You know your a reefer when.......

[Delphinus]

Guilty of all of the above.

I'll add to the pile (just what I can come up with right now, I'm sure there are others):

- You live in a place like Calgary (where we call 10% relative humidity "rain") and yet you own a dehumidifier, because your tanks evaporate so much. You get strange looks at Sears/Hardware Stores/etc. when you ask for a dehumidifier because NOBODY needs one of those.

- Your dehumidifier can't keep up, so you don't bat an eye at dropping a couple grand on a HRV to keep the humidity down in your house. Hey, it's this or give up the tanks. So it's a no-brainer! Credit cards and line of credits whoohoo!

- You daydream at the prospect of upgrading your ballasts to HQI. Nobody around you knows what you're talking about but you even say "HQI" in a hallowed whisper due to the fact that they're sacred.

- You can't function at work without checking your favourite boards every 10 minutes. 10 minutes of productivity, 20 minutes of downtime. You convince yourself that because of that 20 minutes of downtime, your far more productive in that 10 minutes you are productive, than you would be in the same 30 minute period without checking the boards (actually, this might be true, because you'd be thinking "I wonder what's new on the board.")

[michika]

I'm guilty of the dehumidifier!
Also guilty of the repetative board checking, although I do it while studying, and in class. Horrible horrible habit.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

You know you're a reefer when you decide to buy the place you're renting instead of risking moving the reef tank & risking casualties.

Anthony

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

You know you're a reefer when you decide to buy the place you're renting instead of risking moving the reef tank & risking casualties.

Anthony

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

[Midknight]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

You know you're a reefer when you decide to buy the place you're renting instead of risking moving the reef tank & risking casualties.

Anthony

Then you decide... Well since I own the place I can get a bigger tank and move your corals any way.

[tang daddy]

um tell your g-friend or wife that you're goin out for a walk with the dog but actually visit all the lfs to see what's new. (this also works with takin the kids!)

Sit infront of your tank for countless hrs staring wishing you had a bigger one with one of everything.

Come home from work just to feed your tanks say hi to the fishies and then double back shush don't tell my boss

[michika]

- You've taken a sick day to look after your tank.
- You've arranged your vacation, or off days, around which LFSs you can visit, or when they are bringing in new stock.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

... your last few vacations for the past 5 years were going:

to Calgary to pickup a tank with your buddy & driving right back to Vancouver in a 23 hr round-trip.

to Powell River to visit a fellow reefer, drop off corals & pick up corals.

to Port Alberni to visit another reefer.

to Powell River to build another reefer a 75g sump.

to Nanaimo to attend a frag meet/bbq.

to Keremeos to visit a fellow reefer.

(get the picture This is what happens when you're a reefer AND an obsessive-compulsive personality!!!)

And never going for more than 4 days for fear your tank will crash in the meantime.