You know you're a fish geek when....

[Beaker]

(This being based off my comments in another post, thought this would be fun, please add your own too!)

You know your a fish geek when....

...you think of work as the time you spend in between water changes.

...after a hard day you wonder if a little squirt of Stress Coat in your drink would make you feel better.

...you check the nutrition labels on your fish food, but don't even bother when it's something you're planning to eat.

You know your a fish geek when....

...you open the fridge and you see earthworms next to the butter, blood worms next to the cheese, brine shrimp next to the mayo, and a bottle of Cycle on the side door by the Ranch.

...you have more fish medicine and additives than you do your own vitamins and perscriptions.

...you get all excited and point out when you see a fish tank in a movie and your spouse just rolls their eyes. :roll: (at least mine does)

You know your a fish geek when....

...you're at the LFS and you hear the advice he/she gave a customer and either laugh or pull the customer aside and tell them the real deal.

...you try to figure a way you might be able to keep fish in a pool.

And at least the last one for now, you know your a fish geek when.......you're up at 1am on a Sat. night posting comments on a great Cichlid Forum!!!

[SGypsyMermaid]

:D :D :D :D :D ---lol!! oh i love this!

[tom]

:lol:

[Boilermaker]

lmao, That was really well said. :D

[jonah]

[quote:1fad4f3869="Beaker"]...you get all excited and point out when you see a fish tank in a movie and your spouse just rolls their eyes. :roll: (at least mine does)

[/quote:1fad4f3869]
I'm with you on this one. I saw that big tank in "Deuce Bigalow" and went nuts. Especially when he claimed a marine fish had Malawi bloat :roll: .

Here's one more: You know your a fish geek when, even though you live in a severe storm area, you park the car in the driveway because you have tanks in the garage.

[SGypsyMermaid]

lol--i watched that movie just because of the tank, too. what about the part where he filled the tank right after siliconing it, before the glue could cure. even if it didn't fall apart--the fish would've died from those fumes!

[SGypsyMermaid]

you know you're a fish geek when you have to decide between your favorite restaurant and those cute new fish at the lfs...and you end up having cheerios for dinner, and have to find a spot for your new acquisitions.

[iluvstartrek]

These are great :!: I don't feel so odd any more. I can now tell my husband that I am not alone.

[SGypsyMermaid]

:D told ya!

[Chet]

That's great. I'll go home for lunch everyday and eat peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches, or cereal. Then at the end of the week, I'll tell my wife that I saved $5 a day by eating at home, and that entitles me to spend $25 on fish. I don't think she likes my math though. :)

[SGypsyMermaid]

why???--that's excellent logic!! :twisted:

[M_sfan87]

I like that, I can say yes to 3 of those. :lol:

[aharris]

Wow, I resemble those remarks . . .

You know you're a fish geek when:

An important part of every vacation is touring as many fish stores as you can in each city you visit

[merlyn2221]

Yes, I too resemble those remarks! :rofl: Here's my contribution.

You know you're a fish geek when...

You ask at the lfs for a Synodontis multipuntatus and the sales girl says to you, "What?? Is that a disease or something??" (Actually happened to me.)

You carry pictures of your tank and individual fish in your wallet, instead of your kids or spouse.

You have more than one setup in your home, and you're trying to get them to set one up at work, too.

You chat amiably during lunch with co-workers about breeding habits and spawing among your fish (and they are non-fish people).

You know where every fish store is within at least a 25 mile radius, and you even know of some as far away as 50 miles or more.

You feed the fish before you feed your family.

You call home during the day to see how the fish are doing. (My husband works nights.)

You wake up in the middle of the night to get a drink/go to the bathroom and you get the flashlight out to look at the fish, so as not to disturb them.

You have a doctor's/dentist's appointment and start to tell them how "relaxing" a fish tank would be in their waiting area.

Most of your purchases on your last credit card statement were for the lf stores.

You read the fish food ingredients label to make sure it is wholesome, and then grab a burger for yourself at a fast food restaurant.

You have about 5 different fish magazine subscriptions.

You send pictures of your new tank setup/new fish to all your friends and relatives in emails.

You can't wait to see what new posts are on CichlidForums.com.

You have more pictures of your fish than of your family.

You feed your cat (feline, that is) algae chips as a snack. (Mine loves them!)

[SGypsyMermaid]

[quote:3bb62e30aa="merlyn2221"]
You carry pictures of your tank and indiviual fish in your wallet, instead of your kids or spouse.


