Family involvement in the hobby

[seitzjh]

Who out here has their household family involved in this hobby? Are your kids involved and are they learning or wanting to learn about the different species and their scientific and common names that live in your tanks? Do you use it as family bonding time? Who has what chores?


Let's see what everybody has to say.

 

[DSC reef]

Definitely a reefing family here! My wife helps with dosing and pest removal and keeping an eye on things while I'm gone. Our 15 yr old helps with water changes and our 2 yr old can name zoas, chalice, brain coral. Lol.

 

[ethankap]

My kids mostly. Haven't gotten my wife into it yet.

 

[JCM]

My wife and kids love looking at the tank, and can name most of its inhabitants. Maintenance is all on me though

 

[DSC reef]

I'm still trying to get my daughter to change the skimmer cup;Hilarious That chore is mine but my wife has helped with that before. It is really enjoyable to have my family involved. My oldest daughter will show her science teacher pics of our tank and discuss marine environments. Makes me proud.

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

Wife calls it the "fish hole" that I get lost in. Thinks it looks nice but that's the extent of it. 17 yo daughter will watch the tank while I'm out on business. . . for a price.

13 yo daughter's life revolves completely around volleyball. I don't even know if she's aware we have an aquarium. :p

 

[JCM]

I'm still trying to get my daughter to change the skimmer cup;Hilarious That chore is mine but my wife has helped with that before. It is really enjoyable to have my family involved. My oldest daughter will show her science teacher pics of our tank and discuss marine environments. Makes me proud.

You're obviously raising them right! :)

 

[DSC reef]

You're obviously raising them right! :)

Thank you!

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

@DSC reef and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum :D

 

[Steve509]

My wife has become addicted...she was the one to convince me to pull the trigger on a RSR xl 525. My 14 yo is into fish and coral...not so much maintenance and testing. But he does impress me with his knowledge of ocean life. My 10 yo helps with testing and a bit of maintenance but is pretty picky about what he thinks we need in the tank.

 

[JCM]

@DSC reef and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum :D

Yeah, you need to work on that!

Haha just kidding, they sound like completely normal teenagers. My oldest is 11 next week, I'm scared :(

 

[cracker]

I'm single at this time. So I get to do what I want. I cut the dining room in half so I could have a fish room behind the tank. If in the future, a good Lady wants to stay ?

 

[DSC reef]

You're obviously raising them right! :)

Me and my wife work hard and try hard!

 

[JCM]

Me and my wife work hard and try hard!

I hope my kids continue to care about and enjoy our tank.

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

I let my kids pick the corals. Wife can't be mad about how much they just spent.

 

[Steve509]

I let my kids pick the corals. Wife can't be mad about how much they just spent.

I like your style!

 

[Kamden Uelton]

Significant other is my mom lol. She gets anything she likes, corals are a rarity for me to get but I do get to keep other interesting things like Feather Stars, Sponge, Tunicates all the Oddballs

 

[seitzjh]

I'm still in the build process. My 6 year old seems to be interested. He loves watching blue planet with me. I guess I'll find out once things are up and running how interested he will be. My 4 year old has the attention span of a gnat. The wife will probably only look at time to time.

 

[Dickeybrazil]

Just me

 

[Chuk]

Depends on what you mean by involved. My kids love the fish and coral. My Wife also likes the corals and even helps pick them out/ buys some. As for maintenance that’s all me. If I got out of town it’s as if no one was home with the thing beyond maybe feeding.

Edit: The wife also helps me interpret colors for the weekly testing being as I can’t tell the difference between most of them. How could I forget that.