you know your a reefer when...

[stylaster]

:Dthe cops keeping coming by because of the bright light coming out of the windows and peek in the windows looking for reefer and you wave back...

 

your significant other is a vague noise in the background while your trying to figure out where the new dripping noise is coming from...

 

 

Anyone else got some???

[mrgreenthumb]

when your electric bill alone is enough to alert the authorities

[Benny503]

You remember all the corals/hitchers on the rocks located but you don't know where is the remote for the TV.

[JManrow]

when the Washington County Sheriff Department shows up at the door and wants to inspect your premises because of an anonymous report of lights going off and on at exactly the same time every morning and night.

 

... and leave very disappointed finding only aquariums.

[rmhuntley]

when the Washington County Sheriff Department shows up at the door and wants to inspect your premises because of an anonymous report of lights going off and on at exactly the same time every morning and night.

 

... and leave very disappointed finding only aquariums.

 

Been there, done that. They didn't believe me at first

[oxx155]

When the neighbor reports to the city that you are running a tanning booth company in your home.

[tidalsculpin]

when you find yourself enjoying the odor and thickness of skimmate

[defigart]

....when your spend several hundred on that new piece of equipment, and not get the newspaper because $0.50 is to much to spend.

[180Brandy]

When people start showing up at your house looking to see where the big light was coming from way across town.

 

 

when the power company sends you a notice that your using way to much power and your causing power outages in the neighborhood.

 

When the lighting magazine wants to feature you in the monthly issue

 

 

when airplanes start landing in your drive way.

[pledosophy]

When you ship your best friend various species of algae for his birthday, and it is his favorite present.

 

When the sugar you take at Starbucks is for carbon dosing, not your coffee.

 

When you internet is out and you take your laptop to the bar to sign on to the reefing sites, cuz otherwise people would worry.

[SamatSLS]

When you're more concerned about the growth of your corals than the growth of your kids.

 

When you know your girlfriend won't touch you after you clean the skimmer, but you do it anyway.

 

When you update the ups tracking page 20x per day hoping that you'll get that piece of equipment 1 day early.

 

When you shop for homes looking for a good spot to do an in-wall.

 

When you replace your Maxim/FHM magazines in the bathroom with Coral, Aquarium Fish, and TFH

 

When you look for the LFS's in the area you're vacationing.

 

When you sit on pnwmas when you know you should be working...

 

lol, that's all I got.

[stylaster]

When you shop for homes looking for a good spot to do an in-wall

 

HAHA im doing that right now! also must have heat / ac pump hehe Plus would be bonus if said wall was attached to garage on other side

[Twitterbait]

When you spend more money taking care of your fish... than taking care of your girlfriend/wife

 

when your fish eat better than you do

 

when you have to put on pants before walking in front of the tank because "the fish are watching"

 

you cringe every time you hear "Nemo"

 

your wife/girlfriend stops putting on makeup because "you never seem to look at anything but the tank anyway"

[AmySC]

When you're watching TV and you see people in the water at a beach and suddenly think (I wonder how much that live rock in the Ocean would sell for at my LFS).

[CCR]

When you smoke the grass you grow in your refugeThen talk to your Psycho Goby, and he talks back. Your both very happy

 

When you have a romantic dinner, under your moon lights!!!!

 

When you'r at the tank at Red Lobster and wonder if you can get a live one to go.

 

when your arm touches a 400W 20k over driven on an HQI and hope you didn't blow the bulb.

 

When your carpet and low tide have the same aromatic nature.

 

And yes, the Sherriff trying to disguise himself as an electrical employee, at 7:30 at night!!!!!! Had a good laugh with Salem Electric the next day

 

"Excuse me" (at the dinner party) "I have to go rinse my rocks off"

 

Your EXCITED about getting crabs

 

You take your fish for a walk.

 

You talk baby talk more to your fish, than the baby

 

You relpace the family pictures with full tank shot's

 

You flash the flashers

 

You only mate to the cycle of the moon, coral spawn. And didn't bring her.(I told you it's better with 10 trillion)

 

Have a complete melt down when someone used the turkey baster, on the turkey!!

 

When you buy a 10,000 amp generator just for an air stone

 

Spouse say's "YOU OR THE TANK HAS TO GO" Spouse wakes in another country. So it's "YOU AND THE TANK" Haaaaaaaa

[andy]

You know where every piece of PVC plumbing is at Home Depot, Lowes and Parkrose hardware. By touch.

 

You are very good at dividing by 231

 

You know the common and scientific name of every creature in your tank, but call your kid by the dog's name.

 

You have your own food processor, 'cuz your S.O. won't let you stink up theirs making fish food

 

Your fish eat shrimp and you eat Kraft Mac & Cheese

 

You have more than 3 aquarium-related Craigslist searches running at once

 

You have positive feedback from ALL of the eBay coral sellers

 

The guys at TAP Plastics know you by name

 

Every time you see a tupperware container, you think "That'd make a good skimmer" or "I could turn that into a calcium reactor"

 

You spend more on one MH light bulb than you did for all the lamps in your bedroom and living room combined

 

You stay up way too late trying to think up reef related jokes. G'night

[jm82792]

All of your friend's buy WII's,Xbox 360's and PS3 while you spend all of your money on a reef setup

Thats all I can think of right now

[Nyles]

When Items in the reef tank get out and chase the wife around the house.

[Frank]

When your LFS has your number on speed dial… calls you at work to tell you what he got in…. Then you think how to leave to go see them…

[CCR]

When you call work and say you won't be in cause ya have a bad case of the polyp’s (nono)(clap)

 

When you have so much waist water, you put a free ad on Craig’s list.

 

You play Laser tag with your fish.

 

When your fish play Laser tag back

 

You wake up from the worst nightmare ever, you have a leek.

 

Your caught sleepwalking, eating fish food.

 

Dark, ohhhhhh so dark, skim mate gives ya a woody.