You chat amiably during lunch with co-workers about breeding habits and spawing among your fish (and they are non-fish people).

You know where every fish store is within at least a 25 mile radius, and you even know of some as far away as 50 miles or more.



Most of your purchases on your last credit card statement were for the lf stores.

You read the fish food ingredients label to make sure it is wholesome, and then grab a burger for yourself at a fast food restaurant.


You can't wait to see what new posts are on CichlidForums.com.

[/quote:3bb62e30aa]

:mrgreen: :rofl: :mrgreen: these are my favorites and are true of me, too!

[merlyn2221]

You know you're a fish geek when:

Family and friends who know you have a sick fish, call up to see how the fish is doing.

You wonder about your fishes' happiness.

You think your fish should have a boyfriend/girlfriend. (My yellow lab needs mates!)

You cry when a fish dies. :bawl:

[jonah]

You know you're a fish geek when:

Your wife tells your pastor that you have a fish fetish. :eeek:

That actually happened last Sunday morning. Sure I've got a fish fetish, but it's not like a Troy McClure type fish fetish. :rofl:

[SGypsyMermaid]

:rofl:

[merlyn2221]

Jonah, that's just sick! :lol:

[jonah]

I like fish. I mean I REALLY like fish.

I miss Phil Hartman. :bawl:

[ReesaPie]

You know you're a fish geek when....

You have this freeky urge to put Melafix in your bath water...

(that happened to me tonite... i need to stop leaveing my fish stuff in the bathroom)

[Corona]

you know your a fish geek when.......


you plan your day around your fishes feeding times.


if you stress out becouse your fish are stressed out.


if you are considering moving all you furniture from the living room to the bedroom to make more room for tanks.


if you wish there was a aquarium tv channle.



if you have more fish food then food for yourself.


if you put off your bills to get more fish stuff.

[SGypsyMermaid]

Originally posted by Corona
you know your a fish geek when.......


you plan your day around your fishes feeding times.


if you stress out becouse your fish are stressed out.


if you are considering moving all you furniture from the living room to the bedroom to make more room for tanks.


if you wish there was a aquarium tv channle.



if you have more fish food then food for yourself.


if you put off your bills to get more fish stuff.

i qualify for the last two. :rofl2:

[SGypsyMermaid]

...you catch yourself talking to your fish:

"now why are you bothering that heater? it's not bothering you!"

"hello, little one...where'd you come from?" (to unexpected fry, spotted peeking out from under a rock.)

"LEAVE HIM ALONE! YOU SAVAGE!":rofl: :rofl2: :rofl:

[merlyn2221]

Oh no, once again, I can definately relate to those comments! :lol:

[Poet8102]

... you talk about your fish to people so much that when they come over your house they were expecting to see children.

[SGypsyMermaid]

:D don't i know it! i was in a lfs with my sister and my bro-in-law chatting with the manager about my fish when i remembered that i had an album of tank pics with me. when i took it out to show him, my sister exclaimed: "you see! you see! she thinks they're her kids!" :rofl2:

[SGypsyMermaid]

bump

[jennigypsy]

sgm...good call on bumping this thread...TOO FUNNY!!! (and true!..I'm guilty of about 75% of these..lol)

[SGypsyMermaid]

i came across it and started giggling all over again, so i figured that some of the folks that came on board after might enjoy it.

[es]

I was talking to someone about stacking rocks the other day, and was trying to figure out how to stack them as high as possible. Does that count?

[punkypuffer]

You know you're a fish geek when...

.... you know the exact day every lfs in your area gets their new shipment every week

..... you have aquariums set up in your living room... your bedroom... your bathroom... your kitchen.. in the hallway... in the closet.... in the garage....

... you have a 'fish fund' in your monthly budget

...you know the latin names of every species living in your tanks (including the algae and bacteriums)

[Photorah]

you know your a fish geek when ......

ET shows Shaq o'niels house and the only two things you remember are that it has superman symbols everywhere and the fish tanks with her puffers his fish named BUBA a freshwater fish of incredible size and that the fish come with the house which is currently for sale.

[Vip]

you know your a fish geek when you are nodding to all the above

[cichgirl]

You know you're a fish geek when your tanks are always cleaner than your house.

[Matt V]

You use these lines in conversation -
"I'd love to go out, but tonight is gravel vac night."

