The "new Fish" Addiction

[skiltrip]

i can't stop. at least once a week (friday's in particular) i feel this undeniable urge to go buy a new fish (or 3 or 4)! my brain works overtime all day, thinking about my tanks and what i could add. then i try to fight and say, no, i'm fine, i got good dynamics in the tanks and everthing's cool, so don't mess with it by adding something. i usually come out clean and get home from work without swinging by the LFS. but right now, it's particularly tough. i need help! is there a hotline i can call??!! somebody talk me down off this ledge!!

 

[ox5477]

I used to be like that.... for about the first two monthes I kept fish. But, now I am tryign to be more realistic because I am getting attached to the fish I have so I'm planning for the future and I know I get more fish, I prob won't be able to give them the best treatment or conditions

But, I still dream about what I'll have when I get my first house. My mouth just starts top salivate when I think about that.

 

[skiltrip]

yeah, that's usually what brings me back down... is thinking about the fish, instead of thinking about me.

like.. what do my cichlids want, do they WANT a new tankmate?!? probably NOT. i know I want another tankmate for them, but I don't have to live with that new tankmate 24-7 with no where to hide, they do.

Does my RTBS want any more cherry barbs swimming past his head?? again, probably NOT, i'm sure he feels that three of the little blighters is plenty.

but, then that other stage kicks in like... hmmm... where can i put another tank, and how big a tank can i fit, and will my wife tolerate any more aquatic life around the flat?!? again, probably NOT.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Hmm im always like that! Just today on my way home from school I watched the lfs go passed and I had this empty feeling in my gut. The only thing that helps that urge to buy fish, plants, ect. Is to come on here and post. Thats why I have like 700 posts in two months

 

[cleekdaFish]

lol

 

[sic0198]

I am like that, now I need a bigger tank.

 

[Mr.September15]

Yuppers I like to call this sickness

"Tank Fever"

Happens to the best of us