You might be a reefneck

[kbmdale]

You might be a reefneck

If your living room has more plumbing than your kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room combined..



And go lets here em folks:bum: :rollface:

[ratziel]

You might be a reefneck

If it's a good idea to wear spf 45 sunscreen in your living room.

[bpd964]

if your fish drink and bathe in cleaner water than you do..

[GregM779]

You might be a reefneck

If you skip lunch for a week to buy a new coral

[SaltyPugs]

If you have more food in your fidge for the tank then you do for yourself

[kbmdale]

You might be a reefneck

If your wife ask you for a 100 dollor rock and you take her to the LFS instead of a jewelry store...

[kbmdale]

If the electric company has ever called you and asked if you would like a substation put in your backyard.....

You might be a reefneck.

[kbmdale]

If your best friend calls you up and tells you they have crabs and you respond with "are they reef safe"....

You might be a reefneck

[kbmdale]

Originally posted by kbmdale
If your best friend calls you up and tells you they have crabs and you respond with "6 leg or 8 leg?"....

You might be a reefneck

[Carman34L]

If your wife wont sleep with you because you "smell like salt and stinky stuff, Go sleep on the couch" (direct qoute from my wife, no kidding)

[kbmdale]

If you have ever asked your Tax preparer if fish supplies can be included as child support!!!!

You might be a reefneck

[joeychitwood]

If you've ever had visitors to your home smell your skimmate.

[GregM779]

If people come to visit your tank more than they come to actually see you.

[tekknoschtev]

You might be a reefneck if...

...you find it fun to use a flashlight to look at the "little squigly things" in the tank at 3am in the morning.

...you would pay a small fortune for "ugly" rocks.

[fewfish]

If you carry a picture of your reef tank in your wallet...
Then you might be a reefneck

[reefman89]

you might be a reefneck if...

You have more money in your tank than in your bank account

[FishPerson]

You might be a reefneck...

If you go on and on at school about how cool Acropora efflorenscens is.

[Paaty]

you might be a reefneck.......

if your living room is starting to look like like a pet store because of all the tanks you have set up

[slik_dude@yahoo]

You might be a reefneck.......


If you own more than 3 empty garbage cans that have never had garbage in them.

[alphaferret]

ahhhhhhhhhhh yahhhhhhhhhhhh here we go
ya'll might be a reefneck if ya-
1. have salt creep on your fore-arms
2.you look at tanks w/ out holes in them as a waste of money
3.ya got no pickles of any sort- but ya got 20 pickle buckets laying around
4.you take back bottles and cans the day after your fav. shop gets its shipment
5.every vessel you see has some magical reef use
6.you are dreaming about pvc
7.you always ask what discount the help may get at the store you are in(future partime job?)
8.you have many tanks-not even set up
9.if you pick out random people and ask them if "they are into reefs?"-just in case
10.you canstantly are checking the sales and trade forums to make sur eyou get first whack at that new equip. for sale
11.you stand at the bottom of an offramp with a sign that says "will work for acropora"

[alphaferret]

Registered: Mar 2005
thats awsome!

[alphaferret]

still having a hard time w/ quotes

[alphaferret]

If you own more than 3 empty garbage cans that have never had garbage in them

[sulp]

You might be a reefneck....

If when visiting your grandmother in the hospital you are more interested in stealing an IV drip line to use for your auto top off.

[Konadog]

If you drive around your neighborhood looking for that undistinguishable blue glow coming from a house,

You might be a reefneck.

[Mufasafish]

You might be a reefneck if.....

Your wife asks you to stop by the store on the way home from work to buy salt and you bring home a 5 gallon bucket.

[Johnsteph10]

You might be a reefneck if....

The police have ever come by to investigate that "bright blue glow" coming from your windows.

[Gobydude777]

If you wonder why people give you strange looks when you tell them, "I'am totally into reefing" or "I love the colors from my LPS" (people might think you mean LSD) and maybe "I need more bulbs for my grow-out tank." You might be a ReefNeck.

[cee]

...if the cops come to your door wondering if you're growing something other than acros...

[MR clown]

if you ever thought about making a swimming pool into a giant tank, you might be a reef neck.

[mike4271]

If the wallpaper on your cellphone is your 150

You might be a reefneck.


Yes, I do.

[kbmdale]

hahaha.. those were good...


If leave your best friends daughters graduation because you forgot to top off the tank....You might be a reefneck


lol

:) really tho

[tekknoschtev]

Originally posted by sulp
You might be a reefneck....

If when visiting your grandmother in the hospital you are more interested in stealing an IV drip line to use for your auto top off.

... when visiting your great aunt in the nursing home, you critique the saltwater setups they have, and pry open the cabinet to look at their equipment.

[kbmdale]

If the contractor looks at you funny when you tell him to use green board instead of sheetrock in your house.....


You are seriously a reefneck.

[jun_celis]

...If you have a dedicated website just for your tanks!

[reefD]

if any ussual sounds come from your tank at night and you subconcious recognises it...and it worries you in a dream....you might be a.....................

[Freed]

If you wander around Wal Mart, Lowes or Home Depot aimlessly trying to find cheap doo dads and parts that just may work in place of that hi dollar item from the fish store...

You just might be a reefneck.

[LukFox]

You might be a reefneck...

...if your parents gave you a choice between a large reef and a car, and you chose to set up the reef.

[reefD]

this is good! lots of laughs

[kbmdale]

Originally posted by reefD
if any ussual sounds come from your tank at night and you subconcious recognises it...and it worries you in a dream....you might be a.....................