"A free week in Paris? Um... lemme see if I can find someone to watch my fish".

(related to previous)"We've only known eachother for 8 years. I don't know if I'd trust you to take care of them...."

"Well, Sorry. Paris is off. One of my wild-caughts is holding".

"Swap meet.... (Homer Simpson doughnut noise)."

You go to buy flowers for your planters, come home with one petunia and 85 pounds of rock that will never, ever, ever see outside again.

(related to the last one) You have a canning pot on the stove. Someone asks what's cooking and you say "Rocks" without thinking that it's odd to have rocks on the stove.

[cichgirl]

Originally posted by Matt V


You have a canning pot on the stove. Someone asks what's cooking and you say "Rocks" without thinking that it's odd to have rocks on the stove.


Hahaha! LMFAO! So true... :rofl2:


sgm, great bump!

[Photorah]

Originally posted by cichgirl
You know you're a fish geek when your tanks are always cleaner than your house.


Don't you know it

:rofl2: :rofl: :rofl2:

You know your a Fish geek when .....

you are more selective of the tank "fruniture" than your own

[highplainsdrifter]

Alright...!

You know you're ( I'm gonna re-word it) ADDICTED to fish when, you see a fish that you can't afford at the time, so you drive across town to DONATE PLASMA so that you can then afford said fish.

I relate to most of these; frequently, the 1am posting on sat. night!

[Photorah]

Originally posted by highplainsdrifter
Alright...!

You know you're ( I'm gonna re-word it) ADDICTED to fish when, you see a fish that you can't afford at the time, so you drive across town to DONATE PLASMA so that you can then afford said fish.

I relate to most of these; frequently, the 1am posting on sat. night!


Thats the best one So far

Fish addicts instead of Crack addicts donating "selling" plasma to feed the addiction

:rofl2: :rofl: :rofl2:

[highplainsdrifter]

Got to support the habbit...!:smoke2:

[Neon_Tetra]

HEheHE lOl :rofl:

[Matt V]

You know you're a fish geek when...

You compete about the number of posts you have on cichlid forums...

(what have I started?) :wink:

[Rudy]

You know your a fish geek when.

You go to a resteraunt and steal food to bring home for your fish.

A friend of mine went to a wedding this weekend in a posh resteraunt in the mountains. They were serving crab legs. What does he do? Wraps crab legs up in a napkin puts them in his suit jacket pocket and brings them home for his Fahaka puffer. Meanwhile at the other side of the table his girlfriend literally wanted to kill him.

I was on the floor listening to this story. As apparently as the night went on the crab didn't smell so good.:lol:

[the209jungalist]

You know you're a fish geek when...

You seriously really need to stay home to babysit your new fish because you cannot yet leave him unattended not knowing how your new fish is going to react with it's new tankmates or how they will react with him.

[Seedy]

...you have more than 1k posts on a discussion forum soley dedicated to one family of fish...

....You refer to your real life friends by their Cichlid Forums screen names....

[Vip]

"Well, Sorry. Paris is off. One of my wild-caughts is holding".





:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:

[Matt V]

Originally posted by Seedy
...you have more than 1k posts on a discussion forum soley dedicated to one family of fish...


Just one? (K, that is...)

[Seedy]

Or however many "K" you have! :D

[Tobeannounced]

You know your a fish geek......

When the only reason you clean your bedroom is because sombody is comming over to look at your tanks in the said room.

[crazyfishlady]

When you maintain tanks in multiple locations. (my house, work, my parents' house...i must be crazy)

[Squirrelman]

Originally posted by Beaker
(This being based off my comments in another post, thought this would be fun, please add your own too!)

You know your a fish geek when....

...you think of work as the time you spend in between water changes.

...after a hard day you wonder if a little squirt of Stress Coat in your drink would make you feel better.

...you check the nutrition labels on your fish food, but don't even bother when it's something you're planning to eat.

You know your a fish geek when....

...you open the fridge and you see earthworms next to the butter, blood worms next to the cheese, brine shrimp next to the mayo, and a bottle of Cycle on the side door by the Ranch.

...you have more fish medicine and additives than you do your own vitamins and perscriptions.

...you get all excited and point out when you see a fish tank in a movie and your spouse just rolls their eyes. :roll: (at least mine does)

You know your a fish geek when....

...you're at the LFS and you hear the advice he/she gave a customer and either laugh or pull the customer aside and tell them the real deal.

