Playing God can be fun, but also sad.

The inspiration for this post came from a very supportive person.

It also came from me responding with this:


       "It's ok, it's the risk of small tanks and the byproduct of being God haha. I created a world, and like God I took a risk, and then all my pet dinosaurs started dying, but unlike the original God, Amir God will fix his world." 


Anyhow, as I'm sure many of you know, I started the hobby of reefing about 7 months ago. No, not reefering, I started that hobby...oh about 12-13 years ago now? No, reef keeping a.k.a keeping a saltwater fish tank. I've always wanted a salt tank because the fish and coral are just incredible in colors, and it's quite relaxing, and it's just fun to have a hobby and just always work on something that you see results in. It's like the ultimate payoff to work on something hard and see physical results right in front of you. That's why I like working in construction. So I decided to start keeping a saltwater tank...

That tank started off as a fresh new 12 gallon tank with nothing but rock, sand, and water. It sat like that for a good 4 weeks before I added any fish. 4 weeks later, I added 2 small clown fish. And over the course of 7 months, fish have come and gone, things have died and vanished. It's all part of being God. You create a world and then shit always goes wrong no matter how much you try to keep it perfect.

But no, it's not perfect. It never will be because asshole humans, well in this case, fish, just keep fucking with shit, and you're all like, "No you goddamn fish/crab/shrimp/snail, don't eat that shit!" But they don't listen and the chaos theory proves true, and something goes wrong. (Not specifically because in my tank the animal ate anything, but that's just an example.) The point is, all the fun of being God suddenly turns into anger.

Now, I have not been a spiteful God, I don't kill my pets, but I still get pissed when something goes wrong. Granted there was a bit of tragedy while I was gone on vacation, but such is the life of God. Even Amir God needs vacation time. But what this tragedy showed me is that, I need a bigger tank so that's going to happen, but really it shows me that being God is awesome, and you should probably try it somehow. I mean why else would doctors decide who to let live and who to kill/take organs from/give disease because the government told them to. (Government by the way, the ultimate God.)







Here are a few pictures from day one to now of the world I created:

Day 1:

Day 3:

Some time like 4-6 weeks ago:

Since this picture, that purple fish was taken back to the store, the red/white fish vanished, and there was a bit of a meltdown that lead to 3 coral frags dying, one of which is not pictured in here.

And he will be the pride of the new 55 gallon I build over the course of the next month:

And hopefully, these poor Zoa's will recover, look how awesome they can be: