Diary Of An Illness (1 Viewer)

[KarenHorn]

Day 1 - Let's visit the saltwater fish store
Day 2 - We could do that! Let's do some reasearch on the net
Day 3 - Shop for a 55g because that's a "good size"
Day 4 - We don't need any special lighting because we're only going to have a FOWLR tank
Day 5 - Maybe a 75g would be better.........more fish
Day 6 - PetsMart has an 80g..........
Day 7 - Hey! I can get a used 135g for less than the new 55g!
Day 8 - Okay, maybe we should go VHO. At least that way we could put some softies in there if we wanted BUT we're REALLY still not interested in "real" corals.
Day 9 - Maybe more VHO is needed, more light more stuff.....
Day 10 - Order bulbs
Day 11 - Stop by Aquatic Designs to see if Keith has any base rock left. Keith has MH pendants at a deal we can't resist. Obviously it's a sign from GOD that we were "meant" to have all corals. Fork over paycheck and bonus from Friday and come home with 20 lbs of rock and the proud owner of 2 400 watt Custom SeaLife Pendants.

We need help! Obviously we've got a disease..........

 

[Guest]

At least you don't come home from work each day and scold your clowns for not "Getting it On" while you were gone.

 

[boudster]

illness

My illness is a bit different. It seems to warp my perception of time. I tell my wife I need to tinker with my tank for 15 minutes and three hours later (although it only seems like 15 minutes to me) she's upset because I'm still working on it.

 

[HolyBanana]

There is no cure. I have it bad. Even after two major disasters I have not been cured.

 

[Guest]

I remember when we first decided to do saltwater, and I convinced my wife we could do a pretty nice tank for $1000.

Right.... for the lighting maybe.

 

[KarenHorn]

HA! I convinced mine we could do it for $500, lol. I don't even want to think of how much everything has added up to even though I know I've gotten some fantastic deals and A LOT of help.

 

[Trey]

I have it bad also, but let's see.

I haven't been arrested for it, though I have been caught with both hands in the cookie jar (or is it in the aquarium).
It may have kept me up late on a few nights, but it has not kept me out late on too many evenings.
It has never resulted in me going out and getting drunk, though it has caused me to act like a fool on occasion.
It has never caused me to cheat on my spouse, but I have been accused of ignoring her on a few occasions. (If only I could convince her that it is her reflection off of the glass that I am admiring.)
It has never caused me to many regrets, but I have shed one or two tears over the budget impacts.

Oh, I don't know. I can certainly think of one or two worst obsessions in life than to be an old salt. I think I'll keep this habit, good or bad. It certainly beat several of my prior habits of which all were bad.

Later,
Trey

 

[Guest]

Mine has been working on me for years now. It started with a 29 gallon eclipse tank for my desk at home. At the time, I was already subject to a freshwater variant of the disease and I had 75 gallon and 46 bowfront FW tanks too.

I then graduated from college and moved here to Houston. The freshwater variant mutated and supplemented the already growing saltwater virus. I first set up the 75 and the 29, but resisted the 46. However, as the Borg say, "Resistance is Futile!" Within a year the 29 was broken down and the 75 and 46 were both up and running.

Lighting then was the next symptom of the disease. Prior to this I was just running a lot of NO flourescent. However, I was coming to realize that if I really wanted to take care of these budding new growths, I would need better lighting. That was the disease talking. Out I go an buy PCs first for the 75, and then for the 46.

I then turnd the focus back to the cause of all of these symptoms. The disease was now telling me that Size really does matter, and the 75 was just too small for my house. So here I go, succumbing to the persistent needling of the disease, and I buy a 180 gallon tank, and I transfer the contents of the 46 and the 75 into it. I now come to the realization that my lighting, which was passable for the two smaller systems, was now pitifully insufficient for the new 180. MHs were required if I ever wanted to nurture my newest obsession, SPS and Clams. 3x 250w MHs with 2x 6' VHOs later, the disease took another turn.....Current!

Powerheads were just not enough. I needed turbulent, and changing current directions. I also needed enough to strip the dead skin off my hands whenever I put them in the tank. Pumps came next, but that did not provide the turbulence or variation that I needed, so out I went and bought first one, then another and yet another SeaSwirl. However, as Tim Allen has said many times...."I need more power." I just was not getting the current to exfoliate me yet.

Just this last Saturday I realized what I needed, and I will finally be finished. I ordered two Tunze 6000s with a single controller each. A pretty serious wallet hemmorage, but I think that with this I will be cured!!!

At least until the size symptom rears its face again....I think I see it! Oh, my god it is beautiful! 350 gallons! 500 gallons! I saw a picture of it today. It would definitely cure the disease! A 500 gallon in my house, and I would not have to get anything else ever!

Ok, where's the wallet?

 

[KarenHorn]

Thanks Jim for warning me that power and current are going to be the next signs of my illness! LOL, I don't even have any fish yet

 

[Guest]

At least you don't come home from work each day and scold your clowns for not "Getting it On" while you were gone.

Hehe yeah. More like waking up and scolding them though.