ReversedlogiC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Seriously. I hate myself. I really do. I made it out. I escaped. I gave away all my stuff and turned my back on this hobby forever. It was nice. You know that, "fresh out of jail," feeling? Me neither, but I think I can imagine what it feels like. The sun was brighter. The bank account was fatter. Life was good.Then it happened.I'd see small, clear containers and think, "I bet I could make a reef tank out of that." Next I'd get the shakes, like a crack addict needing a hit. So here I am again, about to plunge back into the madness. I'm not sure why. Why do I want this stress? Why do I long for a small orb of water over which to obsess? Even better, a glowing orb into which I can toss lots money. It's foolish. It's illogical, aaaaand it's gonna' happen.This isn't really my first post. It's my first post in many years. I've had a number of tanks. All of them successful, but all of them ghosts lost to the haze of time. I'm starting from scratch. I have a new fiancee', a new baby, and I live in a new state, so, you know, since life is soooo simple right now, why not drudge up an old addiction from my past?I'm a mother-truckin' genius. So, freaks and weirdos, you got me back. Not that you missed me. Not that you cared, because I definitely didn't miss or care about you - you with your perfect tanks causing me to obsess over mine - you with your cool ideas and ways to mod stuff - you with neat corals and happy fish - you, I blame you all.Once more friends, into the briny breach I go. Link to comment
Rehype Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Glad your back! Many of us left (myself included) with intentions never to return but something about this hobby is magnetic... eventually it will just pull you back Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Glutton for punishment? Link to comment
BattleAthletics Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I still hate this hobby that I drunkenly got into. Link to comment
jack1978 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I still hate this hobby that I drunkenly got into. A-men. Link to comment
Dan R Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 This is not a hobby it is a addiction. I found this out when a order from BRS came in. A man my age should not get that excited over a box of rocks. That is when realized that this is a addiction Link to comment
CosmicCanine Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 This is not a hobby it is a addiction. I found this out when a order from BRS came in. A man my age should not get that excited over a box of rocks. That is when realized that this is a addiction dude im using this as my sig. LOL Link to comment
tess&ellie Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hello my name is Chris and I am addicted to salt water and the creatures that live in it........ Link to comment
ReversedlogiC Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 I knew you would all understand, though whether we truly possess the ability to articulate why we voluntarily subject ourselves to this madness is in doubt. Want to hear something funny? Today I had planned to tour the local fish stores to get an idea if I can source quality product locally (Northern Kentucky), and I woke up to four inches of snow. Obviously this thwarted my attempt to drag the family on a circular route of Cincinnati.A smart man would take this as a sign from the heavens.I wish I was a smart man. Link to comment
RK_tek Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I knew you would all understand, though whether we truly possess the ability to articulate why we voluntarily subject ourselves to this madness is in doubt. Want to hear something funny? Today I had planned to tour the local fish stores to get an idea if I can source quality product locally (Northern Kentucky), and I woke up to four inches of snow. Obviously this thwarted my attempt to drag the family on a circular route of Cincinnati. A smart man would take this as a sign from the heavens. I wish I was a smart man. I was hoping this ended with, I shoveled/plowed snow for 27 miles all the way home while my wife kept heat packs on my new purchases It really is an addiction. You get a rush buying equipment and livestock. Then you look around and see all the other things you should have spent money on instead Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 This post was hilarious, thanks for the laugh and good luck with your tank! Link to comment
amphipod Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I knew you would all understand, though whether we truly possess the ability to articulate why we voluntarily subject ourselves to this madness is in doubt. Want to hear something funny? Today I had planned to tour the local fish stores to get an idea if I can source quality product locally (Northern Kentucky), and I woke up to four inches of snow. Obviously this thwarted my attempt to drag the family on a circular route of Cincinnati. A smart man would take this as a sign from the heavens. I wish I was a smart man. try like me and keep the weirdest tanks, have monstrosities of all sorts growing, pests pests and more pests, a cheap but space consuming addiction I suffer, its similar to normal reefing, not really, it's a mildly disturbing to some horrifying to others and fine to me version of aquariums. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/355803-the-amphipods-tanks-thread/ the tanks addiction is real Link to comment
