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View Poll Results: Have you ever called in sick to work on your aquarium? | |
Yes! But don't tell anybody.
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No way.
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12-11-2006, 08:30 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Nope. I have gone home early to deal with a flooding problem though. I got a strange look from the boss when I told her why I had to go but she let me go  | 
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12-11-2006, 08:38 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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With as much money that has been invested in this hobby in the last couple of months I would probably move some overtime around to take care of an emergency with the tank.
Salary people don't have to call in get paid if I'm there or not. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "  
Last edited by Otty : 12-11-2006 at 07:14 PM.
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12-11-2006, 09:13 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
I work a lot from home (like right now) I just "Keep working" but it just happens to be on my Tank SHHHHHH
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12-11-2006, 09:38 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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I have taken time off to manage an emergency, but never called in sick to do it. Anyway, calling myself on the phone and talking in a soft voice goes way beyond my normal muttering to myself.  
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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12-11-2006, 10:13 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Originally Posted by Matt Rogers  Have you ever called in sick to work on your aquarium?  Ever called the boss and spoke in soft voice and say how you can't believe how bad you feel and then do a 40 gallon water change?
Ever say you just better stay home today and take it easy then brave the storm to get to the aquarium sale? C'mon tell the truth! | Need to put a maybe on the vote! | |
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12-11-2006, 10:31 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami,Florida Age: 20
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Yup, ive done it, and ive even said i have a doctors appoitment during lunch and might have to take some more time than usual, like two more hours, and then visit all the local fishtores at work(broward). _________ *Since 12/2002 40 gal. 85 lbs live rock. 3" fiji Live sand.wet dry filter and prizm protein skimmer. 192 power compacts
*Since 10/2006 125 gal. Built in Overflows x2, 3" LS(165 lb fiji pink) 175 lb of LR, 2x 36" aquatinics T5 HO fixtures(10x39W bulbs 2 gliesman aquablue+1 gliesman actinic+2 ATI aquablue special), mag 18 return pump, PM R30fuge. AquaC EV 180 skimmer.
**Working on CL with 2 4mdqx-sc little giants and a OM Super Squirt.  | |
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12-11-2006, 10:38 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Age: 25
Posts: 177
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I'm a chef, so nope, and I don't think I could leave early 99% of the time no matter how big the emergency, it's the line I choose and it's a tough one. Getting time off is really hard...
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30 Gallon Oceanic Hexagon- 70 lbs Sand -60 lbs LR
Aqua C Remora w/ MJ1200.
Inverts:1 Tonga Fighting Conch (Strombus gibberulus) 3 Mexican Turbos (Turbo fluctuosa) 5 Astrea Snails (Astraea tecta) 3 Red Foot Algea Snail (Norrisia norrisi) 1 Lavender BTA (Entacmaea quadricolor) 2 Olive snails Olivella sp. 15 Nassarius vibex 1 Pistol shrimp....polyps...zoas...shrooms
Fish: 1 Coral Beauty (Centropyge bispinosus) 1 Two spotted goby (Gobiusculus flavescens) | |
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12-11-2006, 10:52 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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No way. With the rising cost of my 30g oasis, I need all the money I can get!
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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12-11-2006, 11:12 AM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Age: 29
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I'd have to vote for "no - but I wish I could"...
I'm a teacher so I get my time off in the summer, unless I'm working a second job.
But when I first put a new specimen in I wish I could be there to keep an eye on things all day...or like today when I wish I could be there to make sure that my brand new DIY auto top-off isn't flooding the house.
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20 High (started 5/18/06)
20 lbs live rock and 3" sand bed - Remora w/ MJ1200 & Prefilter - 10 gallon sump/fuge - MAG7 & SCWD return - 65W 10,000K PC - 15W Actinic - Red-legged Hermits - Cerith Snails - Nassarius Snails - Royal Gramma - 6line Wrasse - Maroon Clown - Wheeler's Goby - Bubble-Tip Anemone - Green Star Polyp - Button Polyps - Frilly Brown Mushroom - Green Bullseye Mushroom - Kenya Tree Coral | |
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