I'm trying to convince my parents that aquariums are safe, help me!

[aveldina]

You see, he majored in risk management and worked in insurance for about 10 years. So he's extremely careful with everything, because as you can imagine he's seen first hand what can happen when things go wrong. Personally I prefer my ignorance Anyway, thanks for the input guys.

I prefer my ignorance too, except the end result is that my parents just freak out AFTERwards.

eg. You bought a 36 gallon aquarium!?! What the heck are you going to do if it breaks!? DO YOU HAVE APARTMENT INSURANCE!?!?
You bought a motorcycle? ARE YOU CRAZY!?!?
etc, etc.
Ok, ok so my landlord probably would make me pay an insane amount for damages, it's worth the risk in my opinion. Some things you do simply for the sake of getting to do them, it's unusual for those things to be completely without risk.

You have to get your parents on your side one way or another, maybe doing it before you spend the money is a good idea hehe. Good luck!

 

[bs6749]

Like Mazdaman suggested, 3 guys watching football. If I'm not mistaken a full 75g tank is between 750-800lbs.

Or 2 bears fans! LOL