you know you are a reef addict when...

[Anonymous]

Family and friends stop coming over because all you do is make them stare at the tank with you

you have learned more chemistry owning this tank than you ever did in school

You can name every creature in your tank by its latin name, but still cant remember your spouses birthday

every 5 purchases on your credit card statement are tank related

your children will need to get a scholarship because the college fund is gone

You spend most of your vacations on the phone checking in with the caretaker of your tank

You have named a fish

You have more test kits than the high school science department

you have tasted the salt mix

salt, iodine, calcium are no longer a condiment, antibacterial medicine, or milk in your current understanding

You laugh at freshwater tanks

and you post here everyday!

 

[gatorracer]

When you decide to quit smoking and spend the money you save on a hobby and the hobby costs twice as much

 

[Anonymous]

lol gator!

Anyone else? Lets keep adding....

 

[Len]

When you plan family vacations around areas with nice LFS.

 

[Anonymous]

when all the employees at your area LFS's all call out your name like Norm from Cheers when you walk in the front door.

 

[Anonymous]

The LFS manager consults YOU on a weekly basis on what corals and other creatures he should order to sell in his shop.

 

[Anonymous]

Cyano can ruin a day.

 

[Anonymous]

When you have visited every home depot within a 200 mile radius.

Contacted 25 message boards.

To find the super duper sand for reef tanks.

you know the kind.

It says "not recommended for aquarium use"

right on the package.

:lol:

 

[Anonymous]

You consider scraping the coraline in your tank normal weekly chore.

You compare the smell of dirty diapers to the smell of skimate.

 

[Anonymous]

when you cant function with out a tank at your job (guilty)

You spend more time with your tank then your wife

 

[fishfanatic2]

When your in the shower and your washing your hair and it feels like running through fields of hair algae so much that it scares you.

(I am guilty of this!)

 

[Anonymous]

When the first thing you do when you get home is look at your tank/tanks.

When you know the name and location of every lfs with in 300 miles of your home. almost guilty

 

[Anonymous]

When you plan family vacations around areas with nice LFS.

You take vacations? You can leave your tanks for more than 12 hours?

 

[Len]

I plan vacations. I don't necessarily take them though

 

[Anonymous]

Len, if you pay me, I will take your vacation for you with your significant others (RDO crews, that is)...


>...you know you are a reef addict when...

You take work disability/maternal leave so that you can take care of your baby seahorses.

 

[Jolieve]

when you have more tanks than there are places to put them. (almost guilty)

J.

 

[Anonymous]

When veteran fish wholeaslers PM you to ask you how much they should charge for a fish.

I hope he reads this.

 

[Anonymous]

You understan this thread and shake you head in agreement with more that 5 of the starments.

 

[Anonymous]

When you wear out the magnetic strip on your credit card making fish purchases but then smile because you just realized it can double as a new glass scraper for your tank.

 

[ZooKeeper1]

when your spouse is jealous of your reef :twisted:

when the state police raid your house looking for a grow room :wink:

when you switch to third shift, so you can be home all day with your tank