OMG That's Kris to a T!!!!! He bolts outta bed at least once a night going "OMG, OMG, OMG" while running to the tank(which is in our bedroom) thinking the dam thing is overflowing!!!!
Buts it's never happened yet! LOL Hope that makes ya'll laugh :) 'cuse it really irks me
Bree

[woowoodengy]

you might be a reefneck

if you tell your wife to go ahead and buy that purse and shoes because you feel gilty about your new sps colony.(i did)

if you have 1/4 hose running under your threashhold's for your auto top off

if your armpits are salty

if you took your GFCI out of your bathroom to use on your tank (no i did not)

if you are always looking to improve your setup

if you can hear your tank from another floor

if you skiiped work to work on your tank

if you are still on rc at 4am and have to wake up for work at 7am

if you never took your digital camera outside

if you wish you live in california to get all the cool corals

if your lfs asks you for advice

if your not an elecrician but can wire a mh lamp in 10 min

if you park your car outside and have a garadge (due to sumps etc...)

if your dream is to open a lfs (lol.)

[gatohoser]

If you've ever gone into a hardware store asking for something and when asked what you wanted it for you found it was easier to say you were trying to grow pot than to tell them the truth.......you might be a reefneck

[woowoodengy]

Originally posted by gatohoser
If you've ever gone into a hardware store asking for something and when asked what you wanted it for you found it was easier to say you were trying to grow pot than to tell them the truth.......you might be a reefneck

isn't that the truth lol

[reefD]

thats hilarious....im still here and have to work at 7

[woowoodengy]

Originally posted by reefD
thats hilarious....im still here and have to work at 7

time to go to sleep reefd

[Freed]

I'm still up and going home in about 45 minutes to an hour I hope.

[reefD]

yeah u r right woowoo...but i ussually run on 3 hrs...have insomnia on the reg.

[Snooker]

if they think you're a terrorist at the hardware store when you tell them you're building a phosphate reactor

I'm sure i'm on some FBI list somewhere

[NwG]

You may be a reefneck if....

Your LFS stops going to the coral wholesaler and just comes to your house..

You sit up late at night eyeballing your neighbors power line...

You consider moveing from your 3 bed 3 bath townhouse with full ocean view to a giant warehouse... just cuz you could have "all those tanks"

When building a new house 99% of the house design goes to the tank and fish room...

You cry when you eat sushi...

You carry around a bottle of vinager in your car to see if those rocks are CA based...

The words "nemo" and "dori' are considered worse than the "F" word.... :(

You can honestly tell the people at the LFS that your skimmer is bigger than theris...

[reefD]

ok another one


when your suction clip( for what ever) will not stay put and it drives you crazy to the point where you watch it and replace it in its right! spot constantly and finally (after much crazy behavior) go out and replace it...
you might be a reefneck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[melev]

If your license plate displays "Reefer", you might be a reefneck.

[Gawain1974]

If you spend more money per month on your tank than food!

[lightplay]

If you can tell the sg of water by taste

[alphaferret]

If you can tell the sg of water by taste :p

[CitCat21]

You spend more on your tank a month than your rent or mortgage paymet

While at work you spend more time on RC than working

Each Payday brings a trip to the LFS and at least $100 in merchandise/Livetock

[slik_dude@yahoo]

You might be a reefneck if....
You've ever spent over $100 on salt.

[Amphiprionocellaris]

If you have more and better equipment than a professional chemistry lab...

If you have been asked (true story) to lecture on corals in your biology class...

If you talk about your tank so much that even your non-reef friends can identify corals by scientific name...

If you have gone through biology textbooks with a pen to make corrections in the marine sections...

[NwG]

You might be a reefneck if....

you bake bakeing soda..

As you drive down the road you wonder the kelvin rateing of the headlights comming at you..

your washing machine runs off of RO/DI waste water.....

you get excited by valves..

[glaudds]

If you're proud of the sight and smell of your skimmate....
you might be a reefneck.

[GregM779]

If you think the next fear factor should include contests like drinking a tall glass of skimmate or having to put epoxy in your nose and smell it for 10 minutes, man that stuff stinks.

[Blindmelonbob]

If you've got an aquarium out in the yard up on blocks...

If your childrens' kiddie pool starts to look like a good refugium...

If your power goes out in the middle of winter, and you're firin' up the generator to power the 300 watt heater in your sump instead of the furnace...

...you might be a reefneck.

[cyberpanther]

These are great!!

If your license plate displays "Reefer", you might be a reefneck.

Not around here, that means something totally different...;) lol

[kbmdale]

This makes for great reading, and laughing, keep em coming guys/gals
Bree

[Tammy3770]

if you haven't vacuumed your livingroom floor in a month 'cause it will trip the breaker,,,and all your friends understand

you might be a reefneck

[moogoomoogoo]

If you have ever told the guy in front of you at a high school basketball ball game what the specific Kelvin color of the overhead lights are, you might be a reefneck.

[cyberpanther]

if you haven't vacuumed your livingroom floor in a month 'cause it will trip the breaker,,,and all your friends understand

That's me right now. My 2, 400 watt Halides with 2 55 watt power compacts are on a seperate breaker than the rest of my tank, but I still can't sweep the living room without causing the breaker to switch off. Ahh, I must be a reefneck.

[Tammy3770]

Originally posted by mike4271
If the wallpaper on your cellphone is your 150

You might be a reefneck.


Yes, I do.

Ha me too

[moogoomoogoo]

If, before doing anything else, you ever first look for aquarium stores in the yellow pages when you arrive at your hotel, you might be a reefneck.