ajmckay Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hahaha this has me laughing. Anyways yeah I'm not exactly sure myself why I'm so into reefing... Most of the time it doesn't make much sense, yet here I am, spending a disproportionate amount of my time planning/maintaining/upgrading my tank and when I'm not doing that I'm on an internet forum talking about it. Welcome back! Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 So what fantasy salt island are you going to create? Link to comment
cindyp Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 welcome back! i have a 10 and an 11 year old, deadlines for my books, and the ONE THING i feel like i have SOME control over is my tank. yes, it has outbreaks of this and that. yes, i have dire fish deaths and i commit terrible noob mistakes (oh have i!) BUT they are still my mistakes and my lessons. and it's all MINE MINE MINE. and i love that. maybe the more you have on your plate, the more you need Tank Therapy? eta: very poetically written as well. Link to comment
markalot Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I knew you would all understand, though whether we truly possess the ability to articulate why we voluntarily subject ourselves to this madness is in doubt. Want to hear something funny? Today I had planned to tour the local fish stores to get an idea if I can source quality product locally (Northern Kentucky), and I woke up to four inches of snow. Obviously this thwarted my attempt to drag the family on a circular route of Cincinnati. A smart man would take this as a sign from the heavens. I wish I was a smart man. Northern Kentucky? Really? Link to comment
Dan R Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I knew you would all understand, though whether we truly possess the ability to articulate why we voluntarily subject ourselves to this madness is in doubt. Want to hear something funny? Today I had planned to tour the local fish stores to get an idea if I can source quality product locally (Northern Kentucky), and I woke up to four inches of snow. Obviously this thwarted my attempt to drag the family on a circular route of Cincinnati. A smart man would take this as a sign from the heavens. I wish I was a smart man. Snow can be a good thing. Tuesday we had 8" of snow it gave me a good excuse to go to work shut down the shop and go to Pacific East. Link to comment
Pattycdef Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 that was a beautiful speach.....and i love my little glass box Link to comment
REEFVIDS Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 That was purely awesome! Link to comment
Sunstar Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Tell me about the magnetic appeal. I left because of a crash, then started school, and then I looked at a tank, and thought. I might just clean that up. hmmm. Maybe I can just Cyle the water... then it restated.... Link to comment
ReversedlogiC Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 So what fantasy salt island are you going to create? I'm currently lying to myself and saying it'll be a simple all in one setup to ease myself back into the hobby. Mostly this is because I enjoyed my heavily modified Biocube, but also to slowly acclimatize my fiancee' to the coming insanity. I'm looking at the Fluval M60. Mostly because no one seems to hate it, and I'm comfortable I can work around whatever shortcomings it may have. As you know, someone on a forum always hates something, but this seems the least offensive AIO. Plus I'm very patient and conservative. I'm happy with "simple" soft corals and one or two fish, also the back chambers look super easy to modify. Crap. Did I say modify? Already!? Ugh. Basically I want just enough of the dragon to chase . . . eta: very poetically written as well. Thanks. I was hoping someone would notice. How are those books (books plural? Should I be impressed?) coming? Northern Kentucky? Really? Yes, really. Moved here July 2014 from Sarasota, Florida. I used to snorkel on a reef ten minutes from my house. Now I look in the Ohio River and wonder if even the ghosts of prohibition could live in the murky waters. Link to comment
cindyp Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 ha! i just finished my fifth novel. yes, you should be impressed. writing novels is HARD, and getting them published even harder! i am revising now. but i started with poetry. that was when i was a wee one though. Link to comment
HecticDialectics Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Y'all can come to the lounge when you get sick of reading retarded answers to questions by people that really only barely know how to keep fish alive. Link to comment
amphipod Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Y'all can come to the lounge when you get sick of reading retarded answers to questions by people that really only barely know how to keep fish alive. don't listen to him, they verbally abuse people in the lounge. Edit: also hectic show us your tank and how marvelous it is. Link to comment
nanolutionary Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Then it happened. I'd see small, clear containers and think, "I bet I could make a reef tank out of that." Haha i've started doing that now! Link to comment
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