#and i feel like itd save so much hassle in the long term to quarantine fish from breeders | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

zerofuntimes · 1 month ago

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dreaming about opening up a fish shop, as if i would ever be financially or physically able to, just a dream that i will continue to think about forever <3

#im like not even hugely experienced just super super into freshwater aquariums and specifically nano fish and shrimp #im just imagining it and being able to own a shop and treat the fish and keep the tanks the way i wish other fish store would #and literally i was thinking god wouldn't it be just so cute to make up little identification cards with information on them for fish so ppl #can read abt the fish and its requirements easily #and like plants as well #so many aquariums in my area dont even have plant names or anything next to their plants #which i hate bc if i dont already know what it is it makes it hard to google #and u would be surprised by the number of invasive plants that circulate in this hobby #and i know the way fish stores keep fish is temporary but i cant help but think of ways i could do it better #like im still thinking abt how exactly id do it but id definitely do some sort of quarantine tanks set up bc so many fish shops dont do that #and i feel like itd save so much hassle in the long term to quarantine fish from breeders #and i would have like terrestrial plants out the top of every single aquarium and in the tanks some type of easy to manoeuvre around plants #and substrates in them as well #most aquarium shops dont put substrates in their tanks but i think itd actually be beneficial for them in the long term #like gravel basically works as a filter in lots of cases as the waste filters down thru it #like my goal would be to set up a shop where i dont do any water changes like in my tanks at home #maybe the quarantine tanks would be the exception just to absolutely avoid cross contamination #and id just sell little fish like nothing above 10cm #bc they r my favourite and i find lots of bigger fish eat the little creatures like limpets and shrimp in tanks and i love those guys #lots of variety of fish in the smaller types anyway #like a specialised store has a lot more ability to care for the fish better as well #i also find that my way of keeping fish with zero water changes works bc of a combination of light stocking in a big heavily planted tank #and that gets harder to do the bigger fish u get bc the tank size has to expand exponentially #crazy long rant here #basically im just yearning #zerofunposts

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