[Tammy3770]

Originally posted by cyberpanther
That's me right now. My 2, 400 watt Halides with 2 55 watt power compacts are on a seperate breaker than the rest of my tank, but I still can't sweep the living room without causing the breaker to switch off. Ahh, I must be a reefneck.

good thing I switch everything off every sat to do a wt or else It would never get vacuumed:rollface:

[moogoomoogoo]

If you plan your vacations based on the locations of MACNA conferences, you might be a reefneck.

[moogoomoogoo]

If you suddenly brake in the middle of the road throwing your wife into the windshield because you thought you saw the glow of actinics in the house you just passed, you might be a reefneck.

[moogoomoogoo]

If your wife has to get into your tank with a mermaid costume on before you will have sex with her, you might be a reefneck.
I better stop here.

[Tammy3770]

yeay this is fun

[zatlinrf]

If one of your bathrooms has morphed into a fishroom that just "happens" to have a toilet and mirror.

[GregM779]

If you watch a Tums commercial and wonder if it would increase the calcium in your tank also.

[hawaiianwargod]

You might be a reefneck:

1. if you are too concern of ph values
2. if you take pictures on your corals more than your kids.
3. if you ask Emerill lagase what's the best method to make fish food.
4. if you log on here on RC daily.
5. if you have a screen saver of your tank.
6. if you hide your check book from your wife so she would not find out all your bills from your LFS.
7. when you beg for live brine shrimp
8. if you spend so much $$$ on PVC's
9. when you are to "anal" about your rock structures.
10. last but not the least, when you can't take a vacation because you don't trust anyone to take care of your tank or tanks.

[Mufasafish]

if the first thing you do when getting home from work is to go to see your tank istead of your wife...you might be a reefneck.

[kbmdale]

If your list of items to pack for a family vacation to florida includes more buckets for sand than suitcases......You might be a reefneck...lol

[CitCat21]

Originally posted by Mufasafish
if the first thing you do when getting home from work is to go to see your tank istead of your wife...you might be a reefneck.

That's the first thing i do except i don't havea wife but a BF and Family. I'm not home or available for communication until after i look at my tank.

[kbmdale]

If your credit card company called to ask if someone had stole your card when they got the 500.00 charge for salt and rock....


You might be a reefneck

[alphaferret]

ya i have to be real carefull to make sure i kiss my fiance hello before i look at the tank

anbd they say if ya have a kid to always kiss the wife first and then the kid
i guess for now my tank is my kid- and what a fine boy he is
"when i was young they'd look at me and say what a fine boy what a good boy what a strong boy...and when yuo were young

[Lincutis]

If you tackled your wife before she could spray that can of lysol

[Lincutis]

If you drove around the five neighboring states to hunt every HD and Hardware store for Southdown.

[kbmdale]

IF your house was ever raided by the local feds because you nieghbor over heard you say you were making reactors (calcium, phosphate, co2).......


You might be a reefneck

[Lincutis]

If you order take out sushi to feed all the LPS at home

[kbmdale]

Originally posted by Lincutis
If you drove around the five neighboring states to hunt every HD and Hardware store for Southdown.

hahaha....

If you are willing to ship 5 3 dollar 50 pound bags of downsouth playsand accross 3 states..

you might be a reefneck

[giants4pc]

If you've actually taken the time to read through all of these and still respond!

[kbmdale]

If you have ever started with the basement when looking at a new house you might buy....


You might be a reefneck

[blface]

When your wife's water broke on all 3 of your chidren while you were staring into space at the new shipment of zoas at the LFS........

When your wife insists your daughters aren't allowed to date any boys even remotely interested in fish.......

When your kids bribe you into buying them slurpees so they won't tell their mom about the numerous LFS you went to while she was working......

[kbmdale]

if you have ever given blood just to get 15 bucks for that new coral because you wife said she didn't want you to spend any more of your check on the tank.

You might be a reefneck


SAD BUT TRUE

[Tammy3770]

man you guys have tough wives

[kbmdale]

Originally posted by Tammy3770
man you guys have tough wives


NO I have the greatest wife ever, she makes up for her lack of reef excitement with other things. She just knows how obsessive I can be....this saying is so true

The only difference between men and boys is the price of thier toys



lol

[CitCat21]

If you plan your weekend around your LFS working hours.

[kbmdale]

If your more than one LFS has you on speed dial


You might be a reefneck


If you mow your yard and find a fish tank on a car

You might be a reefredneck


lol

[Craig16]

If one of the reasons you bought your home was the in-wall set up in the basement.

[Tammy3770]

Originally posted by kbmdale
NO I have the greatest wife ever, she makes up for her lack of reef excitement with other things. She just knows how obsessive I can be....this saying is so true

The only difference between men and boys is the price of thier toys



lol

sorry no offence intended
but giving blood for coral thats harsh;)


you might be a reefneck if your Idea of a night out on the town is visiting all the local reef stores:bum:

[giants4pc]

If you have read this far and still find it necessary to post

[kbmdale]

give it a rest giants4pc, we're just havin some laughs. Some aren't, some are (hilarious) . And Kris must've done that while I was on vacation with the kids, cuse I told him if I came home and he'd spent money without my input, he wouldn't be able to ever again!! He has a habit of severe "SPLURGING" when I'm not around. lol,Brianna:)

[reefmaint]

Originally posted by MR clown
if you ever thought about making a swimming pool into a giant tank, you might be a reef neck.


i thought about it but then i started thinking how could i controll salinity durring rain storms

[cajun coralman]

....If you have more fantasies about the new tank then about *other things ; ^) !!!!*

[TheMcs]

Originally posted by reefmaint
i thought about it but then i started thinking how could i controll salinity durring rain storms

Fill a chlorine floater with salt...

