1 or 2 fish of every species in your tank, even ones that need to be kept in schools
- You tire of your fish easily and look to replace them with “less boring species” on a constant basis
- You are going through a regular (almost weekly) schedule of replacing dead fish with new fish without trying to resolve the problem first
- The fish in your tank have differing temperature or pH requirements, and some occasionally eat each other
- You don’t know the common names of most of your fish
If you think that you may be a “Fish Haver”, might we suggest that you take a second look at this hobby and rethink your true interest in it? You may find it much more rewarding if you change your attitude to that of a “Fish Keeper”–someone who seeks to keep the fish they have healthy, happy, and living to a ripe old age, rather than just barely alive until the next good thing comes along.
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