Would you pay someone to...

[Aquattro]

No, the point for me is to not have a nice tank, but have MY nice tank that I created. And maintaining it allows me to get a feeling for how everything is flowing. For me, this is a hands wet hobby. If I had a billion dollars, I'd still manage my own tank.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yeah this is pretty much what I though...

He does go to the store and choose corals when he feels like it. I just meant fish are suppose to go through the guy. The reason is, the guy QT's them at his store and then puts them in my dads tank. If my dad were to start introducing anything he wanted, then all the guys hard work could be wasted. For corals though he seems to just buy most himself although the service guy can get much nicer stuff direct from wholesalers, so he said there is really no point in him buying them for triple the price and they don't look nearly as good.

The tank was all aquascaped by my dad along with the guys help. They are more of a team I guess. He just doesn't want to spend time doing all the little things when he is home.

I guess it depends how much this kind of thing would be worth to you. To him, $500 a week is nothing to have a nice tank and I would agree...if I had his salary

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

No, the point for me is to not have a nice tank, but have MY nice tank that I created. And maintaining it allows me to get a feeling for how everything is flowing. For me, this is a hands wet hobby. If I had a billion dollars, I'd still manage my own tank.

You may be surprised how money changes people (Im not saying you would for sure of course but..). Everyone says they would be the same but usually thats not quite the case. I know my dad used to be the most DIY guy I knew growing up but not so much anymore. It was a gradual thing as far as I saw. Kind of like the more you could afford things, the more you went ahead and bought things or paid for things you may not have in the past.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

You may be surprised how money changes people

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'd hire people to cook, clean, etc, just not the tank. That's mine.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Oh, don't get me wrong, I'd hire people to cook, clean, etc, just not the tank. That's mine.

LOL...ok yeah fair enough.

[Delphinus]

That'd be a bit like Brad hiring someone to ride his bike.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

That'd be a bit like Brad hiring someone to ride his bike.

Hahaha...

So you didn't answer though. Would you hire someone to set up that 280 if you had the money to blow?

[Delphinus]

Hard to say. I think probably not though, it's something I can channel some creative energy into and make it mine. Which is probaby something we all can relate to, since we're here (ie., online) talking about our obsessions and not focusing our attentions on other things.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Hard to say. I think probably not though, it's something I can channel some creative energy into and make it mine. Which is probaby something we all can relate to, since we're here (ie., online) talking about our obsessions and not focusing our attentions on other things.

This is true. I told him to join the forum and he didn't like the idea or talking about his tank. Said he would rather sit in front of it with a glass of wine and enjoy the fish.

I guess it really does depend on how you look at the hobby or what you enjoy about it. I enjoy watching the tank and do the least amount of maintenance possible because I hate messing around with the tank. Its way nicer to me to sit and watch things.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

That'd be a bit like Brad hiring someone to ride his bike.

Well, if I could burn 1500 calories paying the guy, I might consider that too!!