You might be a reefing addict if...

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

How 'bout some fun!? Finish this sentence:

"You might be a reefing addict if..."

Here's a few:

You might be a reefing addict if...

• You have your LFS on speed dial.
• You've spent more on your latest coral purchase than you did on your mortgage payment
• Your car has salt creep in the trunk space
• You cringe when people call your clownfish "nemo" (same goes for blue hippos and "Dory"...just don't...)
• Your wife starts posting the "To-do" list on your tank instead of the fridge
• Your idea of a fun day out with the fam involves bouncing from one LFS to the next.
• When you go on vacation, you're more interested in seeing what the local reef stores are than you are the top 10 tourist attractions (Wait! Aren't those the same things!?)
• You start measuring expenses in how much coral you won't be able to buy rather than actual dollars.
• Your 4 year old knows the names of the fish in your tank (again we're talking about species names...not "Nemo and Dory") but doesn't know how to say their ABC's
• You'll skip a meal if it means you can buy that coral you've been wanting
• You keep a styrofoam cooler in your trunk just because "you never know when you might need one"

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

bump

 

[zesty]

I'll add a few of my own.

You might be a reef addict if...
You wake up from a nightmare about your corals/fish dying and run downstairs to check on your tank. (tell significant other "I just had to get a drink of water")
You have multiple nightmares when there is something bothering you about the tank.
(This one happened last night) Friend came over (my FRIEND!) and told me I need a tank intervention. This comment was met with a blank stare and a "Why?"
You start a small tank maintenance service for friends to make extra tank money on the side. 2 years strong!!
Every store you walk into, you first think of anything you need in your reef tank that could be used.
- If store has plumbing section, it's going to at least get one pass through.
"Trades" go a long way. "Where did you get that, honey?" Oh I traded for it....

This, this is the biggest one for me.
All your upgrades are done with the house is to myself! This includes installing and purchasing.

 

[Reefkeepr1986]

You might be a reefing addict if....

You have more than four tanks and have future plans for all of them!!
Your house Glows Blue and can see it from the outside!!
You sit in front of your tank and find space for the new corals you want!!
You see your electricity bill and it's really high then find many other ways to save power other than taking down any kind of equiptment on your tank!!
Your at work and your on your phone trying to find frags for sale and end up leaving early just to meet up with the seller!!
You call in sick to work only because you ordered some corals online!!
Your late for work because your too busy checking all your corals to see if there ok!!

 

[Reefkeepr1986]

You might be a reef addict if..

You tell your wife that the new corals were soo cheep and there rare!!
You get into arguments with your wife about the tank and how much money is spent on it!!
You buy new corals rather than pay the phone bill!!
You just can't seem to have enough equiptment, corals, fish, and tanks!!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

You modify your work schedule to accommodate your incoming livestock shipment.
You have a dedicated credit card for tank supplies.

 

[zesty]

You might be a reef addict if..

You tell your wife that the new corals were soo cheep and there rare!!
You get into arguments with your wife about the tank and how much money is spent on it!!
You buy new corals rather than pay the phone bill!!
You just can't seem to have enough equiptment, corals, fish, and tanks!!

Every coral I get, the question comes "is that worth a lot?" of course it is!

 

[ReeferRookie]

The only time my clownfish being called nemo doesnt bother me is when its name is infact nemo. Lol 7 yr old child got to name him who would have guessed. He named the other one marlin yup its that kind of tank

 

[w.gurney77]

You might be a reefing addict if...
You schedule all house work around your lighting cycle
Your inbox is full or responses to threads on reefing forums
Your LFS guy calls you when coral shipments arrive.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Ha ha! These are awesome!!!

 

[LPS Hunter]

You leave your reading glasses next to the fish tank. :nerd:

 

[danangelo]

You're a reef addict
When you start making your own equipment for your tank.
Then start selling them to support your habit.
(Like acrylic stuff all over the garage)
Having more contact info of reef people on your phone than friends and family.

 

[dbl]

You are sitting in your office reading to see if you are a reef addict!

 

[Pete polyp]

You reach into your pocket to pay for gas and find a bottle of nsw calibration fluid

 

[w.gurney77]

If you want to stop at the LFS and have used the phrase " I'm just going to look" and no one believes you.

If you can't decide between two acros at the LFS and go home with three.

 

[Reefkeepr1986]

When half of your garage is fish tanks extra parts,and plumbing!!
When a new reefer comes around you get all excited to give them pointers on the chemistry on running a reef!!
When family comes over and you spend more time checking out your fish tank rather than talking to them UNLESS it's about your reef!!
When your supposed to go to the store to buy milk and instead you come home with new fish and or corals!!
When your wife asks you to go to the store and pickup something for her your not motivated but when it's time to go to a local fish store your the first one ready and willing to drive!!
Your wife asks for money for her nails and you say it's too expensive and the next day you buy a coral that cost 90$ and you tell her that I will make the money back and more when I frag it!!
LOL these are true Experiences I have went through!!! LoL

 

[Whitenoise3k]

You run home on your lunch break just to check your reef tank.

 

[golfnut1232]

You might be a reef addict if:

You tell your wife or girlfriend that "frag sales paid for that equipment upgrade honey so it really didn't cost anything".

You can say that you've actually had the experience of a $200 polyp melting on you! <-------hate this one. lol

 

[Dextereef]

You might be a reef addict if...

You leave a frag swap and race home to acclimate your purchases and prepare for a live sale on reef2reef.

 

[reggaedrummin]

You have a museum's worth of equipment attached to a nano

The first thing you check upon waking is this forum

The last thing you check before sleeping is this forum

Your vacation planning takes into consideration your tank and you rather to return sooner because even the best sitter can't care for it like you do