Why do you enjoy this hobby?

[Len]

Really simple question, but I'm sure there's a bunch of different answers. What is it about this hobby that keeps you interested, if not addicted?

:!: I've been an addict of 15+ years, and proud of it

 

[danmhippo]

Yeah, but you didn't tell us why you are addicted.......

I am addicted because I have no other hobby, no job, no friends, no social life, no other special interests, no desire to watch TV, and mostly no life of my own. :mrgreen:

 

[Len]

I'm in it for the girls 8)

Really, I think it has a good deal to do with my interests in how life interacts with each other. The ability to recreate a small, functional ecosystem has enormous appeal to me. To be completely honest, I love playing god.

 

[danmhippo]

I love playing god.

Sadly, that is so true for many of us.

 

[Anonymous]

The interaction among the different life forms is the big thing with me. I actually have found my addiction increasing as the years have passed.

I'm in it for the girls

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Chris

 

[Anonymous]

I am interested in this hobby because I got nothing better to do with my money.

I have always had fish tanks my whole life and I have progressed to having a reef aquarium now. I can sit in my chair and veg watching the fish, corals and etc. Relaxation.

I also have a boat, another rediculous expensive hobby.
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[aliendomain]

Watching the corals, clams and other reef inhabitants grow gives me the most satisfaction. It's also cool to see non-reefers jaws drop when they see what you have accomplished.

 

[Syris]

I grew up by the sea in New England. I love the ocean I just can't tolerate cold weather though :lol: so thats why I love my TROPICAL reef tank.

Plus you get to learn a little chemistry (read salt in eyes), plumbing (read wet floor), physics (read full 5g buckets dont balance well), electrical (read electrical shock) What could be more exciting than that? :wink:

 

[Len]

It's really odd .... I've found most ppl feel strangely at home around the ocean, almost like a primal call.

 

[Robin Goodfellow]

hi.
I like this because it is one of a few subjects (e.g., hydroponics) that I can combine all my other hobbies into one.

 

[Robf]

I think I like the stress.

I had a very successful/stable system in university. Ever since then, it's been a plague of small problems. I long for the simple and effective system that I had in school.

Actually, Now that I have money, I've bought so many gadgets that it over-complicates things. The desire to have a successful system (again) keeps me going.

And I like to buy equipment

R.

 

[Anonymous]

I quit drinking

I quit Smoking

I need to quit eating

Please don't ask me to quit my last addiction


Bryan Flanigan

 

[Emperator]

you said it len. i love playing god. perhaps we are all control freaks to one degree or another?

 

[Maoiwowie]

Herbal maximus smokus!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

I was always interested in the ocean since I was a small child. I always enjoyed seeing any documentarys on sea life that might show on TV, which was hardly often enough. Now i can sit and stare at my tank all I want.

I do enjoy maintianing it too. It gives me something to do. I just really enjoy this hobby. Been in for nearly 3 years now, and can't imagine ever gettin back out of it.

Louey

 

[Sanfernando]

I was always interested in the ocean since I was a small child. I always enjoyed seeing any documentarys on sea life that might show on TV, which was hardly often enough. Now i can sit and stare at my tank all I want.

ditto

 

[Anonymous]

Len you said in your first post that's an ADDICTION.

Danm right it is. I ove the beauty of my tank. Even when it looks really bad. I love seeing new thingd sprout on my rocks, and watching all the animals in my tank. I have watched a snail clean the glass for hours. I like looking in the sides I don't normally, and see what's been going on there since I last looked.

I don't like spending the money I do on my tank. Especially since I am unemployed for the next two weeks. But hey, when you finally find that 1 1/2" purple firefish at Petco, you have to buy it. (I've been looking since I set up my tank.) No, I didn't need that fish, but hey, Bills aren't due this week!

I also love the gear, and the dream of what my next tank will be. NOt even my final tank, but my next tank. (I'm thinking 46 gal bowfront!)

Brett

 

[mountainbiker619]

I am in the US Navy and through that I have been able to dive all over the world. And it is so awsome that I can maintain and cherish in my home most of what I have seen in my diving adventures.

P.S. Aquariums are also a good way to get woman to come over for a visit..lol

 

[Anonymous]

That's an interesting question. I have had some sort of tank all my life. It started when my older brother had a small tank when I was a kid. He lost interest and I couldn't stop goofing around with his tank.

I guess it all has to do with keeping this little piece of the ocean where by all accounts it has no right being. I also love setting up a new tank.

There's something about starting fresh and trying to do everything right for a change. By the way, that hasn't happened yet.

Ace

 

[LA-Lawman]

i am captured by the fact that no matter what is going on in my life i can focus on their little world and just about everything else disappears for the time being....