You might be a reefer if...

You are laying in bed and you have to pull a bunch of stash hairs out because there was super glue on the cap you were using your mouth to hold onto while glueing frags.

Whooooweeee that was an eye-watering pull!

What else do you have?

 

You might be a reefer if your wife smells rotten eggs and thinks you farted and you tell her "No babe, wasn't me. Let me go clean the skimmer cup. Be right back".... And she gives you the strangest look.

 

You might be a reefer if your email inbox is full of sales from marinedepot, saltysupply, brs, drfostersandsmith, marineandreef, etc instead of your wifes kohls, JCPenny, Macys, etc emails.

Seriously Black Friday weekend made me realize just how bad this addiction can be compared to the cloths and shoes my wife can obsess over.

You might be a reefer if everytime you go to remodel your tank you end up rebuilding a new setup and you wife says "How come every time you say you're going to redo things to make them better the tank gets bigger?" and you respond " this is going to be it for a looong time now hunny" and actually believe it yourself!

Third tank in 2 years being built- 46gal, 65 gal, now 90gal.

 

You might be a reefer if you justify getting a bigger tank because it will make things "simpler".

 

You might be a reefer if you hop into bed at night and notice a dried up asterina starfish laying on the bed.

you might be a reefer if your couch has salt creep on it.

you might be a reefer if you have more pictures of your tank than pictures of your kids on your phone.


All guilty charges for me.

 

You might be a reefer if you've put swimming goggles on and put your head under water to place a coral that you could reach.

 

...When $60 for a frag is a "good deal" but $2.50 per gallon of gas is still too much.
...When you should be writing a research paper but instead constantly check 3reef and WYSIWYG sites.
...When you skip going out with friends to save up for that next purchase.
...When you ask Santa for reef related things. lol

 

I've enjoyed reading these.

If your colleagues at work have never been to you home or ever seen your Reef Tank,
But have seen so many pictures of it that everytime they see you, they ask about your Reef.....
You Might Be a Reefer.

If you already have a big Reef Tank, but buy one even 50% bigger- so you can use the former one as a sump......You Might Be a Reefer.

If you live in a nice house, in a nice neighborhood, and are constantly concerned about the appearance of the house, the lawn and gardens; but you don't give a second thought about drilling multiple holes in the floor to plumb a basement sump.........You Might Be a Reefer.

If your neighbors are constantly asking about the eeerry blueish lights, and the Police
come over to check them out.......You Might Be a Reefer.

If you meet strangers in dark parking lots, in strange towns to buy/sell/trade corals out
of the back of your truck............ You MIght Be A Reefer

If you scan over dumpsters for objects, containers, piping that you could use for a DIY Reefing project.......... You MIght be a Reefer.

If you have all sorts of strangers come over, at all times of the day and night to check out your Reef Tank, and Bring you Beer for trading Frags or macroalgae....You Might Be a Reefer.

If you won't go across town for an item because it's too far, but think nothing of driving hours for a single frag swap trade....You Might Be A Reefer.

If you hold a get together in you home for a Bible Study, and the guests are amazed at your Tank.......... You Might Be a Reefer.

If you go out of town for 36 of more hours and all you can think about the entire trip is your Reef tank back home.......You Might Be A Reefer.

Stop, OK, no really Todd, stop now

 

If a UPS/FedEx Delivery person walks up to put a package on your doorstep and rings the doorbell and heads back to the truck, but you quickly open the door and ask them to come in and check out your Reef Tank you're so proud of.......... You Might be a Reefer

 

You might be a reefer if you have all your test kits memorized and no longer need the instructions