HOUSE LOOKS STRANGE TO NEIGHBORS

[SuperDragon]

People always ask what the blue light is...
when Halloween rolls around they peek inside and say, "WOW! a big fish tank"

 

[litenyaup]

Hahaha yes I have the people who drive by really slow and catch them looking hard to see what’s going on.

 

[SPS Junky]

When we lived in a neighborhood almost 15 years ago, I had a reef room in the basement (we live in the country now). One night after dark I went to the landing in our house to look out the window to see what my dog was barking at. Much to my surprise, there was a police car parked in front of our house. I walked outside and to my further surprise found a police officer at my reef room window looking in! I asked him if I could help him with something, and he said he noticed the bright lighting in the downstairs while driving by and decided to stop because pot growers use intense lighting. I told him if he looked closely he would see the reef systems and many corals and fish. He was embarrassed and apologized for disturbing me and quickly got in his squad car and left.

Also, the blue light questions were always plentiful on Halloween when kids came to the house. The little kids called it the blue house!

 

[TripleDogDareYah]

You can always tell which houses have reef tanks at night... I've made a few friends in the neighborhood this way.

 

[SPS Junky]

Yeah theystand out like a sore thumb! I think I’m dating myself here!

 

[bonefishlou]

In 2001 I moved into a house in Port Charlotte, Fl and set up my 90 gal reef tank, several of my neighbors were concerned about all the bright lights coming from my Lanai in back of house, had a house warming party and invited them all over to see the reason for all the weird lighting, one of my neighbors wound up helping me with tank every time I traveled for over 10 years...and yes I had a cop stop by and ask also when I first moved in...

 

[DeniseAndy]

We live on the end of a cul de sac and out of the way, so no issues here. Love the stories though. Very funny. I just figure my electric bill will one day get me. I still run MH and T5s.

 

[dgragg]

I met the owner of my LFS that way. He and his wife had just moved into the neighborhood. They saw the blue glow while out walking and rang the bell. When I answered the door, he grinned real big and said "You're either growing pot or have a fish tank". I invited them in to see my 210 gal. mixed reef. That was 13 years ago. We're all still great friends.

 

[Jr'sReef]

LOL I've considered it as a way to finance the hobby.

It’d have to be coke to finance this hobby LOL

 

[mcarroll]

I actually had someone call the cops on me. The way my house is situated when walking on the sidewalk you can see into my living room, and obviously the lights prompted someone to call the cops as they thought I was growing weed.

Cops showed up, I let them in to see my tank. Funny part is I live in a very small town and I personally know 90% of our local police. They tell me all the time they get calls for someone growing weed on main street. They know better now.

I know people this is happened to as well – based on responses here clearly this happens all the time.

I wonder if it's like this in other countries?

 

[Greybeard]

My driveway is over half a mile long, nobody back here but us. Problems with the neighbors are pretty rare in my neighborhood

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

I teach at a local high school, when students find out we live in the same community - especially in the same area of the community - I get asked "how far from the pot house do you live?"

I then have to explain that that is my house....and it's a reef tank....

Apparently my house is used as a landmark for giving directions....

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

These are all awesome stores.

 

[LbulletM]

Between my blue lights shining out of the front of the house during the day, my new red refugium light shining out of the front of the house overnight, and the red grow light I just set up in the front guestroom for my wife's garden seed starters, I've been anticipating a visit from my local boys in blue.

 

[Bpb]

Funny.....you’d think if someone were illegally growing grass in their house it wouldn’t the done in the front most room with a window facing the street for the whole world to see

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

My patio of my apartment. Lol. Yeah, I’m sure questions are there. Fortunately I work here too so I’ll know first. Haha

 

[Kyl]

My neighbors get more curious when my kitchen starts glowing pink after 9PM (Kessil H380 kicks on)

My tank room alternates from blue in the evenings to pink at 10:00pm and all night (from the H380). Have had a couple inquiries, but since personal growing will be legal here in a couple of months, I doubt many will really even care going forward. I do want to try and seal the sump seams up better so it doesn't leak out and then get amplified through all the glass.

 

[Breadman03]

Moral of the thread: if you’re going to grow grass, do it in the room behind the reef tank.

 

[Michael Naegeli]

Moral of the thread: if you’re going to grow grass, do it in the room behind the reef tank.

In the Fuge, makes for some funk!

 

[Bpb]

Having a reef tanks is BASICALLY a license to grow grass