We also have a spare room that has become more of a storage room than anything - it was supposed to be a nice office but its main use is where I put all our laundry to dry
For the very same reason, I'd actually spent a good part of yesterday evening researching "pulleymaids" and wondering whether a few of those would free up some space for an additional fishtank!
They look great! Unfortunately we live in a rented flat so will have to stick to our corner full of clothes horses. Considering there's only the two of us I always seem to use all of the clothes horses when doing our washing!
Going back to my current tank I've noticed some really positive changes since I got my amanos! Oddly my remaining killi seems to be spending much more time exploring the tank and swimming in the bottom / middle, whereas before the killis were super skittish and only ever seemed to hang around right at the top which made my tank look so empty! Now I have the cute little shrimp zooming around and my killi swimming around showing off his beautiful colouring
Surely shrimp wouldn't bring on such a change in behaviour!? I can't wait to bring my tank back up to the correct numbers - I just wish that I could get 6 or so of them; I had that amount of endlers and the killis seem a similar size and to swim in a similar way so it's so tempting to buy more than I know I should!
I'm no further with pursuading my partner about a new tank - it's such a shame as he's all on board with the puffers and I thought getting fish that he wanted would tempt him but nope!! I know there's a perfect spot for a new tank too, humph!