Never have I ever!

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Here is a game I started for public aquarists, and thought I would convert it to our use here, just for grins:


Never Have I Ever, Home Aquarium Edition

By: C.M Schwimm

Give yourself one point for each item NOT done, lowest score wins!

Tasted some flake food, just to see….
Lied to your spouse about the cost of a fish
Worked on your aquarium in soaking wet shoes
Secretly thought Glo-fish/designer clowns were cool
Forgotten to glue a PVC joint
Tube-fed a fish
Started a siphon by mouth, and accidently inhaled…
Raised a batch of clownfish
Been bitten by a shark (Chiloscyllium counts)
Had a person on a bus complain “wow - you smell like dead fish”
Tested positive for Mycobacterium marinum
Been stung by a lionfish
Euthanized a fish
Secretly thought that coral naming has gotten kind of ridiculous
Have recurring lucid dreams about collecting fish on a reef, (in a forested creek, very weird!)

I scored zero – how about you?

Jay

 

[Reefing_addiction]

2
Well maybe 3
I like my designer clown
I am not honest with my bf about the cost of my habbit
My boyfriend has said I smell fishy after ripping down and setting up my new tank

 

[Dark_Knightt]

1. Designer clowns. Some of the simpler ones like the snowlfakes i find attractive. That being said i only have regular ocellaris clowns

 

[Reefing_addiction]

1. Designer clowns. Some of the simpler ones like the snowlfakes i find attractive. That being said i only have regular ocellaris clowns

I have a frostbite ( I believe) and love her to PIECES! I will be getting her a mate. Black and white clown!

 

[PicassoClown04]

Scored a 5, probably been infected with said bacteria/disease just never got tested XD

 

[Rp8]

2. But I'll try some food tomorrow, I'm coming for you @Jay Hemdal ! Lol

 

[vetteguy53081]

Zero here.

 

[F i s h y]

... I scored a 4... I have work to do :)

 

[fishguy242]

4-5 here depending on disease :)

 

[Leah Ryan]

4

 

[BackToTheReef]

Here is a game I started for public aquarists, and thought I would convert it to our use here, just for grins:

Tasted some flake food, just to see….

Jay

So this reminds me of a time when I worked at a large pet store chain where we had a "dog bar" full of dog treats. Many of them looked like the human equivalent but lacked things like sugar, etc. The "vanilla sandwich cookies" always looked inviting. I forget how but I got dared to taste one and having seen the ingredients it wasn't a big deal. They weren't bad.

So from that point on every once and a while a customer would be filling their treat bag for their dog and I would walk buy and grab one of those sandwich cookies and eat it. The customer typically had that reaction of what the heck?! But it was just carob and no sugar so no big deal.

There were only a couple I would do that with though!

 

[4tanks]

1always end up with wet socks when doing water changes
2 tried lying about cost of stuff but back fired due to joint account
3 nearly drank my mysis shrimp as I had a small can of tonic water on the go and the pot I mix the shrimp in is the same size .the pot touched my lips and luckily the smell hit before I took the sip
4 I’m sure everyone has had a good drink from the salty stuff

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Tasted some flake food, just to see…: I believe I have, yes.
Lied to your spouse about the cost of a fish: Do siblings count? Unmarried. If so, then still no lol
Worked on your aquarium in soaking wet shoes: Never wet shoes, wet socks once or twice though.
Secretly thought Glo-fish/designer clowns were cool: It's no secret that I like some designer clowns, I hate Glo-fish though.
Forgotten to glue a PVC joint: Can never say I have.
Tube-fed a fish: Nope.
Started a siphon by mouth, and accidently inhaled…: Too many times o_O
Raised a batch of clownfish: I hope to do this someday, but I haven't yet.
Been bitten by a shark (Chiloscyllium counts): Can't say that I have!
Had a person on a bus complain “wow - you smell like dead fish”: I have had siblings complain about a fishy stench before, yeah.
Tested positive for Mycobacterium marinum: Nope.
Been stung by a lionfish: Luckily not!
Euthanized a fish: On several occasions, yes.
Secretly thought that coral naming has gotten kind of ridiculous: I don't think it secretly lol Some of the names are stupid!
Have recurring lucid dreams about collecting fish on a reef, (in a forested creek, very weird!): While not recurring, I do have relatively frequent dreams that include either folks from my LFS or my reef, both how it actually is and how I picture it to look like in the next few years.

So all of that adds up to...
*beepboopbeepcalculatingnoises*
11!

 

[Jeffcb]

1.
Fish tank water tastes really bad.

 

[Joem820]

Tasted some flake food, just to see….: 0
Lied to your spouse about the cost of a fish: 0; I don't have a spouse, though I have lied to other family members so maybe 0.5????
Worked on your aquarium in soaking wet shoes: 0
Secretly thought Glo-fish/designer clowns were cool: 1; I will stand behind my Picasso clowns till the day I die lol.
Forgotten to glue a PVC joint: 0; my dad is a plumber and did most of my plumbing for me
Tube-fed a fish: not sure what you mean by this so maybe???
Started a siphon by mouth, and accidently inhaled… : 0; shoutout to the bulb aqueon water syphon lol
Raised a batch of clownfish: 0; would be cool to try at some point in the future though
Been bitten by a shark (Chiloscyllium counts): 0
Had a person on a bus complain “wow - you smell like dead fish”: 0.5; not while on a bus, but it has happened in other places.
Tested positive for Mycobacterium marinum: 0
Been stung by a lionfish: 0; and never going to because I am avoiding those things like the plague
Euthanized a fish: 0
Secretly thought that coral naming has gotten kind of ridiculous: 0; I have thought this since before I had a tank and was just doing research.
Have recurring lucid dreams about collecting fish on a reef, (in a forested creek, very weird!): 1

Total: 3-4 depending on what "tube-feeding" is.