[reefmaint]

hey cajun you going to macna this year :) your in md so why not :P

[reefmaint]

Originally posted by TheMcs
Fill a chlorine floater with salt...
actualy i was thinking about a salinity controller and a huge tub of salt with a pvc attached ment that is flexiable so i can raise and lowerit ( when it lowers its bellow the salt bucket and salt pours out) then i moved and dont have pool now





you might be a reefneck if your powermeter goes around more then 20 times persecond during the day and 10 times at night :)

[candiland]

If your walking down the road, and find a nice piece of PVC and think. I can…………..

You are a reef neck.

[candiland]

If you pick it up. That’s a whole other story.

[NHMarine]

If you leave early from work beacuse you just got the email from your LFS of what came in, and have to beat everyone else.....

You might be a reefneck!!

[reefmaint]

there is a pile of pvc behind my house.. i think there gonna use it for the sprikeler system tho

[candiland]

Darn

[reefmaint]

1/2 inch and 3/4 diamiter :)

[candiland]

Not your Sprinkler? Thinking about it?

[reefmaint]

neiborhood sprinkeler.. definitly thinking about it. altho i also like the 4 inch pvc with the parts that actualy lock together ( has o rings) or somthing.. but there to long of sections and i think theyd be ****ed if i took those.

but i do have 13 pipes in the tank ( 3 outputs 10 inputs) i need pvc so i can make them..

[candiland]

I think this would start a turf war. I wanted to make a skimmer out of the PVC I found.

[ToUcHoFeLeGaNcE]

You might be a reefneck....
if the only thing good about your job is that your a Respectable Philadelphia Plumber with a nice discount to the Plumbing wholesale/Retail supply Co. and the Run a tab and bill you later. (True bid) lol Life is good!

[reefmaint]

you may be a reefneck if

You get depressed when away from your reef. ( im in withdraw help!)

[ToUcHoFeLeGaNcE]

You might be a reefneck

If the Air FreshNer around your Rear view mirror is a 3D fish that has lost its smell about 7months ago and still you refuse to take it out! (True).
lol Great thread

[Tagareef]

If you are on a first name basis with the UPS and FedEx guys...you may be a reefneck.

[Tagareef]

You may be a reefneck...if you know the pvc/plumbing aisle better than the employees at the hardware store.

[candiland]

yep:lol:

[reefmaint]

ohyeah. i know the pvc better then any of the bums at homedePOT

shouldent say that.. sadly my father works there. discrace to the family :-\

[Tagareef]

This one happened to me:

If you get scolded by someone in the grocery store for buying up all the "Mrs. Wages" pickling lime (24 bags)...you might be a reefneck.

[candiland]

You buy the store out of water, and the clerk looks at you like your smoking something.

You just might be a reef neck.

[candiland]

Originally posted by reefmaint
ohyeah. i know the pvc better then any of the bums at homedePOT

shouldent say that.. sadly my father works there. discrace to the family :-\

More goodies for you.:D

[reefmaint]

no.. the employees dont get ANY discount at all

[candiland]

errrr.

[candiland]

Can I borrow a picture of someone’s reef? I promise ill be good.

[woowoodengy]

Originally posted by kbmdale
If you have ever started with the basement when looking at a new house you might buy....


You might be a reefneck

yeah the realtor was confuesed when i told her i want to see the basment first not the bedroom or kitchen and then told her it would not work without seeing the rest of the house.

i cant imagine what she thought

[PSEUDOREEFER]

If you
1. Have ever designed an entire aquarium while sleeping

2. Had to come to the rescue of perfessional plumbers

3. Have spent entire days off plumbing

4. Work harder on your aquarium than a job that you're payed for

5. (building an aquarium in my school) Work later than any teacher of janitor in the school regularly.

6. Can measure the temperature of water within 2 degrees by feel

7. Have chosen an aquarium over a dog

8. Have a hard time remembering the common name of a fish

9. Have become used to the feel of bristle worm spines and electric shocks.

10. Spend more time with your aquarium than with your girlfriend

You might be a reefneck

All true BTW :lol:

[jenlovesty]

If you ever walked out of the grocery store only buying ONE shrimp to try to catch a bristle worm.

[kbmdale]

Originally posted by jenlovesty
If you ever walked out of the grocery store only buying ONE shrimp to try to catch a bristle worm.

or if you know how long it takes a shrimp to decompose in salty water...you might be a reefneck

[bonesnreb]

during a hurricane you use your generator to run you tank and nothing else

[milhouse74]

If you have had to explain to your HR department at work why your constantly searching for the word "reefer" online and visiting sites with names like "reefermadness.us", they ask if you have a "Problem" but you get off with no issues. Little do they know how addictive the hobby is.............

(you would think they would check the site before calling you in)

[reefmaint]

if youve corrected the lfs owner :P

[Freed]

If you compare the stench of your skimmate to other people's stories of the nastiest stank smell in the world...







You just might be a reefneck.

[ssbreef]

When friends see your setup and tell you that you’re sick, you take it as a complement.

[outprowllin]

if you go into your refrigerator and or freezer and you have to move fish and coral food out of the way to get to the people food.............

youuu might be a reefneck...

