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when you spend 400 bucks on stuff to get your MH up and running......then realise that you had 500 bucks worth of bills setting there.....ummmm no i didnt do that

if you are more concered bout cleaning you tank than your house

....you do a little calculation, then realise you spend nearly $100/month on fish food.

....you cannot remember a single week in the past year when you have not purchased at least one fish.

....the local aquarium society's fall auction is coming, and although you promise yourself you will not buy anything, you convince yourself that the $500 in your pocket is for 'just in case'.

..when your LFS knows you by name even over the phone! this happened to me today, it was a bit creepy!

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

...when you catch yourself giving some teenagers advise on what to do with their fish, and they are listening so well, they don't notice that their names are being called to meet their "parents" at the front.

...when the same kids say that to help their guppies breed they put them in a little goldfish bowl, and you almost panic at the thought, and insist they go home immediately and situate them in a much more suitable tank...29 should work

Oh and I can understand the going hungry so that your fish would have something they just "had" to have...I've gotta stop doing that...

Oh and one other, you go into you lfs, and they look at you to see what you have brought in to sell to them today, and compliment how good your fry look, and ask when you will be bringing in your next batch...

[span class="edited"][Edited by hmlaird 2003-06-12 00:26][/span]

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

when the water dept calls you to let you know of any water chemestry changes..... when you dont have a single asprin in the house but if you ever come down with ich you are all set..... when your local fish store owner invites you for family cookouts.

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You dream about them. Constantly.

So I've been having some really bad dreams.

A few weeks ago when I was going thru the zippered, perforated goldfish bit. I had a dream that I woke up and the above mentioned goldie had a giant tumor....


And then just a few nights ago,

I dreamt that all my fish were sick, with so many problems and I couldn't figure out what was wrong, and I'd never get answers in time and that whatever I did it wouldn't work.

Of course the tanks were fine....but still.

Do I need more salt with my coffee????


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[span class="edited"][Edited by Babelfish 2003-08-14 18:04][/span]

Keep dreaming about ich, actually, though the fish have never had it. (Knocks on wood.)

When every tie your sister walks into the study and sees you on the computer, she automatically says 'oh please' because she knows exactly what site you're on....
When you can't sleep over at a friend's house because you need the sound of the filters and air pumps to fall asleep....
When you talk baby talk to your fish....
When you can't go to the movies with your best friend because you have to feed your fish....
When you yell at your parents to come upstairs
right now because your goldfish just did something amazing....
You come home from the lfs ranting and raving because so many people are in there buying 10g SW tanks and putting 8 clownfish in them....
You are me

You holler "YOU TURNED OFF THE SUN" at your husband

When your partner pouts and says "I think you love those fish more than you love me"

MaN I had dreams where your at a petstore looking at fish but your actually dreaming and my room smells like the fish store "love the smell" Or you go at a friends house and get on his computer to go to fish profiles lol! or even when you have $2.00 extra you go to the lfs to see what you can buy for $2.00!!! LOL!

You are obssessed with fish like me when you just can't stop trying to convince the husband that a full wall 24 ft long basement tank would look nice enough not to detract from the value of the home. He just doesn't believe me *sigh*

Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn.

Koi, you'll have to tell him that you can put it up for a month or so and see how he likes it ]

Or when you just go out and buy as many tanks as I have, just because you like fish. . . .

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There is always a bigger fish...

Or you buy a single tank with the same volume as all those tanks!

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

When you tell your mum you'll put in for your share of the bills next week 'cause your broke because of "unforseen emergency expenses"

Calla - I have the same problem with my LFS. I walk in & get " Hi Sin, hows that ___ you bought last week going? We're getting some of those ___ you were asking about in next week. Hows work going? " Not good.

Sin

when...

* Your lsf gives you a 'frequent buyers' discount on everything you buy.

* Your lfs asks YOU what stock they should order in.

* When people think you have a thing for the lfs man, when sadly it's the fish.

~ There is a fine line between a hobby and an obsession ~

[span class="edited"][Edited by 2003-08-15 04:10][/span]

I forgot about this one; When you lfs owner actually invites you to join him on vacation!

We both SCUBA and we catch fish to bring back to sell. I have had a few nice free vacations this way.

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There is always a bigger fish...

One more to add (me this morning)- you run around the house celebrating and dancing because, after 2 hours, you finally figured out how to get the piece of zucchini to sink to the bottom of the tank
You stay up until 12:01 on the 15th day just so you can be the first one to update your quiz score

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[font color="#800080"]Angelfish746,
That sounds like me with the "My Nitrites are down" dance that happens after a cycle... My sister thinks I'm as nuts as the goldfish she decided was psyco....