...you try to figure a way you might be able to keep fish in a pool.

And at least the last one for now, you know your a fish geek when.......you're up at 1am on a Sat. night posting comments on a great Cichlid Forum!!!
OMG that's so funny. Would you have any objection if I published this list in my club forum?

[SGypsyMermaid]

why not post the link so that they can read the whole thread? it's a good one.

[Squirrelman]

sound like a plan :)

[punkypuffer]

OK, ya know youre a "cichlid forums geek" when....

it's your homepage on your internet explorer...

[Tobeannounced]

ok

You know your a fish geek...when you have to remove cichlidforums as a homepage because it messes up the other roomates User CP.

[crazyfishlady]

It's only been 4 months but I had to bump this.
I've been feeling particularly geeky ranting to my family & friend's about the promo for that new show coming out this fall "Surface" Where the kid puts the "alien" egg (obviously bamboo shark egg!) In his parents huge-ass saltwater tank. Then his mom walks by later while chatting on the phone and says "where are the fish?" and then wanders away as calmly as you might say "the sun is out."!! Causing me to rant about how NO ONE with a tank like that containing expensive marine fish would be that calm about them all dissappearing!!!!

So anyway, You know you're a fish geek when you rant about inaccurate depictions of fish-keeping in commercials.

[SGypsyMermaid]

you know you're a fish geek when you look at a baggie containing doo-doo brown cichlid pellets that look like rabbit pellets and mumble to yourself, "ooh, this looks yummy."

edit: just so it's clear, i was thinking that they would be yummy to my fish! :razz:

[buttrfli]

You know your a fish geek when...
...you enjoy watching what my husband has labeled as "fish porn" (AKA your friends' videos of spawning mouthbrooding cichlids).

...your seat at the dinner table is the one facing away from the tank so that you talk to your guests/husband and not stare at the fish all night.

...you think entertaining your friends after dinner entails feeding worms to the fish and watching them fight.

...you turn down a night out because you have to spend the evening doing a photo shoot with your fish

...you use up three memory cards on your digi cam in that one night

...the first thing you do when you walk in the door is check to see if anyone replied to your posts on cichlidforums.com

Nice bump again...I never saw this one! I relate all too well.

[ofarevolution31]

*blush* i was on here until like 4 am last nite..... oh boy. =)

[cichlidpower]

Super true

[bluerusty]

"You know you're a fish geek when..."

You place a large order from Big Al's Online on Christmas day...(just did that one.)

[sonya818]

When you are watching a movie and get so distracted by the aquarium in the scene that you can't follow the follow the movie anymore. Oh and you get outraged by the actors tapping the glass.

[RustyNut]

Which just reminded me that I seen a movie recently... don't remember the name, but an actor was talking about keeping fighting fish... blah...blah... and you could clearly see the tank in the background he was referring to was a reef tank!

Just found that so dumb.....

[K_Labs]

You know you're a fish geek when u have a better cichlid selection than your LFS

[shell696]

This is great. I relate to so many of these

[Seedy]

....when you are waste deep in a stream out in the sticks searching for 2 inch long fish while the locals drive by and look at you funny...

[K_Labs]

Did u catch any?

[Seedy]

Did u catch any?

I can not confirm nor deny that I did or did not catch any fish... :D

A little patience while I talk with my local biologists and game wardens and we'll see if I did or didn't catch anything... :e:

[chahala]

you're at the LFS and you hear the advice he/she gave a customer and either laugh or pull the customer aside and tell them the real deal.
Then I said, you sure you don't have a job for me, I seem to know more then the idiot scooping the dead fish out.

Or mine...
You know your a fish geek when...
...your parents just decided to plan a trip to the states to get Christmas present, and all you can think of is looking for new fish stores there.
...you can't remember all your usernames and passwords for every fish forum you are signed up for.
...when you tape your fish tank, record it on a DVD and play it in your bedroom to fall asleep to or your kids room for them to fall asleep to.

[chahala]

Or...
...when the power went out yesterday, you wondered how you where going to tell your mother that you wont be coming to her birthday party cause you are worried about the oxygen levels with the power out.
...or you reach for the portable power and plug in the bubble walls while hubby is holding the pan to cook and the kids are screaming cause they are hungry. Forget that, I need to hook up the fish stuff.

[chahala]

you know you are a fish geed when...
...you see that add to bring your pets to have a photo shoot with Santa and you wonder how you could get all your fish there at once and what Santa would say.

