How to keep peace in the saltwater household.

Skimmerking · #1 11-03-2008, 01:43 AM

NEVER ever take water from your RO/DI unit and tell her its better water then the tap.

Trigger Man · #2 11-03-2008, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

NEVER ever take water from your RO/DI unit and tell her its better water then the tap.

Ha, I got my girl to believe it, just put it in a nice bottle.

karazy · #3 11-03-2008, 03:56 AM

lolz, for me its an issue of dealing with my parents

you have to do things like:

start by asking for lets say, a 20 gallon, and then either come home with something bigger, or just say it fits in the space better.

or, you do the ol' switcheroo.while the parents are out, you hide the 5 gallon and go get a 10 gallon, they wont notice :P

surprisingly the first method works. my reef which i am still currently building started out with "mom, i really like fish, and i have them at dads house. can i just get a goldfish bowl here?"

hehehehe

o, and one more thing. always try to show your parents that you ARE learning things by doing it.

noirsphynx · #4 11-03-2008, 04:06 AM

LOL, this just cracks me up and I can so relate to several, heehee. Now instead of LR for a present I just need to convince hubby that frags are theeee best gift ever

Trigger Man · #5 11-03-2008, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by noirsphynx

LOL, this just cracks me up and I can so relate to several, heehee. Now instead of LR for a present I just need to convince hubby that frags are theeee best gift ever

If your convincing works with the hubby can you convince my fiance that it is not weird to have fish stores on the wedding registry?

lorenz0 · #6 11-03-2008, 04:54 AM

Or man up and put your foot down. lol, i have had a few girlfriends think its weird how i like fish and frogs. It's my life and my escape from reality.

hillbillyreefer · #7 11-03-2008, 05:35 AM

11. Let her pick out the frags and then find a distraction while you pay the bill. I made the mistake of letting mine see the bill tonight, funniest thing is half of the stuff I picked up was already paid for. hehehe

Leah · #8 11-03-2008, 09:23 AM

When you start giving away the furniture so that you have room for one more
tank.
When you start to see the mold growing on the windows.
But the most important rule in the hobby umm, let me think resist the impulse
for one more tank. (THEN WATCH OUT FOR HUMAN COMBUSTION)
Hey number 2: admit to ourselves yes, we have an addiction and will seek treatment
as soon as I set up this last tank.

________
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Lance · #9 01-28-2009, 10:08 PM

This one goes hand-in-hand with #10. Never, ever, EVER keep the receipts from your purchases anywhere they can be found. I keep all my receipts in what I thought was a safe place. Uh, uh she found them. Uh-oh!

Dez · #10 01-12-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Leah

When you start giving away the furniture so that you have room for one more
tank.

In our 600 sq/ft living space we already had a 150 gallon, a 46 gallon, a 7 gallon and then we sold our piano (that was given to us by my parents) and put a 180 gallon in place of the piano. We had the piano movers move the tank in place.