Reef addiction is a serious problem

[Lavey29]

I call it reef therapy! I have not watched much or any news in 20 years...and the world is still here.

I'm the same way now but I still fear for my kids future. Life will be a struggle for them.

 

[Lavey29]

I’ve read that a 6 month course of dinoflagellates can break the addiction and assist with quitting.

Or make you a more hard-core determined reefer addict.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Anyone else here need a self help group for reef addiction? I can literally sit in front of my reef for hours with some good whiskey and I'm totally relaxed. I love watching the aquatic animals interact. I hate watching TV now. Everything on the news around the world is so depressing for me and I truly fear for my kids future as they grow up but when I sit in front of my tank all my worries disappear and I feel at peace. Of course I'm a Gemini so that may have a part in it or the Glenlivet whiskey but I just spend hours viewing. I don't know why my starfish is upset today and giving me the one finger salute but I will try and make him feel better.

To all the other reef addicts out there, I wish you and your tank well. Some addictions are ok it seems....good night my reefing friends.

Group? We'd need a large stadium

 

[Lavey29]

My wife calls it fish tank tv. Could watch it for hours as well

Welcome to the addiction group. Hi I'm Marc and I'm a reefing addict.

 

[Lavey29]

Um, is that star giving us the finger?

Yea he's mad at me for something

 

[billyocean]

We actually prefer to refer to it as Corals Admittedly, and it's not a problem, it's a solution. Welcome!

"There's always room for one more"

 

[death-by-reef]

We actually prefer to refer to it as Corals Admittedly, and it's not a problem, it's a solution. Welcome!

Application form?? Website? Where can I sign up?

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

Or make you a more hard-core determined reefer addict.

That’s when you transcend from reefing addict to reefing fiend.

 

[kevgib67]

Haha, my wife glances at the tank and swears I'm adding corals but she can't figure it out. I just tell her nope the garden is free standing and growing on its own like a reef does in the ocean. Then I get a side eye look but I maintain my straight face and composure.

That’s funny! My wife has no interest in my tank, not even sure she knows I have one even though it’s in the most used room in the house. I could put a beluga whale in it tomorrow and decades could pass and I wouldn’t here a word!

 

[Lavey29]

That’s funny! My wife has no interest in my tank, not even sure she knows I have one even though it’s in the most used room in the house. I could put a beluga whale in it tomorrow and decades could pass and I wouldn’t here a word!

Mines the same way. She's a pisces but she hates fish...go figure....actually she's just jealous of my perfect harmonic relationship I have with my tank probably

 

[billyocean]

Mines the same way. She's a pisces but she hates fish...go figure....actually she's just jealous of my perfect harmonic relationship I have with my tank probably

Mine would probably say she's jealous of the patience I have with a reef tank vs people. Haha

 

[JTP424]

Do you or your loved ones suffer from this persistent addiction? If so you may be entitled to lack of compensation...

 

[Munjy]

I actually have a wifi cam on my main display so i can see it when im not there. If that's addiction then i don't want to be cured.

 

[Lavey29]

I actually have a wifi cam on my main display so i can see it when im not there. If that's addiction then i don't want to be cured.

That's cool and smart.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

Oh reef addiction is a real thing. When my wife first got me the tank she was a little sticker shocked. But after trips to the lfs and me encouraging her to pick out fish and frags for the tank that she likes, shes all in now. Now its "our" tank. Now if when we have a day off together, we go lfs hopping. We love road trips. Well drive a few hours to a different city, have a nice meal, and hit a few lfs and bargain hunt. Last weekend we hit 5 different LFS in one day. Shes also decided we 1) need a bigger tank bc shes tired of hearing we cant have that fish our tank is too small and 2) we need more tanks bc shes tired of hearing that fish/coral/etc isnt compatible with what we already have.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

I actually have a wifi cam on my main display so i can see it when im not there. If that's addiction then i don't want to be cured.

I have been toying with this idea for awhile. Major want.

 

[DIYreefer]

I have owned a saltwater aquarium of some sort since '97. It was always fowlr until '05 when I took my then girlfriend (now wife) to the lfs to show her how vibrantly colored tropical saltwater fish could be. I was tankless at this time because I had just moved back to my home town.

When I got there a small aquarium caught my eye because it had "everything" needed to sustain a coral reef aquarium built in. I was amazed at the thought of what seemed to be an easy to keep reef tank, and went home with a 24g aquapod. My intent was to keep it very simple, and inexpensive. L.OL.!!!! Yeah, not so much. To date I have an reef tank in my living room filled with high(ish) end sps, a bedroom in my house dedicated to aquaculture, and have spent many tens of thousands of dollars (if not more) on my reef addiction.

At this point, it is certainly an addiction for me. I'm as fascinated with the hobby as much today as I was when I first set up that aquapod. I absolutely love it. All things considered, there are definitely far worse things to be addicted to.

 

[Lavey29]

Oh reef addiction is a real thing. When my wife first got me the tank she was a little sticker shocked. But after trips to the lfs and me encouraging her to pick out fish and frags for the tank that she likes, shes all in now. Now its "our" tank. Now if when we have a day off together, we go lfs hopping. We love road trips. Well drive a few hours to a different city, have a nice meal, and hit a few lfs and bargain hunt. Last weekend we hit 5 different LFS in one day. Shes also decided we 1) need a bigger tank bc shes tired of hearing we cant have that fish our tank is too small and 2) we need more tanks bc shes tired of hearing that fish/coral/etc isnt compatible with what we already have.

Sounds like you caught a keeper there...congrats

 

[EliMelly]

Oh reef addiction is a real thing. When my wife first got me the tank she was a little sticker shocked. But after trips to the lfs and me encouraging her to pick out fish and frags for the tank that she likes, shes all in now. Now its "our" tank. Now if when we have a day off together, we go lfs hopping. We love road trips. Well drive a few hours to a different city, have a nice meal, and hit a few lfs and bargain hunt. Last weekend we hit 5 different LFS in one day. Shes also decided we 1) need a bigger tank bc shes tired of hearing we cant have that fish our tank is too small and 2) we need more tanks bc shes tired of hearing that fish/coral/etc isnt compatible with what we already have.

You’ve done well. Fully mastered the game.

 

[EliMelly]

Anyone else here need a self help group for reef addiction? I can literally sit in front of my reef for hours with some good whiskey and I'm totally relaxed. I love watching the aquatic animals interact. I hate watching TV now. Everything on the news around the world is so depressing for me and I truly fear for my kids future as they grow up but when I sit in front of my tank all my worries disappear and I feel at peace. Of course I'm a Gemini so that may have a part in it or the Glenlivet whiskey but I just spend hours viewing. I don't know why my starfish is upset today and giving me the one finger salute but I will try and make him feel better.

To all the other reef addicts out there, I wish you and your tank well. Some addictions are ok it seems....good night my reefing friends.

Love it, I bought my tank because I’m expecting a child and prefer to watch the tank with him then be on my phone or on a screen.