[LukFox]

If the door of the freezer is for frozen fish foods ONLY, and the fridge door is for fresh vegies for the fish ...... you might be a reefneck.

[kfisc]

you might be a reefneck if...

B-Ionic bottles somehow wind up competing for shelfspace in the bathroom...

Phyto stains permeate the fridge...

your tank has been dismantled for two months yet posting continues unabated here on RC....

[larrycivic]

you might be a reefer

if you walk into the LFS and the employees stop what they are doing to come show you all the new corals.

if the employees of the LFS can recite your credit card number by heart.

if the LFS calls you to see if you feel all right becasue you have not been in the store in a couple of days.

if your idea of fun is helping the prez of your club setup his sump instead of hanging out with the family.

if you stay at the prez's house at 2 in the A.M. just to see the new Euro reef fire up.

[Tagareef]

If you buy vinegar at Sam's Club/Costco 10 gallons at a time to get ready for your next powerhead/pump cleaning...you might be a reefneck.

[larrycivic]

oh yeah and if your wife forbids you to go to the LFS for a week, and you start to shake with withdrawls.

[Tagareef]

You might be a reefneck if you e-mail Premium Aquatics to ask them if they can do "payroll deduction"!

[slimreb]

Ok here are a few for you:

1) If you buy your wife a $450 vacuum because you are getting a new tank, you might be a reefneck. (True story)

2) If you have more flow in your tank than most people have in their pools, you might be a reefneck.

3) If after a hard days work the only thing you can talk to your wife/girlfriend about is your tank, you might be a reefneck.

4) If you decorate the Living Room with pictures and pillows of reefs and fish, you might be a reefneck.

[adimal]

if you got hired at the LFS and didnt need training, but actually ended up training other employees....(true)

you might be a reefneck

[Tagareef]

slimreb...That $450 vacuum must have been a Dyson!

[adimal]

if one paycheck goes to your car/house, and the other you figure will probably go to your tank....

[GregM779]

If LFSs are the first 10 speed dials on your cellphone

If your name is an actual percentage of a LFS's budget for the month.

[melev]

Originally posted by larrycivic
you might be a reefer

if your idea of fun is helping the prez of your club setup his sump instead of hanging out with the family.

if you stay at the prez's house at 2 in the A.M. just to see the new Euro reef fire up.

:lol: I notice you've not been back since.

You might be a reefneck...

if you are up latenight studying the refugium and getting excited about pod activity.

[GregM779]

You might be a reefneck...

If your up reading You might be a reefneck... threads on RC at 2am.

[gatohoser]

If you've ever taken a Ford F-350 with a bed full of buckets and rubbermaid containers to a water store....you may be a reefneck.

If you ever dream about living on a tropical island....... and think about how good of a fish tank you could set up...you may be a reefneck.

[melev]

If you've got coralline growing under your fingernails, you might be a reefneck.

[ohioreef]

These are too funny!! Scary thing is that I see myself in a LOT of them. :lol:

[kbmdale]

You are a reefneck if you were woke up at 4 in the morning by a sudden change in the sound coming from the sump of your tank and cannot go back to sleep till you figure it out...


lol

[yvonne r.]

If your friends are mad at you because you cant go out friday night (and every other night) because your feeding your acanthastreas and dendrophyllias. ... it used to be just the tubastreas.

[Speckled Grouper]

If your grocery list reads:

1 scallop
1 sqid
3 shrimps
2 clams
1 pack of nori

you might be a reefneck....

[slimreb]

Originally posted by Tagareef
slimreb...That $450 vacuum must have been a Dyson!

You nailed that one Tagareef.


If you give your wife a list of things you want for your birthday or christmas and all of it is reef stuff, you might be a reefneck.

If you get a new tank for christmas and get extremely excited because of it, you might be a reefneck.

If you search in three different cities to find pickling lime you might be a reefneck.

[Tagareef]

:thumbsup:

[Konadog]

If you post in this thread.............


you might be a reefneck.


:)

[SeaSpza]

If your fish get more vitamins than you do......you might be a reefneck

[woowoodengy]

if you dont get imbarresed or offended about going bare bottem

you may be a reefneck

[woowoodengy]

if you have more co2 bottles then your local MC DONALDS

yup you geussed it you ARE a reefneck

[HotHotHot]

you might be a reefneck if...

you have a dedicated website with realtime stats, and you take your laptop on vacation just to be sure "everything is ok."

Mine: http://68.3.242.68:27001/aquanotes/index.asp

[foghorn911]

If you have small children and the only cabinet with child safety locks is the one to your aquarium stand . . . . .

If the wattage of the lights illuminating your 6 sq. ft. aquarium exceeds that of your entire ## hundred sq. ft house . . . . . .

If you wouldn't dream of putting tap water in your tank but have no problem watching your kids drink it . . . . .

If you had to move your TV because the glare from your tank disrupted the picture . . . . .

If when the light timer on your tank trips off the rest of the lights in your house get brighter . . . .

If your family puts on sunglasses when they come INTO the house . . . .

[Mufasafish]

If you’ve ever calculated the cost of piping salt water from the ocean into you home.


...you might be a reefneck.

[jthnhale]

Originally posted by foghorn911
If you wouldn't dream of putting tap water in your tank but have no problem watching your kids drink it . . . . .

these are all great, but that one nails it :lol:

[HotHotHot]

If you spend more time interviewing the person that is going to feed your tank while you're on vacation than you spend on your babysitter...

you might just be a reefneck.

[barlav]

If most of your work vacation time conists of waiting for Fed-Ex to arrive with shipments of live rock, fish and corals.

