Are you infected?
You could be at an increased risk if:
- You have more fish tanks than rooms in your house. Severe cases are often found in apartments where space is scarce and tanks are setup on tabletops or in place of furniture. Chronic cases sometimes end up with small tanks in bathrooms.
- You have even more empty tanks in storage, and your cleaning closet is overrun with aquarium equipment. Some homes have additional junk drawers of fish meds that have expired years ago, and buckets of spare parts in every corner of the basement/attic/kitchen/backyard.
- You peruse craigslist and online forums for deals on more equipment that you don't need.
- While setting up your newest tank, you start to plan your next tank.
- You can't sleep too far away from the sound of running water
- You sell a fish tank and promptly use that money to buy another tank.
- You save broken tanks so you can cut the glass to build sumps
- You have braced your floors, drilled through walls/floors, and re-plumbed your home's sewage and water lines to "make things easier".
If you have one or more of these symptoms, you could have a serious case of....
Multiple Tank Syndrome
There are no known treatments for MTS. You will never be able to reduce the volume of water in your house and cut down to a single tank. If you try, you will soon get bored and build another tank. Few have attempted to go cold turkey by selling all of their tanks, and even fewer have done so successfully,. Most suffer relapse within 1-3 years. Signs of impending relapse include: browsing forums to "see what everyone has been up to", and visiting shops "just to look" at fish.
Support groups that allow you to sell off your equipment online are available, but usually only lead to eventual relapse.
If you are reading this PSA, there is a good chance that you suffer from this disease.
You could be at an increased risk if:
- You have more fish tanks than rooms in your house. Severe cases are often found in apartments where space is scarce and tanks are setup on tabletops or in place of furniture. Chronic cases sometimes end up with small tanks in bathrooms.
- You have even more empty tanks in storage, and your cleaning closet is overrun with aquarium equipment. Some homes have additional junk drawers of fish meds that have expired years ago, and buckets of spare parts in every corner of the basement/attic/kitchen/backyard.
- You peruse craigslist and online forums for deals on more equipment that you don't need.
- While setting up your newest tank, you start to plan your next tank.
- You can't sleep too far away from the sound of running water
- You sell a fish tank and promptly use that money to buy another tank.
- You save broken tanks so you can cut the glass to build sumps
- You have braced your floors, drilled through walls/floors, and re-plumbed your home's sewage and water lines to "make things easier".
If you have one or more of these symptoms, you could have a serious case of....
Multiple Tank Syndrome
There are no known treatments for MTS. You will never be able to reduce the volume of water in your house and cut down to a single tank. If you try, you will soon get bored and build another tank. Few have attempted to go cold turkey by selling all of their tanks, and even fewer have done so successfully,. Most suffer relapse within 1-3 years. Signs of impending relapse include: browsing forums to "see what everyone has been up to", and visiting shops "just to look" at fish.
Support groups that allow you to sell off your equipment online are available, but usually only lead to eventual relapse.
If you are reading this PSA, there is a good chance that you suffer from this disease.