[jombi21]

Your fiancee tells you that your fish are not to be invite to your wedding... before you even ask!

Jom

[MisanthropeKitty]

this thread is cute!! i just read it for the first time and it is hilarious... i relate to too many of these!!

[shell696]

I can not confirm nor deny that I did or did not catch any fish... :D

A little patience while I talk with my local biologists and game wardens and we'll see if I did or didn't catch anything... :e:

Have you figured out what species they are?

[ocdreamin]

Have you figured out what species they are?

...you're talking about the fish that may or may not be in an undisclosed location, right?

If you got online just to check an email from an old friend about a good job lead - and instead find yourself spending the first 20 minutes reading five pages about how you might be a fish geek.... (and are guilty of 90%)
You might be a fish geek.

[daniel505480]

You know you're a fish geek when...

you know your airport as well as the local taxi drivers.

you have 20 Styrofoam boxes, you're asked "do you need all these?" and you think thats a silly question.

you start buying dechlorinator in 10lbs pails and food in 5lbs buckets.

you start looking for used tanks on craigslist.

you go to all the local fish stores every two weeks just to see what they've changed.

you yell at your holding females when they look like they are going for a pellet, "HEY, stop right there!"

you are asked "when is this hose going to be off my kitchen sink" and you reply "in a couple hours when all the water changes are done"

you start looking at rocks on the side of the road and thinking they would look nice in your fish tank.

you actually stop to pick those rocks up off the side of the road.

your friends and family start making up their own scientific names.

your friends and family actually get some of the scientific names right!

you sit here and think of ten things to add to this thread...

[fish speaker]

You know you're a fish geek when...

...you have a Colormax bulb lighting your closet, since that's the only extra fluorescent bulb you had in the house when the closet bulb died. :razz:

[Tobeannounced]

You know you're a fish geek when...
its winter your power goes out and the fish get more blankets then you do.

[ocdreamin]

You know you're a fish geek when you go to petsmart for their Segrest farm boxes when you move because you're accustomed to organizing things in a 17" x 17" x 9.5" space.

[Seedy]

To THE FREAKING TOP!:g::g::g::g::g::g:



Oh...and you're a fish geek when you go and bump all your favorite 2-5 year old threads on a fish forum...

[ocdreamin]

If a customer at the pet store solicits you for fish advice and you end up talking for ten minutes before even mentioning that you don't actually work there, you might be a fish geek.

[COSFINFAN]

You could be a fish geek if:

You go to the LFS 3 times a week, just to hang out, and see "what's new"!!

[ocdreamin]

yeah someone mentioned "every two weeks" but three times a week sounds more like me.

[COSFINFAN]

LFS owner= way cool guy!! Easy to talk to, and really knows his stuff!! A lot of worse places to kill a lunch break!!

[DogWalker]

A self-inspired one, from yesterday...

You know you're a fish-geek when you finally decide to increase the temp setting on your hot water tank, not because you're tired of running out of hot water in the shower the past four months (or putting up with complaints from others for the same reason) but because you notice you're not making it through a water change refill without the temperature dropping slightly.

[COSFINFAN]

Roflmfao!!!

[kwint]

you know your a fish geek when everything in home hardware starts to have a use in your fish tank

[DogWalker]

lol, good one!

[COSFINFAN]

When you stop telling your wife about all the crap you just bought for your new tank, so you don't get..."THE LOOK"!! LOL!!

[TwistedSister]

you know you're a fish geek when:

you and your signifigant other have to have sepperate fish tanks because you refuse to compromise your fish principles-ie,your fish are SA and their water is blah blah blah different then my African's water blah blah blah...

you buy each other fish as gifts or surprises

both people must be present at feeding time, or the other person gets upset they missed it : P

my boyfriend request either i do only 1/3 water changes on the tanks or if I want to do 50% would i please forfeit my shower for the day to keep the water bill down

[DogWalker]

You look at houses for sale with a different eye than your typical potential buyer...

Like:
- Is there an available space I can convert into a fishroom?
- Is the plumbing layout suitable for convenient water changing?
- What are the water taxes like in this town?
- Is there a good spot to put a nice big in-wall tank?
- Does the yard already have a fence? (so I can put a pond in!)
- Better yet, does the house already have a pond?
- Ok, even a swimming pool will do (they can be converted, right?)
- Does the house have any aquariums in it I might be able to talk the owner into leaving behind?
- Do the neighbors have any fish?
- Are there any bylaws stopping me from converting the whole garage into an aquarium?

etc...

