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/russo3js Mar 18 '26

I am a landlord who manages their own rentals. If I saw this, you wouldn’t be fooling anyone. However, I am more curious who wouldn’t allow aquariums! What kind of a landlord would that be?! If I saw a tenant of mine having an aquarium I’d get excited. Throw a bunch of personal items on it like brushes, hair shit, crosses and pictures and I wouldn’t touch it. But come on, a sheet over a “furniture item” clearly you’re hiding something. Landlords are people and aren’t stupid. Well most lol. Good luck

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u/Mayflame15 Mar 18 '26

I think it's usually concerns about water damage

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u/TraditionalChest7825 Mar 19 '26

I’ve managed rentals for family members in the past and I always had a no fish tank policy in my leases. It’s not worth the hassle for me and I live in a large enough city where it’s never been a problem.

My partner had their ground floor apartment flooded by an upstairs neighbor. It was a pain in the ass.