Guy or Girl?

Shep · Nov 19, 2014

It seems like 95% of the time when I run into a fellow Reefer its a guy and I was just wondering out of curiosity what the ratio of guys:girls was in the hobby(R2R is going to act as a sample population).

fishroomlady · Nov 19, 2014

lol ^^- I was tempted to pick other but didn't :) I see someone else did

Reef Pets · Nov 19, 2014

fishroomlady said:
lol ^^- I was tempted to pick other but didn't :) I see someone else did

That was probably "Mike" from Sexy Corals.

Vaughn17 · Nov 19, 2014

Why was my earlier post deleted?

Reef Pets · Nov 20, 2014

Vaughn17 said:
Why was my earlier post deleted?

I didn't see your post but in general they get deleted if it violates a Reef2Reef policy.

mainereefer · Nov 20, 2014

pink ******* is my all time favorite chalice but I tend to stay away from zoa like gorilla nipples

not sure why you would think these names would detour women from the hobby?

I honestly think there are more men in the hobby because women think emotionally-they cant cuddle a fish... men, think logically-that fish works well with that nem...

my wife dosnt want anything to do with taking care of my tanks but if I bring something new home she it the first to say awww, so cute, its name is....

MrDJeep123 · Nov 20, 2014

mainereefer said:
my wife dosnt want anything to do with taking care of my tanks but if I bring something new home she it the first to say awww, so cute, its name is....

Ugh, All.The.Time. I shake my head at her. She says that if I want her interested I have to allow them to be named. Apparently Pygmy Angelfish, conch, sea cucumber, red legged reef hermit, etc. are too much for her to remember.

Daniel@R2R · Nov 20, 2014

MrDJeep123 said:
Ugh, All.The.Time. I shake my head at her. She says that if I want her interested I have to allow them to be named. Apparently Pygmy Angelfish, conch, sea cucumber, red legged reef hermit, etc. are too much for her to remember.

LOL I'm pretty sure my daughter is going to be a reefer (or at least a support reefer). I also think she'll be the one naming my fish and inverts.

kdino1 · Nov 20, 2014

Reef Pets said:
That was probably "Mike" from Sexy Corals.

Nah, im pretty sure it was Jake, from State farm :rofl:

Reef Pets · Nov 20, 2014

kdino1 said:
Nah, im pretty sure it was Jake, from State farm :rofl:

LOL also a great possibility.

jt17 · Nov 20, 2014

I'm also a plank geek. I used to collect orchids and now am more into cycads and its the same way in both of those groups. Mostly men. I think men are more prone to collections. #borntohoard

Vaughn17 · Nov 20, 2014

mainereefer said:
pink ******* is my all time favorite chalice but I tend to stay away from zoa like gorilla nipples

not sure why you would think these names would detour women from the hobby?

I honestly think there are more men in the hobby because women think emotionally-they cant cuddle a fish... men, think logically-that fish works well with that nem...

my wife dosnt want anything to do with taking care of my tanks but if I bring something new home she it the first to say awww, so cute, its name is....

I don't think that. I was making a joke, while simultaneously pointing out that those names do feel a little degrading because they are one-sided..

mainereefer · Nov 20, 2014

I guess I agree so your right there with me in thinking it is degrading that women have to ware a top at the beach, mowing the lawn.... It's one sided that we can take our shirt off when we get hot and women can't ;)

Vaughn17 · Nov 20, 2014

Now you're the one joking, lol. I'm just saying, if the industry is going to give corals goofy sexist names, do it for both sexes, not just women. However, personally, I'm more interested in genus and species.

Shep · Nov 20, 2014

Lets just keep this on topic, was just wondering what the break down was.

KorD · Nov 20, 2014

MrDJeep123 said:
Ugh, All.The.Time. I shake my head at her. She says that if I want her interested I have to allow them to be named. Apparently Pygmy Angelfish, conch, sea cucumber, red legged reef hermit, etc. are too much for her to remember.

I feel the pain... All the fish have names... I put a stop to the clownfish being called "Nemo":frusty: It's official name is "Not Nemo" and I correct any dang person that comes into the house and calls it Nemo...

Shep said:
Lets just keep this on topic, was just wondering what the break down was.

I'm male, and I look like my picture/avatar :)

Robink · Nov 20, 2014

Weighing in for the women... I don't name my fish and actually I prefer the corals. My husband is the one that refers to my blue tang as doree... I don't take offense to the names of the corals I just care how they look... :fish:

Shep · Nov 20, 2014

So its looking like there is a 5:1 ratio of guys to girls

calvo15290 · Nov 20, 2014

I think it's because of all the dirty stuff like salt creep and skimmer cups. My girlfriend will not open my stand or touch the water. I cold be hiding 25,000$ and she won't touch it lol

Squishie89 · Nov 20, 2014

calvo15290 said:
I think it's because of all the dirty stuff like salt creep and skimmer cups. My girlfriend will not open my stand or touch the water. I cold be hiding 25,000$ and she won't touch it lol

*shrugs* I got over the skimmer cup pretty quick. It needs to get done and I appreciate all the literal crap the skimmer takes out.