I'm afraid of the quiz....


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When youve got too many tanks in ya bed room and you think about getting a single bed ,and set up another tank.

The QUIZ is evil!

When you look forward to weekly water changes

you know more about fishkeeping as a hobby than the guy behind the counter!!!!

you know what treatment to give for a disease before the guy behind the counter opens his mouth!!! (special talent he has)

you can't go to work because the tank is acting funny

your late for work because your tooo busy feeding your clan

Welcome to Fish Profiles Corymad...you sound like you will fit right in!

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you can't go to work because the tank is acting funny

corymad03,
I'm the opposite, 2/3 of my tanks are @work, so I rush into work to check on the tanks, of course that's after spending too much time feeding/watching my home tank


When you really want it to stop raining every day so that your water change will go to good use out in the yard...

Anyone else spend more time playing when doing a water change than is necessary?

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[span class="edited"][Edited by Babelfish 2003-08-17 00:06][/span]

Every room has a fish.

You paint your little brother's fish as underwater scenery and use real fish at real sizes instead of making them up.

Only a true anime fan will understand this one, and it's dedicated to Kite who did this: You move your manga collection to the floor to make more room for fish.

You get angry when people screw up the fish's names. (I don't know if this one has been posted already.)

You feel proud when someone says, "My, that fish has gotten so much bigger!" (They're my babies.)

You cry when you lose a fish or have a sick one.

You cry when you enter a store and see the poor care the fish are getting.

Even though your tank is full, when you see a tiger barb all by himself at the store, you just have to buy him and take him home to be with his schooling buddies.

The LFS manager is nervous every time you come in because you always complain about the sick or dead fish.

The customers come to you instead of the store personnel for help.

Everyone where you go to school/work/etc. knows all about your fish and their daily routines.

Everyone you know has been told to get a fish.

I'm still dreaming about fish every night... -__-

[span class="edited"][Edited by Demosthenes9 2003-09-21 13:29][/span]

when you know most wholesaler's first names as well as last names in your state

when you fill out your LFS's tax return form

when you fill out your LFS's order form

When the lfs guy says "You've REALLY got it bad"

Whetu,if you're referring to MTS or love of fish, let me tell you, the people that work the stores around here don't know the meaning of that! They only know - money, money, money - who cares about the stupid fish. ]:|

You know you are obsessed when you read this whole topic.

hey bablefish i just got home from vacation yesterday and i had a dream last thursday that my large chocolat cichlid died so i called my friend to see if everything was alright, he was fine. i dont think i could have gone the rest of the week without knowing though.

Aquadude, when I was on vacation, I called my cousin several times a day to see if she had gone over and fed/checked on my fish yet. She had a page of instructions to follow and received about a half an hour speech. ^_^

When the first thing you have to know after moving to a new town is where the lfs is...

When you walk into the only 2 lfs in the new town you grown, because you already know there is going to be trouble, you have more tanks and gallons than they do...

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Guilty of the majority of things stated. (Yes I've read em all)

My sister-inlaw laughs, I'll be talking and watching the tanks at the same time and all of a sudden I'm up and doing somethine with the tank or fishes. I think its a mental condition

Must admit I do prefer to play in the water. I work at LFS and I would rather do maintenance on the tanks than serve customers. (Bad Girl) - But hey! It's my hobby, I get to work in the industry, I'm a good fisherwoman - I get to go fishing all the time - I always catch a fish, and its not a long story like some fishermen stories - its the truth

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... you start a topic about how obsessed you are with fish.

Joe Potato

when your know exactly where to find you, when they haven't seen you all day!!!!

When it's all panick stations when your tank gets hit with ICH arhhhhhhh (feels like the world is gonna end)

When you can't sit down and eat your breakfast until you have checked all your tanks and counted to make sure everyone is all there and present.

When you pace up and down the room wondering what disease treatment would be the best

When you spend hours wondering why the water chemistry is off limits, think soooo hard you end up with a headache and have to lay down.

Thought of another one today.

Along with pictures of your family in your wallet, you carry pics of your fish tanks

And I won't admit to whether I do this or not

[font color="#800080"] You see a large container and think "hmmm I wonder if I can use that for a betta, that might make a neat cave for my______.....Wonder what I could do with that...."