If horrible smelling skimmate puts you in a good mood.

If you've been accused of having an affair with your fish tank.

If you've given up golf to have more funds available for reef stuff.

If your reading of choice in the john is an aquarium equipment magazine.


you might be a reefneck

[nigle]

Oi!

If there is more frozen fish food in the frig than for you .....

If you use the Actinics on your tank as your alarm clock in the morning then .....

If you sold your motorcycle for a new system then ....

If you go to the store for 6 bottles of viniger, 6 bottles of bleach and 20 gal of distilled water and try to go through the 6 items or less because you have only 3 then .......

You found a new way of getting the snow off of your walk and getting rid of the used saltwater at the same time then ...

You buy 'munchies' for the neet plastic container they come in and throw away the 'munchies', then ....

You talk on endlessly to your boss about the new featherduster you found at the back of the rock, the one with the recordias, in the middle, not that one but the ones with the orange ones at the bottom in the middle of the tank, right there see if you look close you can see just to top of it, I know it's a bad pix, but trust me it's there and it's got some purple on it, and it's really big, I don't know why I didn't see it before but it's really beautiful and I can't believe how big it is and I missed it, no right there see you can almost see it there, no that, that is the coraline algae, no right there see you can just make out the top of it ..... then .....

Cheers!
nigle
!~!

[melev]

:lol:

[candiland]

I thought I was a reef neck.:D

[kenny77]

If your saving account name is Reeftank
If you spend more money on your reeftank than your girlfriend.
If after work you always end at the LFS just for the fun of it

If you dream abuot your co-worker helping you build that 125 inwall that you want but cant do it by your self( every night)

If you cancel a date because you have to clean your skimmer and do a water change

If your living room look like a very expencive LFS

If you can't sleep with out the sound that your HOB filter does on you nano 2 feets away from your pillow.

If you change your V6 car for a more economic car so you can save more money on gas(of course the moeny is going to the "saving account")

You might be a reefneck.

[PSEUDOREEFER]

If you are or have ever been melev (or have read this thread- http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=406083&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
:lol: )
You are a reefneck

[candiland]

I was getting worried there for a while.

[airwaybill]

You might be a reefneck if...

The DNR shows up at your front door with a heat scan of your house that shows that you have high intensity lighting and they ask to see what these lights are for. What'er you growing in there boy?

LOL!:P

[Schadiest1]

If staying up late and drinking beer with a friend while researching reef tanks instead of bar hopping, your might be a reefneck!

[Phisher]

You might be a reefneck if...

...you flood your house on a regular basis with your ro...

...you hate to show your tank to people who "just dont get it"...

...you use the phase "they are animals not plants" on a regular basis...

...you buy $800 worth of powertools to save money by building the stand yourself...(mine)

Joe

[fishfanv]

that's me!!!

Originally posted by CitCat21
You spend more on your tank a month than your rent or mortgage paymet

While at work you spend more time on RC than working

Each Payday brings a trip to the LFS and at least $100 in merchandise/Livetock

[fishfanv]

if you seriously consider moving to a bottom floor apt just because it would be able to handle the weight of a larger tank . . . .

and if you are in your 30s and ask your parents for money just to buy stuff for your tanks . . . .

and if you use your tax refund for your tank instead of wisely investing it!

[TroyT]

Originally posted by HotHotHot
you might be a reefneck if...

you have a dedicated website with realtime stats, and you take your laptop on vacation just to be sure "everything is ok."

Mine: http://68.3.242.68:27001/aquanotes/index.asp

If you clicked on the link to check his stats...

Ya might be a reefneck

[slimreb]

Originally posted by Phisher
You might be a reefneck if...

...you buy $800 worth of powertools to save money by building the stand yourself...(mine)

Joe

Joe you nailed me on that one. I bought all sorts fo tools to build stuff for my tank. I think I spent $1000+ on the tools.

If your LFS ask you what they should order every week then you might be a reefneck.

[melev]

Originally posted by PSEUDOREEFER
If you are or have ever been melev (or have read this thread- http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=406083&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
:lol: )
You are a reefneck

;) Guilty as charged.

If you ever dreamt that your tank was aiptasia <b>free</b>, you might be a reefneck (and a loon at that!)

[kenny77]

if your mandarin is in a portrait taken by Travis Staut from Reef-Life.com

[TheyCallMeFishy]

"If you use the Actinics on your tank as your alarm clock in the morning then "

I've totally tried that!!

[gatohoser]

If you ever thought the color of actinic lights was so cool you tried to install a power compact 50/50 bulb above your bookcase...you might be a reefneck

[moogoomoogoo]

If you ever bought a computer photoshop program and a color printer just so you could put a white beard and Santa Claus hat on you puffer fish in your favorite tank photo and then send it out as Christmas cards, you might be a reefneck.

[bonesnreb]

if you agreed with your husband on trying this hobby years ago and now he doesnt have anything to do with it because you love it so much then......

[mbbuna]

if u pick running the chiller over the tv.
you might be a reefneck

[milhouse74]

Originally posted by fishfanv
and if you use your tax refund for your tank instead of wisely investing it!



Ohhhhh, that was a tax refund not a TANK refund.



I think were ALL guilty of that one :)

[jimroth]

If you feel bad about having your intestinal polyps removed....
you might be a reefneck!

[kbmdale]

ewww, JIM, just EWWW.....lol

[alphaferret]

you think you have a std- but it turns out it was only a stray mantis shrimp-ouchhhhh!

[sharks]

You might be a reefneck!

