You know you're really into reefing if...and other conversations

[Mical]

yea, I love explaining stuff to my better half. (she's shakes her head as if she understands and I hear cowbells...lol)

 

[Quietman]

Living on the edge means doing a water change on wood floors without laying down towels. If I finish that job and the floor is dry...I'm flippin' Evel Knievel baby!

 

[Quietman]

I am finding it very hard to keep to my "all peaceful, all reef safe, no invert hunting allowed" reef tank goals. Keep getting tempted by the thinking...maybe the flame hawk fish I get will be a good one, or the clown goby I get won't nibble on my sps and the toughest one...one captive-bred ocellaris clown won't get territorial and damage my duncan or euphyllias , right?

 

[Quietman]

You judge a test kit by whether it has glass or plastic test vials.

So maybe it's not the only criteria...but sure is nice when it feels more a test kit for a reef tank than a toy. I mean c'mon, I spend hundreds of dollars* on my tank I can expect glass vials, right?

* married reefer dollars...if you don't know the conversion then you're not married....if you do, you know how to stay married.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

You judge a test kit by whether it has glass or plastic test vials.

So maybe it's not the only criteria...but sure is nice when it feels more a test kit for a reef tank than a toy. I mean c'mon, I spend hundreds of dollars* on my tank I can expect glass vials, right?

* married reefer dollars...if you don't know the conversion then you're not married....if you do, you know how to stay married.

Haha! #truth

 

[Terri Caton]

Getting a new fish or coral makes you way more excited than just about anything else.

 

[LARedstickreefer]

Getting a new fish or coral makes you way more excited than just about anything else.

Just seeing some PE does it for me.

 

[Quietman]

You owe your home, your marital bliss and your sanity to a little 10 dollar plastic device.

The float switch for failures aquatic
With my spigot recall problematic
For I often need gallons
But my spouse has her talons
Prevents injuries my body traumatic

 

[EmilyXLC]

When you love the hobby so much you seek out a career in the industry. Guilty. LOL

 

[Quietman]

You wonder how your BRS shopping cart got so full, so fast...I mean it was only a test kit or two, an RODI valve, needed to have more salt of course, and yeah, really wanted to try that flow meter and I'm due for an ICP test, and there's a....

 

[Topreefer92]

Constantly on youtube and here to find and read about other people's tanks. Also hunting for the trident.

 

[Tuffloud1]

Sitting at work all day catching yourself daydreaming of how to improve your tank.....

 

[Leslie Tabor]

My favorite spot in the house used to be my leather recliner in front of the TV. Now it's the bar stool in front of the tank. Priorities!

This...so much this! My hubby hates watching movies with me now...the tank is in the same area so I stare at that instead! Haha

 

[biophilia]

... your significant other informs you that you were mumbling nonsensically about Caribbean acropora species in your sleep during the night.

 

[ScottB]

When you clean out your sumps more often than the litter box.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Our neighbors called police too. Police came in and took a tour of our three tanks- 2x300gal and one 93 cube!

I don't have this problem...my reefing got the whole neighborhood involved taking the front windows out to use a forklift to move my 380 gal tank into the basement! Neighbors that have never spoken to us were coming out to see what the heck I was up to! Lol

 

[Quietman]

You actually spend time arguing with yourself on whether Lanthanum oxide deposits or Aluminum oxide deposits are worse for your tank...you even spend time researching the facts so you can "win"?

 

[ReefGeezer]

You Know You're Into Reefing when: ...E) You're at work answering threads on R2R

Busted! I'm on break/at lunch. Yea... that's it. Break... lunch... Lunch break...

Or... when you can justify doubling your already inflated budget on that new calcium reactor by telling yourself how hard two-part dosing is to maintain. Original budget < $500... Actual spent >$900. Ouch... but I'll never have to mix Randy's two-part again so it's all good.

 

[ScottB]

You know you are really into reefing when... Your ESV 2-Part buckets stack to the ceiling.

 

[Quietman]

You have your day made when your phosphates are .02 ppm and you haven't done testing in a week and have been "guessing" about your Phosphate RX drops. Am I 'in tune' with my tank or just lucky? Let's go with a little bit of both.