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Originally Posted by TabMorte  My daughter and I fishkeep together. We're both kinda geeky. We're not sports people so it's something we do to bond that we both enjoy a lot.
We have a little 'piggy bank' for fish stuff that we each toss a couple bucks in every 'payday' (she's only 8 so she donates a buck a week of her $5.00 allowence to it). Fish food and water conditioners and stuff comes out of that fund. If there's left overs we have to mutually decide what to spend that on. A new fish? A new plant? A new tank? If we don't agree nothing gets bought. You and your wife might want to take a similar approach. It means that your spending's restricted (Agree on what goes into the 'fund' ahead of time. I put in $10.00 a paycheck) and you have to run your purchases by eachother before you make them. Everyones happy, no one's over spending like mad and most importantly you're using the hobby to bond with eachother. Not to exclude eachother.  | VERY good idea!!! 
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30G ~ Equipment: Emporer 400, Hydor 1, All Glass 100W Heater Inhabitants: 7 Pristella Tetras, 4 Assorted Danios & 2 Cardinal Tetras & Blue Crayfish (M)
44G ~ Equipment: Rena Filstar XP3 & 200W Heater Inhabitants: 2 Koi Angels, Marigold Platy, Betta (F) & Blue Crayfish (F)
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