ok my girlfriend has always made fun of me for this, but i roll the computer chair over to the tank and sit there and looking at it for about 20 minutes. just looking not doing anything but drinking tea and looking. does anyone esle do this? lol

oh yes we all do this!!

My little nano is a HUGE distraction. I come home from work and start peeking at it, and an hour later, I'm still there and haven't gotten anything done that I need to get done!!

I played in both tanks tonite- did a water change on the 72, fragged a little, cleaned the main pump- all sorts of fiddling :)

yeah i sit there for about 15min stretches at a time, but when my tanks where in their prime a few hours would go by! the wife even brought my dinners to the formal dinning table cause i wouldn't move from that seat

oh that is cool. and i did alot on my tank tonight too added to my rock alittle more, added a third lunar light and cleaned the sand bed some.. and then sat. sat there for probably 20 minutes trying to decide in my head how to do a sump on my tank :) im hooked bad..

im hooked bad..

Welcome to Reefaholics Anonymous :p

hi my name is wes and im a reefaholic, i first noticed when i was in a pet store and told the guy i would trade him my shoes for a frag. i didnt know what i was doing i was so coraled up i have no concept of reality. thanks oh yea when do we get the free coffee and donuts?

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you know after reading that last post i posted i think my girlfiend is right i do have issues lol lmao

oh yeah, i love the term "lets kick it a nickle" & u just did West!
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you guys have no idea. i am at this moment, surrounded by my tanks and deafening noises........thawing out food.....check laptop.....wipe tank.....check laptop.....mixing salt water......check laptop......phone ringing, screw em.....target feed.....stare at corals.....check laptop.....stare at corals......crack another tinnie.....stare at corals......check laptop.....phone ringing, screw em.......run to fridge for another tinnie......stare at corals.....

hey i never thought of that i could get my laptop back from my girlfriend and sit in front of the tank and talk to everyone.. i think i just went to reeftank heaven :)

yeah, its addictive. next laptop....i'm gonna find a waterproof one! lol

you guys have no idea. i am at this moment, surrounded by my tanks and deafening noises........thawing out food.....check laptop.....wipe tank.....check laptop.....mixing salt water......check laptop......phone ringing, screw em.....target feed.....stare at corals.....check laptop.....stare at corals......crack another tinnie.....stare at corals......check laptop.....phone ringing, screw em.......run to fridge for another tinnie......stare at corals.....

just had to raise the bar didn't u:rotfl:

welcome to the disease...
and hopefully they dont find a cure for this one.. ;)

I watch more reef than do TV now!

actually i spend more time now on this damn computer than i watch tv or look after my tanks! so sad>but i wouldn't have it any other way!

my tank is set up in my TV room....since it has been up, i basically don't watch much TV anymore.......even if i try t watch a show, i end up just watching the tank....i am endlesly rewinding, pausing, finally giving up & erasing:-)

I can actually feel my eyes burning at the end of the night becasue I look at my tank for so long. Those dang lights are too bright. You know how after a while everything you see starts to get hazy, I think its called reef-eyeballitis.:o

yeah, its addictive. next laptop....i'm gonna find a waterproof one! lol

Waterproof laptop....hmmm good idea but carrying the laptop around involves efforts I am too lazy to make so I set up the tank in the den opposite the computer. Once I get my brand new shiny IMac, I'll be able to do all sorts of things even setup a webcam of the aquarium so I can check up on it during the day.

Oh dear.... I'm really terminal, aren't I :rotfl:

Ann

My name is Carmie and I am a reef-a-holic!

HI CARMIE! My name is Duane and when I am not working on my reef I have a wife and two children, no wait three......

HI CARMIE! My name is Duane and when I am not working on my reef I have a wife and two children, no wait three......

:lol: as I sit watching my tank.

HI CARMIE! My name is Duane and when I am not working on my reef I have a wife and two children, no wait three......
remember, the main thing is now that you have a support network. never hide your addiction in a closet. come foward, speak up, and be embraced by others with the same guilt...............lol :rotfl:

Go over and look at your support person's tank, come home and watch your own.

:rotfl: :| Go over and look at your support person's tank, come home and watch your own.
isn't that counter-productive for an addiction?!?! :o :eek: :crazy: :yikes:

My wife & I are reef-aholics too. We are surrounded by our tanks. In the living room we have the 30gal tank right beside the couch. When we watch TV during commercials I would look at the tank. When you go to the kitchen we have the 12gal tank in there. So when I'm cooking dinner I would glance at the tank once in a while just to see what's going on. In our bedroom we have the 40gal tank right beside my side of the bed. I like the blue mood lighting when the moon light come on..LOL. We are so used to the sounds of the pumps & skimmers that we don't hear it anymore. Infact if there is a power failure & all is quiet it actually wakes me up..hahaha go figure. On the computer room right beside the PC we have a 10 gal tank. So wherever we go we have a tank to look at. I guess that makes us reef-aholics :-)

But I love to look at my tank and yours and yours and yours...