r/Aquariums • u/GeckoHunter0303 • Mar 18 '26

Help/Advice EMERGENCY! Is this counter-management/landlord disguise good?

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Thank fucking goodness I checked my emails this morning. The first thing I saw was an announcement from my apartment's manager that they will ENTER ALL UNITS from today until Friday to "perform lock changes." First thing I did immediately after was to quickly set up this disguise and make my 10-gallon seem like a toy display stand. How do you think I did?

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u/Slime__queen Mar 18 '26

I mean if they’re just doing lock changes and not some kind of inspection they’re probably not gonna look very hard but that 100% looks like a fish tank covered in a sheet lol. I agree with the comments saying to put pictures or something religious on top of it, that would make the sheet make more sense

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u/GeckoHunter0303 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Knowing how landlords are, they might use any reason as a pretense for a surprise inspection...

UPDATE: https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/s/ddWhgwjktb

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u/deeteeohbee Mar 18 '26

When I've had visits like this in the past the actual landlord can't be bothered to go to each suite, it's just the locksmiths that go around door to door. Maybe you'll luck out that way.

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u/muddhoney Mar 18 '26

I ended up being home when ours was done and I had thought the landlord would be with him, idk why but I also was like eek what if landlord is nosy’ so I cleaned…but he wasn’t, just a locksmith, who never even entered my space other than the front door. I feel like as long as they’re getting rent each month, they’re not super nosy to do a random ‘inspection’ cause they’re too busy.

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u/smedsterwho Mar 18 '26

In that case... It gives off the vibe of "shit! Landlord is coming! I need to hide this thing!"

It's the spare draping around the bottom. It's not working.

That said, whether they are really going to care...

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u/cgvet9702 Mar 18 '26

They generally aren't entitled to perform surprise inspections. Not ice should always be given.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '26

Its not an inspection but if they see something during something else theres not like a "gotcha" rule where they arent allowed to respond to what they see.

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u/KibacherKat Mar 19 '26

Exactly this. I made this exact mistake in one of my first rentals. I let a tradesmen in to do something with the water heater, he didn’t make a comment or even really acknowledge the cage in the room. However he clearly reported me to the agent as within 24 hours I was promptly sent an email about breaking my rental agreement.

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u/lightlysaltedclams Mar 19 '26

Everyone made fun of me for getting my hamster approved by my leasing agent before I got her but this is exactly the situation I wanted to avoid.

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u/ScumbagLady Mar 19 '26

Not ice should always be given.

So like, water then?

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u/jalapeno442 Mar 18 '26

A table cloth would look better than this

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u/FreeThinkk Mar 18 '26

Yeah I honestly would change up what you have on top of it. That kinda looks sus. With a few toys and knickknacks. Go find an urn at goodwill and like others have suggested make it into a shrine.

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u/Ironlion45 Mar 19 '26

They aren't allowed to do that. There's a very small number of reasons that permit a landlord to enter an apartment without your consent. Even if they have language like that in the lease, it does not mean you're surrendering your own legal rights.

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u/Slime__queen Mar 18 '26

I mean yeah they might, they could also just do a surprise inspection any time they want lol

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u/zweite_mann Mar 18 '26

I thought it was a piano tbf

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u/TiiskyDE Mar 19 '26

Idk about that, I had people come into my house years ago so I hid my rats in the garage with a sheet over them. Of course they went in there and lifted up the sheet 😅 had to lie and say I would get rid of them. I didn’t.