Benefits of a supportive spouse

Xanthurum · Jul 12, 2017

I must say it is quite nice to have the support of my wife when it come to this hobby. She doesn't always want to go fish shopping with me but I was very surprised today when she insisted we get 2 more fish because "they were in the same tank so they must be friends." I made sure they both ate readily and then asked the store to bag em up. Getting settled in QT but already eating at home as well. I LOVE TANGS!

Tahoe61 · Jul 12, 2017

Nice, congrats.

AtulR · Jul 12, 2017

Congrats and good luck to you sir! Those Clown Tangs are one of my favorite fish, but they do have a tendency to be nasty.. I'd have a backup plan if things go south, just in case.

Mrx7899 · Jul 13, 2017

It's is nice to have a supportive wife I have been out of commission with a broken foot for about a month now, and my wife has been taken care of my tanks plus all the family things that have to be done.

Xanthurum · Jul 13, 2017

Atul@AmongTheReef said:
Congrats and good luck to you sir! Those Clown Tangs are one of my favorite fish, but they do have a tendency to be nasty.. I'd have a backup plan if things go south, just in case.

Thanks, I seriously doubt he will ever have a chance to rule my tank. I have an Achilles/Goldrim hybrid that is 3 times the size of the clown so he will probably stay in check lol.

Scurvy · Jul 13, 2017

My lovely lady is supportive right up until i ask her to touch something icky.... Amazing how fast OUR hobby becomes MY hobby

Nice looking pair you scored.

Waters · Jul 14, 2017

Xanthurum said:
I must say it is quite nice to have the support of my wife when it come to this hobby. She doesn't always want to go fish shopping with me but I was very surprised today when she insisted we get 2 more fish because "they were in the same tank so they must be friends." I made sure they both ate readily and then asked the store to bag em up. Getting settled in QT but already eating at home as well. I LOVE TANGS!

So you took advantage of her thinking they were friends to buy more fish??? Well played

Xanthurum · Jul 14, 2017

Actually she was the deciding factor. She wanted both as long as they would be OK in my tank. Since they are so small I'm hoping that will help with aggression from my other tangs being that the established guys are much larger. If it doesn't work I have a few friends that will gladly help rehome them.

d-man · Jul 17, 2017

I got to build my 860g tank because of my supportive wife

Coastie Reefer · Jul 17, 2017

Sigh... My wife doesn't want anything larger than a 20g in the house. But since I've basically spent all my weekends and vacation days on building us a house, I may have her talked into a 40B.

Now I need to build a shop so that I can have a man/reef cave.

Ty Hamatake · Jul 17, 2017

Coastie Reefer said:
Sigh... My wife doesn't want anything larger than a 20g in the house. But since I've basically spent all my weekends and vacation days on building us a house, I may have her talked into a 40B.

Now I need to build a shop so that I can have a man/reef cave.

You could always just build the tank into the wall and have a 40B sized viewing panel.... with like 300 gallons behind it