You know you're a hardcore reefer when...

[West1]

You know your're a hardcore reefer when loved ones look at you weird on your birthday and say "so youd rather get a coral over clothes, shoes or a nice dinner?"
Me... "yes"

 

[UCF Alum]

When you walk in the door after work and look like a NFL running back dodging kids, wife & dogs to go look at your tank(s) to make sure everything is happy and just to see it because you’ve been away all day.

I just realized that I do the same thing.

Never noticed it until now lol.

 

[MgSullivan]

When you convince your boss to pay out bonuses in cash rather than direct deposit so it can bypass the wife and go towards coral

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

You have to take water out of the tank to make up for the displacement that all your new frags caused

 

[Coral Hygiene]

You know you’re a hardcore reefer when you look at your search history

 

[rkpetersen]

You know you're a hardcore reefer when you have almost as much frozen fish food as human food in the freezer.

 

[rkpetersen]

You have to take water out of the tank to make up for the displacement that all your new frags caused

No no, you have to add more water to make up for all the water you removed to do dips.

 

[Ksmmike]

When you're on a first name basis with everyone at the local coral shop and they tell you what's coming in on the next shipment days before it arrives.

 

[NY_Caveman]

You know you are a hardcore reefer when...

everything you browse while shopping is considered for how it could be used in your reef. Grocery store, drug store, toy store, it does not matter. Anything is up for consideration.

 

[Shawn Heckman]

When you co workers start saying, you looking at fish p orn

 

[Bigfishy1]

When you been away with work for a week and the first thing you look at is your tank.
Or
When you wife ask you to take care of the dog and you forget but you remember what supmements to add / how much and what time they need to be add.
Or
You can always goFind time to work on the tank but never seem to get around to doing the maintenance on the car.
Or when your out of town and you call to see how the fish are doing but don’t ask about her
Or
You justify overtime as it will allow you to add that new piece of equipment or add a new frag.

Or your tank controller is more powerful than you home computer and it controls everything about you tank and send daily notifications.

Hmmm
I am guilty of all of these

 

[jgvergo]

When my phone dings and the first question my wife always asks is - “is that the fish tank calling?”. Meaning my apex sending me a notification.

I get more texts from my fish tank than my family and friends

 

[srad750c]

When you come home to find that your regular Occy clown has carpet surfed, an unfortunate event followed by copious grieving, a funeral procession and proper burial. Then there is continued grieving and concurrently a trial by a partial judge (wife) who determines that the guy who said we didn't need a screen top because the clowns won't jump out is guilty and must be punished (me).

My purple tang chased 3 of my Bartlett’s anthais out of the tank one day while I was at work, I found one and I guess the dog ate the other two, I kept the dried one for months before I finally moved it to the compost bin for final resting place.

 

[srad750c]

When the LFS email comes out and you only see what corals came in. Who cares what fish or dry goods are on sale

 

[srad750c]

When you contemplate renovating your detatched garage in to a man cave so you can have 3 more tanks. 180 gallons each. Who cares about tools and equipment storage.

 

[srad750c]

When you convince your boss to pay out bonuses in cash rather than direct deposit so it can bypass the wife and go towards coral

Thank God I don’t have a wife.

 

[starypotter]

When you go to visit the aquarium and say 'is that all?' about their reef section.
Additionally when you start nitpicking which corals and fish aren't looking their best.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

when you get a personal behind the scenes tour of Reef HQ Aquarium, Townsville.

 

[Dennis McGrath]

...you consider using "Reef2reef.com" as your newborn child's middle name.
...you dress your child as a candy cane coral for halloween.
...at an office party, you introduce your wife as your "breeder tank".
...you call your son "your little polyp".

 

[carbene]

Amen to this! When things aren't going just right, I have a hard time sleeping at night.

so true, i would wake up in the middle of the night to check the out again with flashlight