What? Sorry, what was that about bedrooms hon?

[CichNewfie]

......when you finally see baby snails and get so excited you spend time staring at them hoping you had a magnifying glass.:g:

[fish speaker]

when you buy water conditioner in the 15 Kilo size! :eek:

[RustyNut]

You start thinking about removing a window to slide another tank into your fish room!

[DogWalker]

Soooo... that 300g will happen then, will it? :D

[TwistedSister]

the bennies of living on a ground floor...

You know you're a fish geek when...

During feeding time you say/berate "hey, you kids! keep the water in the tank! everyone will get some!"

[Heyguy74]

You cut a door out of the wall going down the basement stairs just to fit an 8 ft tank down the stairs. Then you call your wife and ask permission.

[TwistedSister]

I can see this-I decided that if I hung up almost all my clothes, I really didn't need to have a dresser so I could put a 45g in the bedroom...

[RustyNut]

You cut a door out of the wall going down the basement stairs just to fit an 8 ft tank down the stairs. Then you call your wife and ask permission.

I wish! My window is the only choice lest I move a 6-fter!

[Glaive]

you start looking at rocks on the side of the road and thinking they would look nice in your fish tank.

you actually stop to pick those rocks up off the side of the road.


You've collected gps coordinates for said rock piles with the intention of having a rock hunting day.

[SabrinaD]

You know you and your daughter are fish geeks when...
you get a shipment of fish and both of you ooh and aah over how cute the little labs are while your other daughter looks on with a look that says "I don't get it. They're fish." LOL

[PhishNFilly]

You know your a fish geek when.......you pass the produce isle and wish you could just steal a few romaine lettuce leaves instead of buying the whole bunch. Stop Thief!:edance:

You know your a fish geek when.......... you buy a bigger can of french style green beans for your family and think how your fish will love em too!:pop:

You know your a fish geek when.........you start quoting lines from movies while feeding your fish.....I do it when I feed my saulosi's, I say " Come My Children, Come"
that line is taking from Ben Hur when Charleton Heston first meets those beautiful white horses who are going to pull his chariot, the arabian man openes the curtains and says Come My Children. LOL:drink:

[Mac]

You know you're a fish geek when...

You actually spec a reinforced floor to accommodate twin 180g tanks in your upstairs office when designing your new corporate headquarters.

Yes, i really did. Yes, they did ask for weight and dimensions of the tanks.

[RustyNut]

You know you're a fish geek when...

You actually spec a reinforced floor to accommodate twin 180g tanks in your upstairs office when designing your new corporate headquarters.

Yes, i really did. Yes, they did ask for weight and dimensions of the tanks.

I am so inspired!

Plans for an auto-changing system?

[PhishNFilly]

You know you're a fish geek when.....you think a empty 46 gallon bowfront sitting in the corner is cruel and unusual punishment......yes it talks to me! I kid you not, it sounds Italian....Apisto....Apisto......Apisto..... :lol:

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af122/Shotzyyy/JulieMTS-1.gif

[RustyNut]

You got MTS!!! :dead:

[PhishNFilly]

LOL Rusty I do have MTS and I wrote it on the tag at the top........I have it and I am not ashamed to admit it lololol. Jules

[Mac]

I am so inspired!

Plans for an auto-changing system?

I only half-jokingly considered having them plumb a discrete floor drain on that wall, but i couldn't bring myself to do it. There is an executive bathroom that the two offices share, so a 12 foot python will fill those tanks!

Can't wait...

[starfang]

"You call home during the day to see how the fish are doing."
Lol! I just called my mom telling her to switch on my fishtank lights :P

"Most of your purchases on your last credit card statement were for the lf stores."
Very true!

[AmayaOkami]

Ok how about you know you are a fish geek when:

The only people who understand what you are talking about are the people on the fishie forums

Calling home to check up on your fish isn't enough...you need pictures and videos to prove it

you have a video of you fish as your phone's background

[AmayaOkami]

Ok this one just happened to me

You know you are a fish geek when
You hear a group of people talking about yellow labs, and you find it extremely odd that they are not talking about the fish :p

[PhishNFilly]

Oh ruff ruff ruff Amaya! LOL:lol: JUila :D

[Julez]

You know your a fish geek when:

A super sexy guy, with big blue eyes, at the lfs gives you his e-mail address because you are both in love with cichlids... incase I had any questions.. (Just happened Sunday!!):m::m:

[Peeps]

...you try to figure a way you might be able to keep fish in a pool.


haha I've done that. I was thinking it would be great to swim with my fish.

