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RE: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1567
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- Subject: RE: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1567
- From: "Gregory Gooden (Annex)" <ggooden at exc1_annex.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 00:39:29 -0800
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- Thread-Topic: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1567
Not sure this is the answer you seek, but...
My tanks ARE my investment strategy (in myself!)... <grin>
I probably spend far too much money and time in my planted tanks (and I
seem to have MORE tanks each month... )..
For ME, it's all about doing something that is NOT my chosen profession
(I'm a workaholic) and I get a great deal of satisfaction out of ALL my
tanks, whether they're ones that I set up to try to get ever-closer to
the "amano/dutch/processdujour" standard, or the ones that I don't have
to do much with yet they look gorgeous anyways, to the ones that are
yummy by serendipity...
What they DO for me is provide me with some balance that I need in my
life, and that means a GOOD long-term investment..
Actually, maybe this IS the answer you seek, for I tend to invest my
money the same way (without too much detail OR reaction to what's
happening this week, but with a focus towards the long run)..
<VBG>
Gregory
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:24:40 EST
> From: MrTorts at aol_com
> Subject: Does your approach to planted tanks match your
> investment philosophy?
>
> This list has "active" aquarists, testing all elements
> daily, adding
> this and that by the hour, and doing big water changes every
> couple days. On
> the other hand, I'm sure many, if not most, follow a more
> "passive" approach,
> as promoted in Diana Walstad's <A
> HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0967377307/102-25
> 53175-0819320">Ecology of the Planted Aquarium : A Practical
> Manual and Scientific Treatise for the Home Aquarist</A> .
> Plant it, let it be,
> enjoy what grows, and don't sweat it.
>
> It occurs to me that this division is similar to that
> between two
> investment camps. Active investors work on their portfolios
> daily, trying to
> beat the market. Passive investors believe that the market is not
> predictable, so the only way to beat the crowd is to not try
> so hard, and
> save the trading costs. (Plant it, let it be, enjoy what
> grows, and don't
> sweat it.)
>
> Are you the same in both areas, relatively active or
> passive?
>
> David Brown
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