trying to talk the spouse into letting me set up 55 gallon in hallway...

[ashleynicole]

So i think I found a space to set up my 55 galling in my hallway , if I get a canister filter and put it up against the wall... Only problem is my husband doesn't want me to set it up... So I am trying to think, what can I do for him to let me set up this tank? I really want to do some cichlids, I am considering some mbuba like yellow labs and electric blue. The only think I can think of is buying him an xbox 360, we were going to buy one a couple years ago, now I'm afraid if I get one they will come out with a new system. Any other ideas?

 

[jlk]

My husband wants me to get rid of some of my tanks (i have 3)- he thinks its ridiculous.... :/

 

[eco23]

I agree a trade off is a good approach to take. In my situation...a new canister filter = new shoes for the wife, the Fluval Chi = a shopping trip at The Limited, etc... Most of us guys are just kids in a mans body, and we like our toys . The new xbox isn't set for release until after 2015...so that should be a good choice.

Plus, since you're a female...your gender has plenty of ways to talk us into things

 

[NoFishingAllowed]

get him involved in helping pick the fish? idk my hubs is just as bad as me when it comes to fish. We have 3 tanks in our living room lol

 

[Rokuzachi]

Hmm...

Well, for me, I found a fish that looks like our dog (Black oranda = Pug, lol), showed her and told her we could get one, and she thought it would be so awesome to have a miniature aquatic version of our dog that I pretty much got clearance to put up a tank however big as long as it contains that fish

Maybe you could find a fish that you think resembles him in some way and make it King of the Tank to be. Who wouldn't want a tiny aquatic kingdom to vicariously rule over?

 

[LyndaB]

So I am trying to think, what can I do for him to let me set up this tank?

Give him a lovely gift-wrapped box full of Victoria's Secret lingerie that happens to be in your size..... he'll let you have anything you want.

 

[Critterlvrok]

Good idea LyndaB, however almost nothing works for my husband. Mostly because he grew immune many years ago. I've learned a few tricks tho that still occasionally work. It's mental warfare! I change creatures. Wanted gerbils he said no so I start hounding him about horses repeatedly and after a while he concedes to my gerbils. For the last tank I started about ferrets, then geckos, then birds. Finally he said ok to a new tank. It's how I have gotten all my tanks and my gerbils. However this last tank he said is it, we have no more room for critters! :-( and I know the tone. So I will persist as I would love to do crayfish ( he loves them) but even this is going to take some finesse!

 

[jlk]

LOL!!! Good luck!!! My house is a zoo as well!

 

[LyndaB]

Good idea LyndaB, however almost nothing works for my husband.

Then you ain't doing it right, girlfriend....... NO man can resist that particular gift..... well, except my ex-husband who didn't "get it" when he opened that gift under the Christmas tree one year. Oh well.... I guess there are exceptions.

 

[jcolon]

Good idea LyndaB, however almost nothing works for my husband. Mostly because he grew immune many years ago. I've learned a few tricks tho that still occasionally work. It's mental warfare! I change creatures. Wanted gerbils he said no so I start hounding him about horses repeatedly and after a while he concedes to my gerbils. For the last tank I started about ferrets, then geckos, then birds. Finally he said ok to a new tank. It's how I have gotten all my tanks and my gerbils. However this last tank he said is it, we have no more room for critters! :-( and I know the tone. So I will persist as I would love to do crayfish ( he loves them) but even this is going to take some finesse!

Keep mentioning large exotic and expensive reptiles! How about you start talking alligators and crocodiles, a python, maybe a Komodo Dragon or two.

Soon enough the though of one of those escaping and scurring / slithering around the house vs a fish tank where the inhabitants can't escape should sway him

 

[ashleynicole]

Yeah I spoil my husband in that particular department so.... His answer would be "im getting that anyway" lol.

It would have to be something material. He does however want a kingsnake, but I'm havnt found one at the right price yet. But I think I will surprise him with the xbox 360. if I'm sure the new one isn't coming out till 2015.... That's what I hate about buying game systems. And maybe a membership to one of those game rental sites? He used to play xbox live all the time but stopped a while back because he says the xbox is to old... Lol.

 

[Critterlvrok]

Keep mentioning large exotic and expensive reptiles! How about you start talking alligators and crocodiles, a python, maybe a Komodo Dragon or two.

Soon enough the though of one of those escaping and scurring / slithering around the house vs a fish tank where the inhabitants can't escape should sway him

I'm actually terribly afraid of snakes so that's out. I'm thinking sheep. Tank vs building fence on 5 acres may do the trick! I'm with ashleynicole I can't entice with more but maybe less? Moohaha.

 

[ashleynicole]

Keep mentioning large exotic and expensive reptiles! How about you start talking alligators and crocodiles, a python, maybe a Komodo Dragon or two.

Soon enough the though of one of those escaping and scurring / slithering around the house vs a fish tank where the inhabitants can't escape should sway him

Well we have a cornsnake already that is about 6 years old. We like snakes but In 6 years he has only gotten out once and it was my own fault... Lol.