How do family and friends react when they come over and see your tank

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Snoopdog]

Oh are those plants growing in there?

 

[Rmckoy]

No matter who it is .
they always notice our least favourite coral or cheapest fish that we dislike .
“ oh look . You have nemo , or is that stuff alive . “
“Those pink bushy things ( Xenia ) are very pretty @

 

[billyocean]

People like it...but yes..acros are the least interesting of the bunch. My wife teaches zoology and had her science department over for a wedding shower for her coworker. They didn't understand how I was able to do it..as in..wait..how?...he's not one of us..lol.

 

[KQuillan]

"Oh look, you have a shrimp in there". "This must have cost you a fortune"

 

[Filipino Reefer]

I don't invite nor let anyone in my home...

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Good to see I’m not the only one. Great stuff brother. Keep up the great work.

 

[Dburr1014]

One of my granddaughters is totally into my tank.

 

[Relled]

They don't care very much besides the regular, is that a snail is that Nemo and how much time does this take you?
I am guessing that is the case for most people which is why heading to the forums has always been popular.

 

[OctaviusBrine]

They ask what are those things you have in your tank. I say coral and they are like hmm. Doesn’t look like coral. I ask them to kindly leave haha.

 

[OctaviusBrine]

How about when they show the tiniest bit of interest, so you get all giddy and start telling them all kinds of things. then realize they were just being polite and really don’t care.

 

[Slocke]

 

[|Frank|]

Mostly everyone just says “oh cool” lol

 

[JoJosReef]

Nemo!!!
"Yes, and this is called a small polyp stony coral, or SPS, a particularly challenging specimen. I have to maintain.."
Nemo!!!

 

[Philip Chin]

They all say ‘beautiful plants’!!

 

[Snoopdog]

One of my granddaughters is totally into my tank.

Must be nice. I feel most of the time the only people into it are me and the wife. Kids at this point are "meh"

 

[Bpb]

We don’t get a ton of company. A couple thoughts on the matter:

My wife takes zero part in any product or livestock acquisition. Zero involvement in maintenance, and the only things she can name are “corals, tank, clownfish, Fox face, rocks, lights, fans (powerheads)”. But she is always the one that gives the grand tour of the entire system. It’s the first thing she shows people when they come over for the first time (it’s tucked away in the office, not out in the open).

Nearly everyone asks how I can possibly keep it so clean. Do I take all the rocks out and scrub them all the time, there’s no algae!?!

Some ask if I hire professionals to “service” it.

Some ask where all the livestock actually comes from, which I explain the concepts of aquaculture, mariculture, wholesale acquisition, and local rehoming. Most get super bored quickly.

My wife tells them how I constantly ship coral bits all over the country to other people. (I haven’t shipped a coral in nearly 3 years lol)

Then they generally move on.

Once people have gotten the tank talk once, they generally never even look at it again.

Two people actually have asked in depth questions about water parameters, asked about testing regiments, were interested in the concept of dosing, skimming, and auto topoff (genuinely interested). One is a good friend who just takes an interest in my hobbies, another was a physician with an especially technical/curious mind