Happy dance is in order! But first let me preface this a little bit -- and I realize that I'm probably sharing too much information with people I've never personally met -- but my reef tank (and hobbies generally) were always a point of contention in my past relationship. It wasn't the reason we broke up, but it certainly didn't help matters. So, with that said, I need to share a little exchange today between my GF (who I've mentioned previously in this thread) and I.
First off, we've been together since the start of this project and she's always been very supportive, although she's stood back and mostly just observed. Recently, she's been coming to the LFSs with me more and more and has willingly helped with water changes, testing and acclimation. She genuinely wants to learn and is fascinated by everything that goes on with the tank. I know, I know -- I'm dragging this out and bragging a little bit -- but hear me out. My GF called this afternoon and said, "there are some more diatoms showing up and I think we need to boost up the clean-up-crew, can I go get some nassarius snails?" My jaw dropped and my smile just got bigger and bigger. It was a pivotal moment -- she's a reefer! I'm sure if we all thought back, we could remember a single moment when we became hooked.
Anyway, she went to the LFS on her own to pick up the snails and was sending me pictures via phone of corals she thought would be cool to add. All said and done, she bought 15 more nassarius sails, drip acclimated them and added 10 to the Envision and 5 to the ADA -- all on her own. We're heading out of town tomorrow for a few days of skiing so hopefully everything will hold up alright while we're gone.
G'night all,
Z
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