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The only time I have for tank maintenance and upgrades other than feeding the fish and scraping the glass is late at night after the wife and kids go to bed. So I've been staying up to work on my tank upgrade and basement renovations for a fish room almost every night from 11PM to 1AM or so for the last 4 months. Upgrading to a large 125 gallon basement sump has inspired me to install a couple of french drains, and finally clean up my basement just so I can have my sump room. I feel like I've wasted a day any time I go to bed without having worked on the tank.
 

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When something terrible happens like in my case when your home AC quits when you are out of town, you stand in front of a nuked tank, crying and cursing off the hobby, saying your are done for good ! 20mins later, you are planning out the new setup on grid paper.
 
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It's 2 AM and your in the tank creating a rock shelf for your frogspawn to sit on because your tigar shrimp won't stop ticking him off by burying him in chrushed coral :) Please feel free to add your obsession stories
The only time I have for tank maintenance and upgrades other than feeding the fish and scraping the glass is late at night after the wife and kids go to bed. So I've been staying up to work on my tank upgrade and basement renovations for a fish room almost every night from 11PM to 1AM or so for the last 4 months. Upgrading to a large 125 gallon basement sump has inspired me to install a couple of french drains, and finally clean up my basement just so I can have my sump room. I feel like I've wasted a day any time I go to bed without having worked on the tank.
Hey look your reefing hobby has caused you to make home improvements. That must make your wife happy :)

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When something terrible happens like in my case when your home AC quits when you are out of town, you stand in front of a nuked tank, crying and cursing off the hobby, saying your are done for good ! 20mins later, you are planning out the new setup on grid paper.
Go bigger and better!!! We are in the middle of upgrading so we moved the nano from downstairs to upstairs...it was a nightmare. I spilled 3 gallons of water in my bedroom and had shoes floating it was crazy but done and over with. Now to statt downstairs on the 150 :)
 
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How about when you make up an excuse for being a couple hours late to work so you can go to the UPS office and pick up your corals and get them home to acclimate! People just don’t understand
Got my delivery coming Thursday...I will have my face pressed against the window...shout out to Sky's Lagoon coral 10 overnight shipping for tristate area ;Smuggrin
 
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When you run out of room to expand and buy a portable building and move it into the backyard. Wire it up, plumb it, and ad AC and heat! Almost done but am at about $12k right now!
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I need my kids to see this...they call me crazy because I have spent thousands on my nano :D
 

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It's 2 AM and your in the tank creating a rock shelf for your frogspawn to sit on because your tigar shrimp won't stop ticking him off by burying him in chrushed coral :) Please feel free to add your obsession stories
I said once here, I'll say it again.
You know your obsessed when..... you no longer speak to your wife, instead, you speak to your tank. Hahaha
 

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you can distinguish various shades of blue & purple, but not when clothes shopping with your wife :cool:
yeah, the one on the left!


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I need my kids to see this...they call me crazy because I have spent thousands on my nano :D
I’ve got all kinds of tanks sitting in storage and my garage just waiting for this shed to be finished.

Go ahead, show them so they know there are people more addicted.
 

A worm with high fashion and practical utility: Have you ever kept feather dusters in your reef aquarium?

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