My punch list of "Don't Get it."
People with blinding white sand everywhere complaining that their fish are stressed.
Blinding white sand as the default substrate of choice.
People who get flowerhorns and feel obligated to suffer them in a bare glass box. This is followed by no background and mirrors.
People who refuse to believe how big a species can get because they've seen stunted "healthy" fish in a too small tank.
The idea that topping off once a month is a water change for a small tank. It's a water ADD, not change.
Complaining about nitrates and not doing upkeep. (" I change the water once every 3 months, wtf is wrong")
Not having sturdy lids/weights for jumpers then hollering about their bacon crisp fishy on the floor.
Wondering why their fish are skittish in a high traffic noisy area with no background. Often the tank is near a window.
Wondering why "window tanks" have wild temperature swings. DUH. But the fish get sunshine!
Overpowering/oversized grow lights on 24/7. Fishkeeper then whines about excessive algae. (see window tanks also)
Black substrate lovers who don't get that dark colors absorb light. Get those beamers out! And more is darker. A 30 gallon tank with black looks good. A 300 gallon would look like the black hole.
People who don't pay attention to planting instructions by stuffing every plant root system into substrate, even when some plants must float or will rot.
The idea that smaller tanks need almost no maintenance.
Fresh water with dirty filters.
Old water with clean filters.
"Cleaning" bio filters every water change. Panic at following crash.
"Fish Keepers" watching incompatible fish destroy each other week after week, sit on their ass like morons and keep asking for advice. (See @holes who really love violence. Or "How to hate fish in one easy lesson.")
People with blinding white sand everywhere complaining that their fish are stressed.
Blinding white sand as the default substrate of choice.
People who get flowerhorns and feel obligated to suffer them in a bare glass box. This is followed by no background and mirrors.
People who refuse to believe how big a species can get because they've seen stunted "healthy" fish in a too small tank.
The idea that topping off once a month is a water change for a small tank. It's a water ADD, not change.
Complaining about nitrates and not doing upkeep. (" I change the water once every 3 months, wtf is wrong")
Not having sturdy lids/weights for jumpers then hollering about their bacon crisp fishy on the floor.
Wondering why their fish are skittish in a high traffic noisy area with no background. Often the tank is near a window.
Wondering why "window tanks" have wild temperature swings. DUH. But the fish get sunshine!
Overpowering/oversized grow lights on 24/7. Fishkeeper then whines about excessive algae. (see window tanks also)
Black substrate lovers who don't get that dark colors absorb light. Get those beamers out! And more is darker. A 30 gallon tank with black looks good. A 300 gallon would look like the black hole.
People who don't pay attention to planting instructions by stuffing every plant root system into substrate, even when some plants must float or will rot.
The idea that smaller tanks need almost no maintenance.
Fresh water with dirty filters.
Old water with clean filters.
"Cleaning" bio filters every water change. Panic at following crash.
"Fish Keepers" watching incompatible fish destroy each other week after week, sit on their ass like morons and keep asking for advice. (See @holes who really love violence. Or "How to hate fish in one easy lesson.")
