Anyone watch their fish for a long time anymore?

[Clowning_Around72]

Are most people too busy to sit and watch their fish? I feel as thought the whole point of having them is to watch them in both my freshwater and saltwater tank. But I feel as though many simply work on their tanks but don't spend time simply watching them.

 

[bday1335]

As much as I can!

 

[SPS2020]

Probably 30 minutes on average per evening; that includes Acro watching too! ;-)

 

[Auto-pilot]

I watch and work on it for while, I might frag a mushrooms and watch for a while and then clean some algae off my rock. I can spend hours messing with my tank

 

[CMMorgan]

Probably 30 minutes on average per evening; that includes Acro watching too! ;-)

Your dog is too cute...

 

[CMMorgan]

Are most people too busy to sit and watch their fish? I feel as thought the whole point of having them is to watch them in both my freshwater and saltwater tank. But I feel as though many simply work on their tanks but don't spend time simply watching them.

Well, I have not owned a TV for over 20 years. People think that's crazy... I just tell them I watch fish. The fish never report bad news, bad weather or tell bad jokes. There is a lot of ****** though... just can't get those fish to wear pants like they do on Sponge Bob.

 

[LgTas]

My 8 month old daughter and I love just sitting and watching the tank. She is mesmerised by all the colours and movement.

 

[JosephM]

I built my stand to allow me to do school work and have my tank right next to me. Not a good idea! Something that would take me 15 min takes me an hr cuz I’m constantly watching my tank. Then I think of something I could fix and start looking on R2R on what I can do :p

 

[D4jack]

I spend at least 30 minutes a day inspecting every nook and cranny.

 

[Clowning_Around72]

Good to hear all of this. I spend at least 30 minutes closer to an hour simply watching. I feel as though that is the only way to know if fish and inverts are healthy. I know of some people who feed and forget so to speak because they keep a small tank in a corner of the house.

 

[HD_Reefer]

The wife says I watch the tank more than her!

 

[F i s h y]

I'm on average an hr a day... now if I could keep my hands out that would be good :)

 

[Bars]

When I have a ''day off'' (which is me having to deal with my million thoughts and ideas), I barely notice my tank. If I have to do school stuff, I probably look at my tank more than my screen :p

Although nowadays I do take a moment to check on every fish during every feeding moment (which is 4 times a day). I never realized how much more fun it is to watch saltwater fish eat compared to freshwater fish. I love watching my wrasses slam pieces of clam on the rocks to break them apart.

 

[vabben]

My tank sits next to my desk in my home office so it gets a lot of attention during my workday.

 

[Jekyl]

Are most people too busy to sit and watch their fish? I feel as thought the whole point of having them is to watch them in both my freshwater and saltwater tank. But I feel as though many simply work on their tanks but don't spend time simply watching them.

This is my view from my couch. I stare at my clowns all day while they continually don't host my nems

 

[Landers]

I built my stand to allow me to do school work and have my tank right next to me. Not a good idea! Something that would take me 15 min takes me an hr cuz I’m constantly watching my tank. Then I think of something I could fix and start looking on R2R on what I can do :p

This is exactly what I do! I’ll be in my room working on school work for two seconds and then I’ll wonder if my yellow rose goby is out. If he is, no work is done for a long while cause I’ll just sit and watch him and hope my pistol shrimp also comes out. If he’s not out, I’ll look about every minute to check until he does. Then I’ll eventually starting thinking about the next fish or coral I should get, or how to solve my tanks algae issues until I make a search about it on R2R and the rest is history...

 

[sp1187]

cold weather months after dinner till lights out (12:30am) watching the tank, tv, and playing on line or gaming.

summer months same as above but after cocktails on the deck in the evening and when the bats come out and scare the mrs inside (they're going to get in my hair! :rolleyes: :p) till lights out.

go down for a look through out the day because work sent an email telling us to get up and stretch every hour through out the work day. wasn't that nice of them.

 

[Paul B]

My computer is opposite my tank so my fish watch me. :rolleyes:

 

[Clowning_Around72]

My computer is opposite my tank so my fish watch me. :rolleyes:

When the fish watch you more than you watch the fish who is really keeping who?

 

[DE FISH]

My 30g is next to my bed always watching the tank before I go to sleep it’s relaxing