Don't drink (or smoke or...) and reef

[jgvergo]

I came home from work and had my usual post work, celebratory cocktail. Then I remembered I had been running my skimmer pump in vinegar for the last 24 hours and needed to finish cleaning it and get the skimmer running again. I was just about done and I was putting a cabinet panel back on the base of my stand when I dropped it on my foot. Nothing serious, but it did draw blood! I'm pretty sure the alcohol played a role ;Facepalm

Soooo, what reefing+altered state of consciousness stories do you have? BTW, drinking is really only one of many forms of altered consciousness and I'd like to be inclusive and get comments on every form!

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Sorry about the foot.

 

[jgvergo]

Sorry about the foot.

Thanks. It was really minor damage. At least I did not mess up something with the tank!

 

[fishface NJ]

I sympathize. Hope it feels better soon. Tuesday I was removing a 200g salt bucket from a shipping box and dropped it on my foot. The bucket edge took of the skin from the top of my foot and caused it to bleed. Cant put on a shoe or sandal

 

[JoshH]

Ouch that hurts. Although it could be worse, you could have been a little drunk during a live sale or coral shopping online and wake up the next morning to an empty wallet;Nailbiting;Nailbiting

I hope your foot feels better soon!

 

[C. Eymann]

I worked at LFS's all throughout highschool and college, let's just say there was always a fair share of partying going on, to which I partook in as well on a few occasions 3, only thing I did once or twice is overfill a sump by walking away from it, but I did mess up my tank pretty bad once by leaving my lights on manual control because I wanted to do a WC later but ended up crashing out on my sofa, this was in the days of halides, si the tank took a serious cooking

 

[Reefermadness89]

So about 10 years ago I was filling a 20g long tank after a water change, nothing unusual.
Well I decided to do the water change to show my curious friends what went in to maintenance for a planted tank, we were all drinking and the question has come up several times before..
Yeah well after draining it I hooked it up to the tap (well water) and walked away to have another shot, I had time,
Right...right?!
No.
Totally forgot I was filling it until some girl started screaming because she was wet, and sure enough there was a gorgeous lil waterfall accent in the 4th floor of a very old and leaky building. Took the hose out thinking “this is an easy fix” and realized that I should have instead turned the water off first. Felt pretty dumb showing my friends how easy a fishtank is while stupidly holding a water hose throwing water inside while standing in this mess of a situation.. Yeah, those were the days.

 

[KrisReef]

Drinking? I don't remember if that was the reason I felt so good when I got busy and started scraping algae off the acrylic with a magnet. I carelessly drove the lower edge of the magnet into the sand and kept cleaning until I noticed the first scratch in the previously virginal viewing pane. You can guess what swear I uttered when I lost it.

 

[Reefermadness89]

Drinking? I don't remember if that was the reason I felt so good when I got busy and started scraping algae off the acrylic with a magnet. I carelessly drove the lower edge of the magnet into the sand and kept cleaning until I noticed the first scratch in the previously virginal viewing pane. You can guess what swear I uttered when I lost it.

Oof this is why im scared of acrylic, I’m so absent minded and always used glass for my planted tanks, one or two acrylics would have been wrecked in a week tops

 

[mrpizzaface]

I harvest newly hatched baby brine shrimp nightly. I siphon the BBS out of the hatching vessel. One evening, post libations I started the siphon and never removed the tube from my mouth. I was so surprised to get a mouthful of BBS, that I swallowed a good amount.

 

[Reefermadness89]

I harvest newly hatched baby brine shrimp nightly. I siphon the BBS out of the hatching vessel. One evening, post libations I started the siphon and never removed the tube from my mouth. I was so surprised to get a mouthful of BBS, that I swallowed a good amount.

;Vomit

 

[flagg37]

I harvest newly hatched baby brine shrimp nightly. I siphon the BBS out of the hatching vessel. One evening, post libations I started the siphon and never removed the tube from my mouth. I was so surprised to get a mouthful of BBS, that I swallowed a good amount.

I thought the scratched acrylic one was bad, but yours is pretty gross.

Reefing is hard enough to not screw something up without being drunk or high. This is a great thread.

 

[JoshH]

I harvest newly hatched baby brine shrimp nightly. I siphon the BBS out of the hatching vessel. One evening, post libations I started the siphon and never removed the tube from my mouth. I was so surprised to get a mouthful of BBS, that I swallowed a good amount.

YUUUUUUMMMMY!!!

 

[Vinman]

I plead the fifth on everything

 

[Dvanlier05]

I will only feed. I try to finish my work on the tank before I partake in any extra curricular activities

 

[WallyB]

I came home from work and had my usual post work, celebratory cocktail. Then I remembered I had been running my skimmer pump in vinegar for the last 24 hours and needed to finish cleaning it and get the skimmer running again. I was just about done and I was putting a cabinet panel back on the base of my stand when I dropped it on my foot. Nothing serious, but it did draw blood! I'm pretty sure the alcohol played a role ;Facepalm

Soooo, what reefing+altered state of consciousness stories do you have? BTW, drinking is really only one of many forms of altered consciousness and I'd like to be inclusive and get comments on every form!

Sorry about the foot.

I've had all kind of scrapes, cuts, bangs, electric shock, siphon swallows, glue stuck on hands accidents from reefing, and I don't drink or take any mind altering stuff WHILE REEFING or TOOL WORK (If I did I'd probably be missing limbs or be dead by now).

BTW, you might want a another Drink to Ease the Foot Pain

 

[jd371]

With me it didn't involve partaking in anything but more of lapse of focus. I have two tanks, the main is in the house and I have a small 20g anemone tank that's in my workshop. The workshop has a small TV so that I can watch the game if I'm working on something in there.
I was adding water to the ATO which is just using a pump to pump water from the bucket to the ATO storage container. The storage container already had some water in it and I just wanted to top it off. I proceeded to add water to the container and sit down to watch the hockey game while it's filling. You can guess what happened, the action got intense in the hockey game and the noise from the TV was drowning out the noise of the ATO container overflowing. By the time I noticed there was a couple of gallons on the floor. I got so mad at myself that I punched the wall and put a hole in it and also banged up my knuckle pretty good because it clipped the stud. The hole is still there as a reminder to stay focused.

 

[Captain Quint]

Drinking? I don't remember if that was the reason I felt so good when I got busy and started scraping algae off the acrylic with a magnet. I carelessly drove the lower edge of the magnet into the sand and kept cleaning until I noticed the first scratch in the previously virginal viewing pane. You can guess what swear I uttered when I lost it.

Ouch