Secret online livestock orders

[itselenababe]

Does anyone else make surprise online orders without telling their SO?

I’ve been obsessed with corals again after recently going back to reef from fowlr and getting this teal wall frogspawn and I just placed an order for this hybrid! After getting three corals at the LFS today I was told (jokingly) not to get anymore corals until our tank tech comes (which is tomorrow lol) but I couldn’t help it!! We also finally placed an order last night for a gem tang and it was on sale 2-2.5” and fully quarantined for $630 CAD including tax/shipping

our frogspawn

Secret purchase! Can’t wait to see it in the tank

 

[ZoWhat]

Trophy wife, happy life

 

[blaxsun]

Only if I want to sleep with one eye open...

 

[itselenababe]

Only if I want to sleep with one eye open...

I definitely did last night! So hard not to say anything when you’re excited

 

[PeterB113]

I have an order comming in tomm that my gf doesn't know about lol.

 

[GrapevineReefs]

a really expensive amazing unique tube anemone and a Rainbow Chalice Colony were purchased last night. I didn’t think it was concerning to the wife but i do plan big purchases around her hair and nail appointments when she is the most happy!

 

[itselenababe]

I have an order comming in tomm that my gf doesn't know about lol.

What did you get? Post pics when it arrives!

 

[F i s h y]

The only reason I would have to make a secret order is if I was surprising my SO with something she thought was pretty... honesty is always the best policy...

 

[itselenababe]

a really expensive amazing unique tube anemone and a Rainbow Chalice Colony were purchased last night. I didn’t think it was concerning to the wife but i do plan big purchases around her hair and nail appointments when she is the most happy!

post pics once you get them! I’m really interested in the anemone. Our tank tech said the anemone we wanted would turn to soup because of the power heads so a tube anemone might be the best way to go

 

[LRT]

Kinda hard to keep reefing purchases from the wife at this point she treats my hobby purchases like a bad drug addiction haha.
I've tried every bad drug addict trick in the book at this point and am currently employing the old "look baby I got you some corals" tactic. All I've done is resorted to buying whole packs of corals with 1 or 2 in there for her. So at the end of the day I'm really spending more.
Flip side is I have all my enabling friends here and some have a much bigger problem than myself. So when she starts in on me all I have to do is quickly pull up some threads and coral lists and let her know it could be much worse and buy myself a little more time and maybe a few more corals

 

[olonmv]

I’ve setup a money laundering scheme to keep my wife from knowing that I spend on the hobby.

 

[PeterB113]

What did you get? Post pics when it arrives!

Buttmuncher zoas, exosphere zoas and a torch

 

[itselenababe]

Buttmuncher zoas, exosphere zoas and a torch

We just got our first torch yesterday, it’s definitely a new top 3 favourite

 

[Sleeping Giant]

What is a tank tech? And how do I become one?

 

[Gtinnel]

I used to tell my wife everytime I placed an order but she started complaining about how often I was ordering things so now I just don't tell her. She is the one who keeps track of the bank account so she still knows how much I spend, I just don't usually tell her before I place the order.

Me not telling her isn’t because I'm trying to hide how much I'm spending. If anyone has to hide finances from their spouse they have some pretty serious relationship issues IMO.

 

[olonmv]

The only reason I would have to make a secret order is if I was surprising my SO with something she thought was pretty... honesty is always the best policy...

I’ve found that asking for forgiveness is always easier than asking for permission lol.

 

[LRT]

I used to tell my wife everytime I placed an order but she started complaining about how often I was ordering things so now I just don't tell her. She is the one who keeps track of the bank account so she still knows how much I spend, I just don't usually tell her before I place the order.

Me not telling her isn’t because I'm trying to hide how much I'm spending. If anyone has to hide finances from there spouse they have some pretty serious relationship issues IMO.

Totally get it. Don't ask dont tell policy

 

[GrapevineReefs]

post pics once you get them! I’m really interested in the anemone. Our tank tech said the anemone we wanted would turn to soup because of the power heads so a tube anemone might be the best way to go

i have a dedicated Non Photosynthetic System i spend most all of my time focusing on that one tank vs my others. Tube Anemones are stunning from my experience with them. The one i just jumped on was from Aqua SD the called it the “Freak Of Nature Tube Anemone” but i have never seen one patterned like this so i could not pass up on it no matter the price.

The way over the top purchases work with the wife is that she comes into the fish room with her coffee, she makes her rounds looking at the tanks, she notices the blatantly new and obviously expensive coral all while i am reminding her how beautiful she is and how much i love her.... the rest can go either one of two ways...

 

[itselenababe]

What is a tank tech? And how do I become one?

someone who comes and does all of the maintenance for us. It was fun for me for the first year but became too stressful trying to navigate how to run a reef on my own so we hired someone from our lfs

Now I get to just feed the fish and not worry if I’m doing something wrong

 

[itselenababe]

I used to tell my wife everytime I placed an order but she started complaining about how often I was ordering things so now I just don't tell her. She is the one who keeps track of the bank account so she still knows how much I spend, I just don't usually tell her before I place the order.

Me not telling her isn’t because I'm trying to hide how much I'm spending. If anyone has to hide finances from their spouse they have some pretty serious relationship issues IMO.

totally agree! It’s always a happy outcome and a lot of laughs here