You know you’re a reef jerk when…

[IKD]

Just a fun game to pass the time. You don’t have to say if you really mean it

Here’s mine:
You know you’re a reef jerk when…

… you see a bleached coral reef and think that would make great material for your Calcium Reactor.

 

[KrisReef]

All family vacations are planned to allow for visits to a LFS, a snorkeling site, or a to collect a new piece of equipment, livestock for the reef tank.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

You’re so arrogant that you don’t understand how something could possibly be wrong/go wrong in your reef tank

 

[IKD]

You’re so arrogant that you don’t understand how something could possibly be wrong/go wrong in your reef tank

Hey! I think you’re talking about me LOL

 

[TuxUrchin07]

You think about buying corals more than raising what you have

 

[IKD]

You think about buying corals more than raising what you have

I’ve even traded in existing corals to make room for a new one. So impatient. .

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

When you tell the wife “ it didn’t cost much, just a few dollars no big deal”.

 

[blasterman]

When you are at the LFS store and you hear one of the staff give bad advice because they are trying to push sales and you dont butt in.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

When someone post a help thread on a coral not looking too good and you post a picture of how it supposed to look whoops lol

 

[King_Acidic]

All family vacations are planned to allow for visits to a LFS, a snorkeling site, or a to collect a new piece of equipment, livestock for the reef tank.

I literally just planned a vacation last week to go to a new store about 5 hours from me.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

When u cringe or or ur foot curls the wrong way when u see something n00bish in ur opinion.
-d

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

When u say no green coral.please.
Lol
D

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

When you have to scroll through 300+ photos of coral to find one picture of your wife and kids on the phone.

 

[DDenny]

All family vacations are planned to allow for visits to a LFS, a snorkeling site, or a to collect a new piece of equipment, livestock for the reef tank.

I thought this was the deal. I always make time to visit an LFS or two when I travel or go on vacation.

 

[NanoMan16]

You know your a snob when your asked a noob question. “Hey I have this green fuzzy algae what is it?” Fringe at that every time!…lol.

 

[Billdogg]

All family vacations are planned to allow for visits to a LFS, a snorkeling site, or a to collect a new piece of equipment, livestock for the reef tank.

I thought this was the deal. I always make time to visit an LFS or two when I travel or go on vacation.

My wife have a vacation agreement. She gets to sleep in a couple mornings, I go diving. And both of us like to window shop at new LFS.

When you are at the LFS store and you hear one of the staff give bad advice because they are trying to push sales and you dont butt in.

I've actually been asked to leave a "LFS" I call it Aquarium Misadventure. I stood there sorta eavesdropping on a employee who was giving a young couple absolutely horrible advice on a new setup. The old "sure, you can just take these fish with you and put them in as soon as you get saltwater in it", compatibility issues (lionfish with small gobies, etc), the list goes on. As soon as he walked away to get a net, I told them as quickly as I could to wait a couple days and do some research online, including this site. The employee overheard the last of it and told me that I had no business telling them anything and I was to leave immediately. OK! BYE!!!

I ran into them several months later at a real LFS. They recognized me and thanked me for the help. They would have wasted hundreds of dollars and killed way too many hapless fish in the process.

 

[IKD]

My wife have a vacation agreement. She gets to sleep in a couple mornings, I go diving. And both of us like to window shop at new LFS.

I've actually been asked to leave a "LFS" I call it Aquarium Misadventure. I stood there sorta eavesdropping on a employee who was giving a young couple absolutely horrible advice on a new setup. The old "sure, you can just take these fish with you and put them in as soon as you get saltwater in it", compatibility issues (lionfish with small gobies, etc), the list goes on. As soon as he walked away to get a net, I told them as quickly as I could to wait a couple days and do some research online, including this site. The employee overheard the last of it and told me that I had no business telling them anything and I was to leave immediately. OK! BYE!!!

I ran into them several months later at a real LFS. They recognized me and thanked me for the help. They would have wasted hundreds of dollars and killed way too many hapless fish in the process.

I’ve done that once before as well but not as severe as your situation. I think that puts you into the ‘reef friend’ and not reef jerk category though LOL

 

[snorklr]

there used to be one of those on long island (NY)...beautiful store, amazing inventory...all fw tanks plumbed together...never got a fish there that didnt have ick

 

[srobertb]

When you ask people the general question “what light should I buy: Kessils or Radions?”

 

[RMS18]

When you have no issues spending $800 a month on corals, but give your wife a hard time when she shops at Whole foods and pays the premium compared to other food stores.