If you hang out at the LFS after hours drinking beers and talking reefs after a 10 hour day.

If you wont even look at a house that doesn’t have a basement for filtration.

If you have a shed full of extra PVC fitting that you never returned.

If your idea of a vacation is IMAC and MACNA.

When the owner of the LFS calls your cell to ask you questions for customers.

[Totlxtc]

You might be a reefneck if...

... If you've been to the ER for tank related accidents.

... If you own a steam cleaner but no carpeting.

... If the only lights in your living room are on the tank.

[alphaferret]

lol- lfs after hours-where is this after hours party- why don't we have one in syracuse??!

[CitCat21]

I love those after hours LFS Keg parties.

[Tammy3770]

Originally posted by foghorn911
If you had to move your TV because the glare from your tank disrupted the picture . . . . .



no no its if you have to move your tv cause the glare from the TV disrupted the tank view:lol:

[Tammy3770]

if you've ever been late for work because you couldnt pull your self away from the tank that morning

you might be a reefneck

[alphaferret]

those lfs keggers bring awhole new meaning to the game of swallow the goldfish

"i told ya not to try the lion fish!"

[CitCat21]

It's only bad when you start playing beer pong with bettas cups

[alphaferret]

hummmm- i just had a wicked idea
keg hooked up to closed loop-w/ my mouth as one of the outputs ! umm umm goooood!

[CitCat21]

Plumb in a chiller and ooh Ice cold beer right down the hatch

[gath2]

If you don't get out enough to use your new digital camera to take pictures of something other than your reef tank...

If you have to sit on salt bucks because you spent all your money on your tank instead of buying furniture...

If every time you go to someone's house you tell them house nice an in the wall tank would look...

If you just spent the last hour reading this thread...

you might be a reefneck

[DC321]

If you already saw the entire Melev's 280 thread
If the LFS call you before they order
If they call you when the delivery is coming from the airport
If you have purchased coral that hasn't even made it into the LFS tanks yet
If you have ordered from Savko, McMaster, and gone to HD and Loews all in the same day
If you finally upgraded to that bigger skimmer, and before it is even dialed in, you are shopping for the next bigger skimmer

[Jcohen9999]

You might be a reefneck if your first words to the nurse after the anesthesia wears off (after shoulder surgery) are....

Hey I have one of those at home...do you have any spare drip sets you can spare? (said through very groggy lips while ignoring the wife who waited over 5 hours for you to go through surgery and wake up - and totally true).

-or-

You might be a reefneck if you spend more time in the bathroom now then when you were a teenager and you're not heeding natures call...well at least not in the normal bathroom sense.*

*this makes more sense if you check out where my tank (http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=337387) is installed

[Mufasafish]

...if you have a tank in your bathroom...then you might be...no scratch that...you are a reefneck!!

[bonesnreb]

well at least there is pleanty to watch while your using the potty

[reefmaint]

if you have 6 dedicated lines runing to a fish room that isnt even finished yet.. you might be a reefneck


( i need more power so far 5 15 amp lines ans 1 20 amp line :)

[nigle]

Oi!

As you are reading all these silly posts you wish that your avatar was like Jcohen9999s

Cheers!
nigle
!~!

[shawnaus17]

Who might be a reefneck when

you know what going sexual isn't what happens in the bedroom

[Jcohen9999]

Originally posted by nigle
Oi!

As you are reading all these silly posts you wish that your avatar was like Jcohen9999s

Cheers!
nigle
!~!

:o


Wow....I'm speechless.

[Tahoe Ocean]

If you just read all 9 pages of this thread and can relate to virtually all the posts, you might be a reefneck.

If you can run chemistry tests faster than the lab at the local hospital.
If you have an epi-pen because you're allergic to your pets but won't give them up.

You might be a reefneck.

[nigle]

Originally posted by Jcohen9999
:o


Wow....I'm speechless.

Oi!

And quoting a quoted post at 11:34 P.M. on RC when you are suppose to be in bed starving for a blood test at 8 A.M. the next day....then you just might be a .........

Cheers!
nigle
!~!

P.S. Well it is a very nice avatar
n

[crpeck]

If you desperately need some net material to cover the rig you've built from a liter coke bottle to protect a coral that is being picked at by shrimp ... and you run to the closet and whack 6 inches off of your wedding veil ......

you might be a reefneck.

[gatohoser]

No way...did you actually do that? That is the worst of all the ones I've heard.

[melev]

If you take the eggcrate out of your suspended kitchen lighting because your tank needs it more, you might be a reefneck. ;)

[crpeck]

I did. How sick is that?

Well its been in there for 18 years doing nothing and the netting is replaceable ....... I didn't hurt the cap.

The shrimp were pulling hunks off of an open brain (trachyphyllia) and exposing open skeleton. I couldn't stand it. It was one of those moments where ya just gotta do what you haffta do.

Maybe my daughter will be shorter than I am.

[gatohoser]

Haha that is true reef love.

[PSEUDOREEFER]

If you post at 4:30 am (and it's not because you woke up early)...

[TeakieBarber]

You've switched all your credit card & banking statements to paperless and use online billing, so hubby won't know how much you've been spending.

Teakie

[modemfox]

If you've ever decided to run out of gas and walk to work and not pay your car insurance so you could get some salt and another coral...
You might be.........
me, uh... a reefneck.

[modemfox]

If you fell asleep watching a movie with computers in it, heard the word "crash" woke up and ran to the tank to test the PH and other things!!!

[modemfox]

If anyone you know thinks you watch starwars too much cause they here the word "PODS" leave your lips so often.

