Ahh…the fish room
Posted by Sarah on October 9, 2008
The one thing I worried about when Jeff said he wanted a fish room – other than the looks we get when we tell people we have 3 dogs, 2 chameleons, 2 snakes, a leopard gecko, and however many fish tanks, is that I’d never see the fish.
The fish are in our laundry room, but there’s really no where to pull up a chair and enjoy watching the fish, so I don’t spend as much time with them.
In fact – yesterday when I fed the fish, I completely forgot about the baby rams, discus, and Australian Desert Gobies in the fish room.
The desert gobies are my favorite fish!
And I forgot about them!
I can’t believe it.
In my defense, Jeff usually does feed the fish, but still.
You can only bend over and watch them for so long before you get bored, cold, or an achy back 
.
And of course, it’s a lot harder to take good pictures!
Do you have a fish room?
If so do you still spend a lot of time watching the fish, and doing things other than maintenance?
Michelle said,
Don’t have a fish room yet but after reading about it i might give it a try.
Michelle´s last blog post..The fish room
Sarah said,
Thanks Michelle – let me know how you like it if you give it a try.
Another point on on your blog post – if you have a central heating system for the fish room, it severely limits the type of fish you can keep properly.
We wouldn’t be able to keep the discus, who we keep at 84, or the Australian Desert Gobies, or Killifish, who we keep at room temperature.
If you’re focusing on one type of fish a central heater or inline heater might meet the needs of all the tanks, but if it goes out you could lose your whole fish room – and that would be bad.
Michelle said,
Thank you so much for your input .
Sarah said,
You’re welcome Michelle.
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