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you know when,,, you have 3 heater, 2 filters, 2 bubbler, 5 airpumps, 15 air stones, 2 powerheads, a roll of tubing all that just in case. With 3 spare media of "each" for each filter, at least 25 different type of food, 12 nets, 4 thermometers, 3 vaccum, all test kits, a panoply of buckets of different size, a portable fish tank maintenance kit and a Q-tine... for a grand total of 11 fish :%)

when you memorized your local fish store number.

Oh, Malok, I love...all that...for 11 fish!

Nobody but fishkeepers!

you go into a shopping centre to buy a dress for your aunts wedding and come out with a new tank that was on sale!

When your key board smells like tank water

When a dolphin bites you because you probably smelled like a fish.

My LFS claims that wolves howl when my name is spoken...
The only reason you are interested in moving is the posibility of more tanks...

You want to date your best friend's betta because he's just so CUTE!

Well, now Roxy...I'm not too sure about that dating part! But I might consider 'marriage'!

I now believe that Hubby is more obsessed with fish than I am...

We both arrived home today at the same time. I had been shopping and had actually collapsed in the Wal-Mart parking lot...couldn't breathe...God bless two teenage girls who helped me with my packages, helped me to my car, and made sure I was alright and stayed with me until they were sure I could breathe a bit better.

As Hubby is getting out of his truck, I gently beep my horn so that he would (hopefully) come help me...not too much to ask, after all, I am still wheezing and gasping and probably looking a bit Smurfy!

He shouts..."Wait a minute, I have to check the fish! The electricity has been out for 20 minutes."

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Thoughts, going through my mind..."Well, if that's the way he's gonna be about it! I'll just show him! I'll stagger into the house, in my blue mode, dragging my shopping bags behind me, gasping my little lungs out! He likes those darn fish better than he does me! They've been without oxygen for 20 minutes and I've been without oxygen for the past 12 years! Just who does he think he is...boy, am I gonna tell him off...that is as soon as I can talk! If I could afford it, I would give him a piece of my mind! I'll make him think 'gotta check the fish'! I'm gonna feed those damned fish to the cats or each other or fry 'em for supper! Now I know just how important I am around here!"

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"Shearon, honey, are you okay? Boy I sure was worried about the fish. I saw the guys from the electric company working on the lines and they said that the power had been off for 20 minutes...and I saw that you weren't here and I was gonna make sure you didn't lose any more of your fish...Honey, why are you looking at me like that? Are you alright? Shearon, put down that skillet, honey, you are in no condition to be cooking...are you okay?"

"I'm fine...just fine!" ]:|]:|]:|]:|]:|]:|]:|]:|

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When you have a couple towels laying around that can stand up on their own cause you use them to dry the saltwater off your hands and arms when you get done moving coral/rock

Shearon, I love your story! And we all love your hubby despite the stories you tell about him!

When some newly met person asks you, "what kind of fish do you have?" and you start laughing histarically.

When another hobbyist, or experienced fish keeper asks you, "What kind of fish do you breed?" and you start laughing histarically.





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There is always a bigger fish...

... when you not only know every species at petco, but the proper name for every variety
... when all your fish have names, all of them, would you like me to list them?
... when after you've decided what fish you want at ur lfs's tanks, you stand in front of it at growl at others until the customer sevice to aquatics comes
... when everyone at my lfs knows fish demon and i as "the fish sisters"

when someone tells you you need more than fish in your life and you get upset at them

Someone asks you your favorite color and you say, "Methylene blue"

You start getting tattoos in their image.

http://www.reptifish.com/modules/myalbum/photos/3.jpgCheck out my new tattoo.... I'm obsessed.....

When you realize that since you found and joined FP (about a week ago) you haven't checked your e-mail once and you look up at that strange person in the door for a moment before realizing that it's your girlfriend.

Also I resenly spent two days driving around at every lfs I could find in the phonebook (within 2 hours drive) looking for thoose two plants that just had to be in my new setup (didn't find them).

By the way, anyone know why the skin is starting to grow out between the fingers?

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So here I am once more...

welcome to FP, robbanp!

That skin between the fingers thing...Robbanp...don't worry about it...it seems to be a fairly common condition!

It's when you starting getting it between your toes that we call in the guys carrying those white jackets with the really long sleeves!

Okay why is ACIDRAIN laughing histarically....did I miss something again .


When you cant walk past the tank without feeling the need to plunge your arm in and fix that tiny little thing that's wrong just because you think the fish will feel happier about it all.....


When you stress out if your fish are
~Perforated
~Under eating
~Over eating
~have streach marks
~Not exactly the right color
~Playing dead
~Sleeping too much
~Not sleeping enough




sorry I know theres more....but I gott go check my otto

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