[AmayaOkami]

Ok Bones: Season 2 Episode 15: You totally get a glimce of a parrot tank...they are sooo cool (wow I can't spell this morning)

[Glaive]

Re: Bones

You figure out the diatomaceous earth clue the second you see the fish tank, Can't remember the episode, think it was last season.

[AmayaOkami]

Season 2: episode 2 I think ^.^

[AmayaOkami]

It's season 1 episode 1 sorry my bad

[DogWalker]

You know you're an OLD fish geek when you've read the above posts several times and swear you never saw any hint of a fish tank on the Enterprise, and the good doctor McCoy (Bones) never mentionned them either... I don't care what season or episode (not counting the bit about the whales in one of the movies of course).

<waits for trekkie to show up and tell him there WAS a fish tank on the enterprise - season, episode and scene number...>

[AmayaOkami]

...???

[DogWalker]

AO... took me awhile to realize references to 'Bones' were not to Dr McCoy of the original Star Trek series.

[Glaive]

Closest I can do is Next Generation, Pickard had a fish tank in the captain's quarters.

[AmayaOkami]

Pledge Multi-surface commercial: Would reall piss you guess off looks like a 30 or 20 tall with four or five red parrots

[Floridaguy]

You know your a fish geek when:

A super sexy guy, with big blue eyes, at the lfs gives you his e-mail address because you are both in love with cichlids... incase I had any questions.. (Just happened Sunday!!):m::m:

Wow, this actually brought a huge smile to our faces. :rock: That is how we met, just it was the other way around. She worked at petland. We have been together for 7 years, married 4 and have a combined total volume of over 10k gallons indoors and somewhere between 300 to 500 children. What was bad was I worked for a LFS (still work for them too) and would drive 3 hours to Deerfield Beach just to go buy an air line or a gang valve or something small and not really needed, and would ask so many questions just to talk to her. She finally caught onto my ploy and drove 3 hours to save me the trip of having to come get something that night from her store.

BTW, Our first date was a lecture hosted by some members of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). Neither of us know what they were talking about but we were talking about drip acclimating a FW fish to a SW tank. :m:

[PhishNFilly]

FLORIDA GUY WHAT A GREAT STORY ABOVE BTW.

You know your a fish geek when.........you go with your sister to a craft mall to help her buy something nice for a baby shower. While she is looking at Baby Blankets, you wander over to a shell display and think your in hog heaven snort snort lolol ( ^..^ ).........I came upon a fabulous looking shell piece with openings at the top for my Apisto or even my Mbuna to squeeze their little hienies in:D. Most likely will go into my planted tank tho. The lady at the register said Oh is this for your Terrarium? I said NO its for my Aquarium and it will be perfect for my cichlids to play in. She most likely said under her breath, WHAT A GEEK:rofl:. LOLOLOL It's about 7 inches in length and its all one piece not glued together. Cost a whopping $7.00 I would have paid three times that for it. Thanks for looking. Geek Julia :D:jump:

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af122/Shotzyyy/shellpiece-1.jpg

[AmayaOkami]

VERY pretty...I gotta stop by micheals or jo anns now lol

[PhishNFilly]

Megan this was more a Craft Store where people open a booth on consignment. It's a huge store with hundreds of consignment booths. You pay per month to display your wares. Julia :D

[CichNewfie]

.

[Seedy]

Philly, what you have are barnacles of some kind :ok:

I've used similiar groups in shell dweller tanks...and yes, I also got them from a crafts store.

