We're a CRAZY bunch us Reefers aren't we!?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

We're a crazy bunch us Reefers! We all know how addictive this hobby can be, but "how crazy are you" for your reef tank? Share your wildest stories and crazy things you've done to keep this hobby fun, exciting and rewarding.

What's the Craziest Thing You've Done for Your Reef Tank?

I drove my wife and I over 350 miles in our church van to pick up a running 125g reef tank full of rock, fish, sand and coral! It all made it back alive too! The wife is amazing BTW! It looked something like this.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

If I told my wife we were going on a 350-mile journey to pick up a tank and bringing it back home? She would call me crazy haha

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

If I told my wife we were going on a 350-mile journey to pick up a tank and bringing it back home? She would call me crazy haha

Well I didn't say that she loved the idea and didn't call me names!

 

[WestMI-Reefer]

I’d say power outages are right at the top of my list.
I probably look like a mad man rushing to get the generator setup, running, and system back on in a few feet of snow, sideways rains, and high winds. It was worse when i didn’t have a generator at all! I get a little jealous when some of the neighbors generators auto on and I can hear theirs running as I struggle to get mine going lol

 

[Auto-pilot]

So not something I've done, BUT when I lived in California I helped a guy replace his alternator and repair his solar panels on an RV. He probably had about 1000g of slat water tanks and coral inside it. This crazy guy traveled around California in a large motorhome full of fish and coral. His solar panel lead shorted out and it blew out his alternator. I didn't realize untill after I helped him and he wanted to show me the inside of his vehicle. I wasn't into reefing back then; but now that I look back I think that guys was crazy

 

[o2manyfish]

A picture is worth a 1000 words..... (That's my fat butt on the roof) 750g taking the short way into the back yard.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

A picture is worth a 1000 words..... (That's my fat butt on the roof) 750g taking the short way into the back yard.

this is great

 

[StatelineReefer]

Dropping $1200 for an 8 foot tank I know darn well isn't going to be running for a month.

On a days notice.

In a uhaul van.

with no helpers.

on 3 hours sleep.

last week.
Angry Wife for scale.

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Buying a new home during the height of skyrocketing prices because you want more room for tanks ....

MONTHS and many many failed offers we got a home that needed a ton of work just so I can have more tanks.

 

[kevgib67]

Well, not to the extent as those above. I went to my lfs for 2 emerald crabs and walked out with the crabs and the most expensive coral I’ve ever bought.

 

[Auto-pilot]

Well, not to the extent as those above. I went to my lfs for 2 emerald crabs and walked out with the crabs and the most expensive coral I’ve ever bought.

Ohhh I hate buying the most expensive coral ever bought... That species is hard to keep and dies from looking at it too much

 

[AcroNem]

Ohhh I hate buying the most expensive coral ever bought... That species is hard to keep and dies from looking at it too much

I just did that last week. I feel like if I sneeze too close to it it'll die shouldn't be the case, but this one's up there.

So I guess that's my crazy thing, I like expensive anemones

 

[StatelineReefer]

Every time my wife says 'I'm cold', an acro RTNs... Sort of like Miracle on 34th street, but it's really 'Nightmare on 34th Street'.

 

[Mark Goode]

Dunno how I'm going to explain this to the wife.

(Just a CGI doodle I did this afternoon.)