Tannin Aquatics Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Do you engage in some "daily rituals" with your aquariums? Yeah, I will almost GUARANTEE that you do! I was musing about this today as I went about my early morning "procedures" around my office tank... I have my morning ritual down. Walk in room where aquarium is. Smell. Quick visual leak scan. Everything sounds normal? When the room lighting is sufficient to see inside, quick visual inspection of aquascape..Nothing fell over? Good! No massive nasty algae breakout? Excellent. Temp okay? Great. Ahh, all of my Spotted Headstanders are up and around...Okay, Apistos doing their thing...No fry yet...? Grr. How many Pencilfish are around? All present and accounted for. Amano Shrimp- all there. Good. As for the other Tetras- damn, they're so fast, quick census is the best i can do for now...Looks good... And so on. Kind of like making coffee, right? I mean, yes, lots of people drink a cup of coffee in the morning- but it's way more than that, when you think about it...It's the preparation, right? Grinding the beans, filling the coffee maker...the sights, the sounds, the aroma...all part of the package. Just like aquarium rituals. A complete sensory experience, for sure! Way more than just a glance at your tank. No matter how rushed you are. An of course, then there are the procedures, right? Water level need topping off? Easy. lighting coming up. Check. Need to change out a filter sock? Super easy. Time to feed. That's the fun part, when it's time to "interact" with my fishes. And of course, feeding involves several "sub-rituals", including selection of the feed, preparation (thawing or sorting), etc. This goes on in fish-geek households around the world, every day. Kind of interesting, when you take into account that we all general do things pretty much the same, with a few personal variations, of course. I mean, I fish geek with a 50-tank fish room will start the day far different than me with my paltry two display tanks... It's part of our "culture", for sure! When you think about it, hobbyists in general are very ritualistic, right? Almost every aspect of what we do, from setting up an aquarium, to adding fishes, to cleaning, is based on time-honored "rituals" and procedures that we've developed based on our personal needs. And , if you ask me, the daily aquarium rituals in which we engage not only become enjoyable and beneficial to us and our fishes- they add to the body of knowledge of aquarium science, and perpetuate our "culture", for the benefit of all. Now, where did I put that spoon? You know, the one I use every day to feed frozen Daphnia? Until next time... Stay consistent. Stay focused. And stay wet! Scott Fellman Tannin Aquatics Vpier, Soothing Shrimp, fishface and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 LOL Never thought of my ritual with my tanks, but I guess I have one too. (BTW it's Amano shrimp. ) Tannin Aquatics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannin Aquatics Posted April 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 20 minutes ago, Soothing Shrimp said: LOL Never thought of my ritual with my tanks, but I guess I have one too. (BTW it's Amano shrimp. ) Yeah, I think we all have those little rituals that have just become part of our days...and nothing is wrong with that! Thanks for the pickup...for some reason my Spellcheck loves to make "Amano" "Amana"- super annoying! It was a real pain in my last blog, lol. -Scott Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplepanda Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Please keep you daily insights, great pics and perspectives coming, a welcome breath of fresh air ! Just worried that with 60 posts in two weeks they don't come to an end soon fishface, Tannin Aquatics and svetilda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannin Aquatics Posted April 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 35 minutes ago, Purplepanda said: Please keep you daily insights, great pics and perspectives coming, a welcome breath of fresh air ! Just worried that with 60 posts in two weeks they don't come to an end soon No worries! I have a DEEP well of material..I'll keep 'em coming! -Scott svetilda and Purplepanda 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishface Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 15 minutes ago, Tannin Aquatics said: No worries! I have a DEEP well of material..I'll keep 'em coming! -Scott Good to hear! I look forward to reading them. Besides, how could I not be a fan of someone who remembers the *dark ages* of glass wool! Tannin Aquatics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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