[PhishNFilly]

No its colored.......the pic doesnt show the swirls.......it's tortoise shelled colored.......whatever I got its neatO. What is a barnacle I hafta look dat won up! Julia:D

[PhishNFilly]

Seedy your absolutely right! I do have barnacles I looked it up......I am stunned to actually see them live in this website. JUlia

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/barnacle.htm

[AmayaOkami]

Lol you just suck...I want cool stuff like that :(

[Julez]

haha.. How about you know your a fish geek when you have a fish tank in almost every room in the house!! I put my 40 gallon breeder in the bathroom today!!http://i1031.photobucket.com/albums/y375/CrazyFishLadyJulez/40gallonbreeder.jpg

[PhishNFilly]

Ok been awhile since this thread has been used so I am resusitating it. Today I knew I was a total GEEK. Husband and I are winterizing our home getting ready for the snow:xmas4:. We have a large refrigerator in the garage which houses various cartons of POP and BEER and a few bottles of Asti and that about it. I told hub we are running this big refrigerator for pop and beer and it's lunacy. I put the pop in the house along with his beer and said UNPLUG it. I told him " now I can get a power head and a new filter" ( when the time comes lol) he said " a power head " then laughed and snickered. Well Julia being Julia I said "ha ha ha flyboy keep working":sygypsy:. I did find something that I can use in my cichness tho:faint:. We use to have a swimming pool, I found a water pump that I use to use to suck off water from the winter cover. I am going to use it in my fish tanks right along with my Python. I will have to clean it well I do know this. I will let it suck a few buckets of water and bleach or something. I know I only used it a few times and it is battery operated not electric. Takes 4 D cell I believe and will use it only at times when I need a good sand vac maybe, I dunno yet, I have to see it in action here and where it can come in handy:razz:. Also one more GEEK story. I made a tuna noodle casserole yesterday, we like peas in it lolol, just as I was about to throw a handful of frozen peas inside I stopped and said OMG I need these for the Saulosi. LMAO here. Now that I rambled, tell me your GEEK story plz. Julia :D:nyah:

[DogWalker]

You know you're a fish geek when...

You practically block the access to your hydro panel with aquariums, telling yourself that in the event that anyone needs to access it you can just tell them to send someone skinny.

[PhishNFilly]

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af122/Shotzyyy/lolmutley.gif LOL Dog

[ROCK!]

You know your a fish geek when:

The people at the fish store call you for advice.

When the fish store calls asking you for stock.

When you walk in a place and every one knows you by name.

When you have the measurements for all common sized tanks memorized.

You laugh when people say "I have a huge 55 gallon."

[AmayaOkami]

Lol wow nice, yep I'd say the cichness's got u good :p

[AmayaOkami]

How's this:

You know you're a fish geek when you get a 50lb bag of sand and 50-60lbs of rock for your birthday, and it is EXACTLY what you asked for :D

[DogWalker]

What, 'normal' people don't think sand and rocks are fun? (good one :wink:)

[ROCK!]

I wish someone would buy me rocks for my b-day, that would be sweet!:lol2:

One more from me:
You know your a fish geek:
when you have 4 emperor 400 filters sitting in a cabinet not in use. :rofl2:

[AmayaOkami]

WTH!!! Ok heres the deal, you throw me a 400 or two and I'll buy you 100lbs of rock for your bday :D Does that seem fair?

[ROCK!]

100lbs of lace rock? DEAL! Better find some cash, 100lbs of lace will cost you between $200 and $300! :lol2: Think of how much I have invested in the 3,000+lbs I have! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

[PhishNFilly]

Rock if you ever want to sell the emperors save me one. Meg be nice, you really do need two HOBS on your 55 lolol. I dont think rock getting rock is gonna get it. LOLOL time to kiss up:lmao:. LOLOL Jules

[PhishNFilly]

Rock if you ever want to sell the emperors save me one. Meg be nice, you really do need two HOBS on your 55 lolol. I dont think rock getting rock is gonna get it. LOLOL time to kiss up. LOLOL Jules

[ROCK!]

:rofl: There not for sale. :rofl: I keep them around because I never know when Im gonna be setting up a new tank. Also, you never know when your gonna find a good deal. Normally I don't have so many sitting around but these days SOME people are selling stuff CHEAP because they need money. :dance:

[PhishNFilly]

Ok I had to dig this old thread up again. I need some laughs. :rofl:

Going to steal this from Disciple to start it off again. Blame Him:lol2:.

You know your a fish geek when you can't wait for summer to start so your fish can eat STINK BUGS:pop:. LOL Julia

[ROCK!]

Took me forever to find this thread! Remember that rock I was talking about? :eek:

[SGypsyMermaid]

You got MTS!!! :dead:

rusty, are the latifasciata in that pic the ones you got from me so many years ago?

you know you're a fish geek when you read through this entire thread every time it gets bumped.:oops:

[Wolfheart2112]

You know you're a fish geek when you want more people to chime in :$ :dance::rock: