Flei
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I've got a few theories as to why we are all either staring at, writing about, reading about, or think about aquariums all day...
Not in Order
- Interest in life in general (aquatic life specificly)
- The Farmville/Sims Factor (aquariums are like "God" games - you design a world, and see how your inhabitants populate it, tweaking it to always make it better)
- Creative Outlet -make your tank look like your specific vision of what you want to see
- Mentally soothing - kids stressing me? 10 minutes of "Tank Time" calms me down everytime
- Skill factor (there is no denying that it takes skill to set up and maintain a true aquarium) - not everybody can do it
- Beauty - I love the plants and aquascaping, and (of course) the fish
- Pets (I don't know about your fish, but mine are extremely perceptive and react to me when I approach the tank - it's really cool)
- Hobby - It's simply something enjoyable to do with my time
- Decor - you can design a tank to coordinate and compliment your home or office
- Amazing - personally, I find it amazing that we can take a little slice of a completely different ecosystem and insert it into our world. Can you imagine if we could put a slice of Space into a tank, or a dessert, or the moon, or a jungle? Not all of those are realistic, but you actually can do that with aquatic life. Amazing...
- Any others?
Not in Order
- Interest in life in general (aquatic life specificly)
- The Farmville/Sims Factor (aquariums are like "God" games - you design a world, and see how your inhabitants populate it, tweaking it to always make it better)
- Creative Outlet -make your tank look like your specific vision of what you want to see
- Mentally soothing - kids stressing me? 10 minutes of "Tank Time" calms me down everytime
- Skill factor (there is no denying that it takes skill to set up and maintain a true aquarium) - not everybody can do it
- Beauty - I love the plants and aquascaping, and (of course) the fish
- Pets (I don't know about your fish, but mine are extremely perceptive and react to me when I approach the tank - it's really cool)
- Hobby - It's simply something enjoyable to do with my time
- Decor - you can design a tank to coordinate and compliment your home or office
- Amazing - personally, I find it amazing that we can take a little slice of a completely different ecosystem and insert it into our world. Can you imagine if we could put a slice of Space into a tank, or a dessert, or the moon, or a jungle? Not all of those are realistic, but you actually can do that with aquatic life. Amazing...
- Any others?