Would you pay someone to...

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 01-02-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

I don't know if I would..... I have never had close enough the money to be able to afford that. So, I am a DIY lifestyle. I do everything pretty much. I kringe when the wife calls the gas guy to service the furnace. "I can do that" I say. "But your out workin in the arctic" she says LOL But, If I WAS in the financial position to be able to afford "Tank People", then my Mindset would be totally different I think.

ANd on that note, Im off to town to get more supplies for a ATO so the Mrs doesnt have to fill the sump with buckets when I'm gone LOL

Yes I think your mindset is very different when you can afford these things.

Ken · #2 01-02-2009, 07:28 PM

A friend of ours in Hong Kong pays a guy to look after their fish tank and koi pond for $650 cd month. They never touch their tank at all, just look at it and admire it. If the water was low or something, they phone him up and bam its $100 on the spot, just to top it up. Some people owns high end vehicle but not necessary wants to repair, maintain themselves or tinker with the mechanical part and willing to pay the high bucks to have it look after. Regards Ken

GreenSpottedPuffer · #3 01-02-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken

A friend of ours in Hong Kong pays a guy to look after their fish tank and koi pond for $650 cd month. They never touch their tank at all, just look at it and admire it. If the water was low or something, they phone him up and bam its $100 on the spot, just to top it up. Some people owns high end vehicle but not necessary wants to repair, maintain themselves or tinker with the mechanical part and willing to pay the high bucks to have it look after. Regards Ken

The Koi pond I really understand. They can be a lot of work! I guess in Singapore the weather never changes year round, so weather is not an issue but still. I was playing with one of the KOi when I was there last and my dad came in and was like "you like him?...that guy is worth about $10 000..."

I immediately stopped petting it and watched from a bit farther away

I personally would never want to care for such expensive fish (although they never bought it for that much). Actually I wouldn't want to even own such expensive fish. It would be stressful for me!

Delphinus · #4 01-02-2009, 10:17 PM

I don't quite understand why fish could be worth so much. I might be a jerk for saying this, but ... they're still fish? I.e., sooner or later they are going to die just like any other fish.

Heck I just learned this lesson myself with my eel, most expensive fish I ever spent money on, and only got to keep him 4 months.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #5 01-03-2009, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

I don't quite understand why fish could be worth so much. I might be a jerk for saying this, but ... they're still fish? I.e., sooner or later they are going to die just like any other fish.

Heck I just learned this lesson myself with my eel, most expensive fish I ever spent money on, and only got to keep him 4 months.

I don't understand with Koi but its a color morph thing and species. I think its all about the size too. This Koi is worth more as it grows. They got it with the house they bought though, my dad would never have actually bought a fish that expensive. The previous owners were Chinese and said it was a good luck fish to them. My dad says he likes it cause it looks cool and lets you pet it.

Im not a huge fan of Koi, so they all kind of look the same to me. The expensive one kind of looks like a cow fish because if the pattern.

christyf5 · #6 01-03-2009, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

I don't quite understand why fish could be worth so much. I might be a jerk for saying this, but ... they're still fish? I.e., sooner or later they are going to die just like any other fish.

Heck I just learned this lesson myself with my eel, most expensive fish I ever spent money on, and only got to keep him 4 months.

Oh Tony, not the eel?????

I'm all for maintaining my own tank, half the fun of it is all the water chemistry, aquascaping, frag placement and of course, picking caulerpa (I so hate waterchanges though but would hate paying someone to do it even more, that would take away from my coral budget

). I've discovered that I get bored when the tank is "full" or looking good as I don't want to mess with it, but then I end up doing it anyways. The other half of the fun is buying stuff

banditpowdercoat · #7 01-03-2009, 03:55 AM

GSP, is it to bold of me ot ask what your parents do for a living??? And how can I make that kind of $$$ LOL a $10,000 Koi. Got with house or not. My little blue collar brain just can't fathom LOL

tang daddy · #8 01-03-2009, 05:28 AM

Now when this post went up there was no money amount....
If I had 1 million I would do my own maintanence as that is not a whole lot of money these days, mind you water changes would be as easy as turning a few gate valves and never lifting a bucket ever again. 1 million if invested properly could last you the rest of your life living normally.

But if I had 5 million then I would definately pay someone to maintain the tank or maybe not... as mentioned above it would be all automated, however because of the amount of money I had, the tank would be very big and tall like 15ft long by 8ft wide by 8ft tall so technically I would need divers to stalk the tank and pick up stuff if it fell. Now I know my dreams are large here but it all started on rc when I saw this lucky guys tank hope he doesn't mind...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...5&pagenumber=1

GreenSpottedPuffer · #9 01-03-2009, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

GSP, is it to bold of me ot ask what your parents do for a living??? And how can I make that kind of $$$ LOL a $10,000 Koi. Got with house or not. My little blue collar brain just can't fathom LOL

To be honest, I would not even be able to tell you exactly what he does

...Managing Director, Global Equity Finance, Asia. If that means anything to you. I just know he works for a large bank and thats his title. I have never had much interest in what he does. Not in a bad way but its just not my thing. I am an artist and make my living in a much different way, LOL. He has worked his way up though to this job literally from the bottom and I know is proud to be where he is. Many of the people he works with came from money and have been just kind of given jobs their whole life whether they deserve them or not.

Really I just thought it was an interesting topic because I knew most people here would never want someone else messing with their tank regardless of whether they could afford it or not. I am still kind of like that and take great pride in my tank but man I hate maintenance. I really do prefer to just watch the tank and enjoy things.

Rippin · #10 01-02-2009, 10:18 PM

I guess it would depend on how well off I was. If I was dirty rich I'd probably have some crazy custom built 5000+ gallon reef tank. At that size I couldn't do all of the maintenance by myself so I would have to resort to hiring help.

If the size was more manageable, then I'd be inclined to think that I'd do my own maintenance, even if I could afford to hire help. I'd probably spend big bucks up front on a proper setup that will make maintenance as trouble-free/automated as possible.

I think most people that frequent boards like Canreef are more than casual aquarists, who enjoy the hobby through hands-on experience (sometimes painful).

But hey, we can try a little experiment. Pass me a few million and we can see if I'd change my behaviour.