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Old 08/20/2005, 05:52 PM
samsfishnchips samsfishnchips is offline
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signs reefing is not for you...
So I hear some complains with regards to reefing, and how hard it is and that they were not inform of the outcome and such, so I came up with this thread to help those determine if the reef hobby is for them,

So, here I present to you my top five signs a person should not get into reef keeping hobby

1. trouble keeping animals alive
2. travel for months
3. wife that nags all the time
4. problems making a budget
5. penny pincher

please add to this thread if you feel you have one or have a comment regarding the subject, after all we here at reefcentral are here to help out the common man,

sam
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Old 08/20/2005, 06:32 PM
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6. impatience
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Old 08/20/2005, 06:39 PM
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7. Trouble realizing the truth about the limits of your tank size
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Old 08/20/2005, 06:48 PM
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8. You like to feed constantly to keep the fish happy.
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Old 08/20/2005, 07:17 PM
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9. You scrub your live rock with Dawn because you think it looks dirty.
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Old 08/20/2005, 07:33 PM
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10. More amused with your mag float then your fish
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Old 08/20/2005, 07:38 PM
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11. YOU don't need to ask for any advice because you already know everything there is to know about fishkeeping. After all, you had a goldfish when you were seven. It lasted almost a week.
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Old 08/20/2005, 08:36 PM
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6. impatience
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Old 08/20/2005, 08:50 PM
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12.You added a undergravel filter to a reef Tank .
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Old 08/20/2005, 08:56 PM
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13. You get text messaged by your computer telling you that your PH is over by one point.
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Old 08/20/2005, 09:03 PM
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cool keep it up

14. You are so lazy that tv always stays on the same channel if the remote control is not around

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Old 08/20/2005, 09:17 PM
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15. You think live rock and Live Sand has eyes and mouth .
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Old 08/20/2005, 09:41 PM
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Old 08/21/2005, 04:24 AM
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17. You still call your clown fish Nemo, your Tang Dori, and your cleaner shrimp Jacque!

SHARK BAIT HOOO HA HA HA!
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Old 08/21/2005, 04:28 AM
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18-You believe you LFS
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Old 08/21/2005, 05:27 AM
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19. you don't know the difference between freshwater fish and saltwater fish, and care not to ask.
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Old 08/21/2005, 05:47 AM
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17. You still call your clown fish Nemo, your Tang Dori, and your cleaner shrimp Jacque!

SHARK BAIT HOOO HA HA HA!
And what is wrong with that?!? If you've got kids you can't help but have those names!! Actually, our clown is Marlin.
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Old 08/21/2005, 06:36 AM
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ohioreefer lol, nothing wrong with that, but...

20. Thinking you can have the nemo pack in a 10g is just sad.

21. Honey, I can pay for the tank (hobby) with frags I sell, don't worry about those bills, things are expensive just at the beginning, you will see...

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Old 08/21/2005, 08:24 AM
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22. You like to add bubbling treasure chests and Divers to your tanks.
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Old 08/21/2005, 08:33 AM
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23. Spouse wants to know how much you keep spending on that thing.
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Old 08/21/2005, 09:17 AM
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24. You dont qualify for any school loans to support your habit.
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Old 08/21/2005, 10:26 AM
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23. Spouse wants to know how much you keep spending on that thing.

What that little thing it's a frag a friend gave me.
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Old 08/21/2005, 10:50 AM
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24: Already have a second mortgage...
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Old 08/21/2005, 12:25 PM
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cool keep it up

14. You are so lazy that tv always stays on the same channel if the remote control is not around

sam
HEY who told you that ?
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Old 08/21/2005, 12:41 PM
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you think 100$ on anything for a tank is too much money.
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