[BTL]

You tell your freinds you can go out drinking with them because you have to acclimate your new snails. (i acutally had to use this one tonight)

[Iron Crab]

.....your tank lights come on and you can turn the lights out in the two connecting rooms.

[Firefish]

You call in sick for work so you can go trade corals at the LFS

or....


Your spouse puts you in the dog-house because you just blew $400 bucks on bulbs but she hasn't gotten any flowers in months (or years )


or....


My favorite...you spend an hour peering into your reef tank with a special home made, red lens flash light at 1:00 am. looking for new life forms...

[CaptainK]

.....you get excited about getting bugs and worms in the mail

-CaptK

[Reinhold]

...when your feelings about Rio powerheads are more passionate than your feelings about your girlfriend.

...when your begin to think that $4.99 per pound is a pretty decent price for rocks.

...when your friends start to question your sanity for spending $3500 for a "fish tank." (Maybe they have a point...)

...while your cohorts at work are sneaking peeks at internet porn, you're sneaking peeks at Reefland.

...when you think about moving to Florida to be closer to the reef experts you've encountered online.

[Biomanjcs72]

Any sound of glass breaking in the middle of the night sends you three feet off of the bed in a convulsion....

The thought of spending $300 on fish you can't eat doesn't bother you in the least....

[scubadude]

You pawned some of your wifes beanie babies to get a Yellow watchman gobie for your tank! and the best part about it is she dont even notice cuz she has so darn many beanie babys!

[Neal359]

When you can stair at the skimmer for hours


When the lights go out in the tank and afterwords all the lights in that room must also go out

[RFK]

When someone says they would love to see your tank sometime and you hastily present them with 6 rolls of newly developed reef shots... seemingly from up your sleeve

Or...

When you visit a seafood shop and tell the girl behind the counter that you'll take one of everything.

[tendar]

..... when you leave your normal job early to go work at the LFS for half the money.

[Reinhold]

You pawned some of your wifes beanie babies to get a Yellow watchman gobie for your tank! and the best part about it is she dont even notice cuz she has so darn many beanie babys! scubadude 7-11-01

scubadude! Holy cow! You might be looking at a 28 day vacation in one of Minnesota's special hospitals! The next thing you know, you'll be selling your body to old retired ladies from Queens on some beach in Venice!

Hi, my name is scubadude and I'm a reefaholic.

[addicted2fish]

You know your wife is a reefer when you can get away with saying things like "Boy honey, your wrasse is really getting big".

[G]

....you get excited about the nasty odor coming from your skimmate!

[Reinhold]

You know your wife is a reefer when you can get away with saying things like "Boy honey, your wrasse is really getting big" addicted2fish.

Perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read on this BB! LMAO!

[RobG]

...your floor makes a crunching sound from all the dried up salt water you spill doing water changes and forget to wipe up.

...the first thing your girlfriend says when she walks in the door is: "You're all wet. Were you playing with the fish tank again?"

...there are no measuring cups and spoons in your kitchen because they've all been used for salt, food, or additives

[ReefHawk]

...you look at the tank to your left as the next Reef BB topic loads.

...You set your tank lights timer's to signal you its time for bed.

...You have no savings account

...You drink the chlorine city water and save the good stuff for the reef!



I wonder if reefers tend to be certan personalities or zodiac signs? I'm think we all love a good chalendge.

[Strangelove]

Your fish have a cleaner place to live than you do.

You have 5 kinds of food for the fish and only a bottle of mustard and a stinky box of Arm & Hammer in the fridge for you.

Your tank gets Strontium, Iodine,Calcium, etc on a well-timed schedule and you can't be bothered to take a vitamin yourself.

[Reinhold]

...you start naming your shrimp and snails "Twinkie" and "Buttons."

..Jason at Premium Aquatics can recite your VISA card number from memory.

[organicreefer]

you call in sick because you were up all night working on youre new stand(did that today )

[Iron Crab]

Reinhold hit the nail on the head with the 4.99 per lb rock. I'm still getting razzed big time at work. Last year I stopped on the way to work and picked up a 20 lb rock which set me back 106 bucks. Not a good thing to admit to the people I work with. Good thread- I see I'm not alone in the crazy things we do.