[salty65gal]

can you say TOTM??!! When you go freshwater fishing and get seaweed on your hook and have to pull all that "hair algae" off your hook! (I do this all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11)

[modemfox]

If you KNOW your amphipods have a better sex life than you do!! You might just be a reefneck!

[Jcohen9999]

ymbar....if the invites to your (son's/daughter's/own) graduation party are limited to people with names like DgenR8, Bomber, beerguy, BrianD, melev, TheBimbo, Habib and JB NY :lol:

[Totlxtc]

If you ever drove several hour and across a state to hangout with other Reefnecks, you might be a Reefneck.

http://images7.fotki.com/v134/photos/4/47209/365759/tfp2-vi.jpg

[David Groos]

If you critique underwater scenes or t-shirts becuase the fish are from different oceans

You ever rush home from work because your wife tells you there is something wrong with the tank.

[TX26257]

you move your insurance office just to get the space next to the LFS so you would always get the good stuff first

[TeakieBarber]

When your fave LFS always saves you someone else's receipt, cheaper than your purchase, when you know hubby will be there, when you return home.

LFS email me when he knows he has something I want... FOX CORALS! :D

Teakie

[verde_ad]

...If you spent more money on lights, then on your wifes wedding ring.

[modemfox]

Originally posted by verde_ad
...If you spent more money on lights, then on your wifes wedding ring.

Or you spent more money on lights then you spent buying your car!

[modemfox]

If you've ever been audited by the I.R.S. because you can't proove where your money went....

[melev]

If you've ever agreed to move a huge reef tank, you might be a reefneck. ;)

(That truly is insane)

[delor]

If you can rattle off a dozen different saltwater websites and know which one is cheapest for different things... you might be a reefneck.

[Ken Sellick]

The wallpaper and screen saver on your computer at work are both reef tanks

If you have a dedicated reef refrigerator

The electric bill for your tanks is greater than your entire heating or cooling bill

[haid]

If your windows have water running down them but it is not raining ......

If your wife has ever had to complain about stumbling around in the dark because your afraid of disturbing the fishs rest .........

If your answer to your wifes statement about her freezing feet at night is answered with "sorry honey I just can't move the thermostat one degree higher" .....

[northbay-reefer]

if you told your wife not to use the microwave oven while the halide is on because it might trip the breaker.

you might be a reefneck.

Darn, I actualy read this whole post and relate to it :D :D I need help

[haid]

If your plans for a new tank involve the purchase of concrete .....

If youv'e ever made the statement "The smell of this or that is just a little bit off" ........

[northbay-reefer]

If you call your wife at home not to say hi but to have her check on your reef tank

If you have all of the LFS phone numbers within a 100 mile radius stored on your cel phone

you might be a reefneck

[wentreefgirl]

You might be a reefneck........

If you save a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico, just to spend it on your reef tank.

If you tell your work youll be in late because your not feeling well but really your acclimating your next order of coral.

[Konadog]

Originally posted by northbay-reefer
If you have all of the LFS phone numbers within a 100 mile radius stored on your cel phone If you carry a notebook in your truck with maps to all the LFS and people with great tanks (rated 1 to 5 stars) within a 100 mile radius...

You might be a reefneck!


Yes, I have it!

[Tahoe Ocean]

If you tell your friends that you have the best hubby in the whole wide world because he gave you a huge rock for your anniversary and then wonder why they are looking at your hands.

[km133688]

If your fish room is the only room in your house with air conditioning.

You feel satisfied with a breif look in the rear view mirror to see that your kids got into school when you drop them off in the morning, but you broadcast FishCam over the Internet so you can check hourly from work to make certain you little buddies are safe.

http://meadecams.inetcam.com

[Skorpinok]

How about spending an hour and a half reading this thread and sharing it with your co-worker's / co-reefer's - instead of working on a new workstation / windows 2003 server security configuration, telling your boss that your doing re-search on Microsoft's website for some security reference.

Can you all tell that I'm an IT.
:lol: :lol:

Sad thing is that I'm back reading some more and laughing my @$$ off.

[TheyCallMeFishy]

If you avoid talking those romantic walks along the beach because you know that "beatiful froth" washing on your feet is really just skimmate

you might be a reefneck.

[kbmdale]

I am glad to see I finally have a thread that didn't die after 3 post..lol

[gatohoser]

HAHA! I totally was walking on the beach with my girlfriend and I was avoiding stepping in it and she asked why and of course being the stupid reef nerd I am I had to explain to her I didn't wanna step in any more proteinaceous fish fecal matter!

[stelow]

You might be a reefneck if you find yourself helping people at the LFS and you don't even work there.

[delor]

Originally posted by stelow
You might be a reefneck if you find yourself helping people at the LFS and you don't even work there.

That isn't funny. I have done that way too many times. I once spent over 2hrs helping a couple pick out a complete set-up. They were really suprised when they found out I didn't work there...

[delor]

If you set up your local newspaper to search for anything related to "tank, aquarium, fish" in the classifieds automatically and email you when something appears....



So what if I do....

[Travis L. Stevens]

Originally posted by km133688
If your fish room is the only room in your house with air conditioning.

You feel satisfied with a breif look in the rear view mirror to see that your kids got into school when you drop them off in the morning, but you broadcast FishCam over the Internet so you can check hourly from work to make certain you little buddies are safe.

http://meadecams.inetcam.com

I gotta get one of those!!!

BTW....Ive watched your tank for the past hour...everything is A-Okay