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    Every time the electric goes off I leave work, I hook up the fish room and upstairs tanks to the generator. That's all I can run on it, the heat,refrigerator etc has to wait!!
    I have 1/4 of the freezer and fridge filled with aquarium stuff
    Holes drilled in hardware floors for pipes
    yelled at for smell of bh mix
    $350+ electric bill
    haven't gone away for more than 2 days in some wheres around 7 -8 years

    But that's the life of a discus hobbyist!

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    Very accurate and well stated

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    What is it about this "Flat fish" that makes you want to change "Lots" of water........fill half your fridge with their food.........kept you from taking a vacation lasting more than two days..........and once hooked, an addiction that you just can't shake......I guess "It happens"
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    Quote Originally Posted by PAR23 View Post
    What is it about this "Flat fish" that makes you want to change "Lots" of water........fill half your fridge with their food.........kept you from taking a vacation lasting more than two days..........and once hooked, an addiction that you just can't shake......I guess "It happens"
    You know the funniest part is IF I do take a vacation that is longer than 2 days, its ACTUALLY to go see more of these flat fish.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddie View Post
    You know the funniest part is IF I do take a vacation that is longer than 2 days, its ACTUALLY to go see more of these flat fish.
    haha, omg my eyes are watering because its so true

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    Funny but true, my plans this winter are to take a few days to see Hans!!

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    I'm afraid to go on vacation because of my fish. how pathetic am I
    Jennie,

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    LOL... Fact also...The vacation phobia will pass in time... Though it may take years/decades .
    Discus are much like cats...They won't miss you much if you go away a few days....Heck they could care less if you go away a week and may even be so happy that you aren't fussing with their tank that they spawn while you are gone....

    ...and thats a fact.


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    LOL My first vacation in 8 years was to the NADA show. My next one will be to the 2012 show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scribbles View Post
    LOL My first vacation in 8 years was to the NADA show. My next one will be to the 2012 show.

    Chris

    And it was a great one! I will also be at the 2012 show, no doubt!
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    Great thread and very good points.
    I have accomplished most of the above, some of them more than once or many times
    The learning never stops...... there are endless varieties and ways of doing things.
    The people that you meet in this hobby is endless and one of the best parts Many of these people have taught me new things, and I thank them all.
    Simply Discus has brought a lot of all of this together and I thank Al, Ryan, and Paul for making and keeping this place the way it is.
    Its a fact
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ardan View Post
    Great thread and very good points.
    I have accomplished most of the above, some of them more than once or many times
    The learning never stops...... there are endless varieties and ways of doing things.
    The people that you meet in this hobby is endless and one of the best parts Many of these people have taught me new things, and I thank them all.
    Simply Discus has brought a lot of all of this together and I thank Al, Ryan, and Paul for making and keeping this place the way it is.
    Its a fact
    Ardan
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    17) You'll get at o'dark thirty to write a post on Simply discus, which will then be read and commented on by twenty other fishnuts up at ungodly hours with nothing else on their minds than to ruminate about these "flat" fish!

    Al, you posted this at 6:20 am ? ? ?

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    lol.which was 4:20 my time! You are right, odd hours for us all
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    What else is there to do at 3:30 AM.?

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