Your addiction to Reef equipment?
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travisurfer
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too poor to do that. i prefer the natural look/filtration anyway.
chadfarmer
Premium Member
yes but i like everything i buy stuff just to see if i like it compaired to my old equipment
i have been through 5 calcium reactors in the last 2 years, 6 skimmers and building my own to compair to my deltec
i have sold so much of my old equipment that they think i am commercial on RC
i only have a 58 gallon tank
i have been through 5 calcium reactors in the last 2 years, 6 skimmers and building my own to compair to my deltec
i have sold so much of my old equipment that they think i am commercial on RC
i only have a 58 gallon tank
marinelife
Active member
I go with the natural look too, I hate looking at clean live rock, it is not like that in the ocean, spending money on extra equipment is just not needed
143gadgets
New member
My name is Chris and I'm an addict. I am with ya. I just bought a Deltec AP701 to replace my AP600. My tank is ONLY a 75 gallon!
chadfarmer
Premium Member
i believe that you should do what you like
still waiting for the smaller bubble kings to come out
Bono
New member
I think I actually like tinkering with the tank and equipment more than looking at it. I always say when I get the latest and greatest my tank will be set, although it never is.
I also had numerous skimmers, wave makers, lights you name it that worked great but I just wanted to try something else out. And if I added up all the money spent and lost I would have a breakdown.
I also had numerous skimmers, wave makers, lights you name it that worked great but I just wanted to try something else out. And if I added up all the money spent and lost I would have a breakdown.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7674286#post7674286 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by geckofrog
lie to their spouses? You shouldn't have to if your marketing it to her correctly
I agree but I am an engineer not a marketeer. Actually I don't lie to her, I just try to keep my mouth shut. If I get a direct question, well I am then in trouble.
And I don't starve my kids or steal from the collection plate. But, I have sold some very cool stuff for extremely cheap on Ebay in an effort to pay for all this stuff. I started with a collection of over 50 bowling balls and am now on my collection of vintage LP's from the 60's and 70's.
My typical method of investment is to buy high and sell low.
milkshake
New member
There for a while, the UPS man new us (me and wife) pretty good.
When something came in my wife would say, "what did you get this time?" She even made the comment,"Don't you think this is going a little too far?" She's right, to a certain extent. I catch myself thinking that if I just add this or that, the tank would run and look better...etc. I drove an 18 wheeler there for a good while. I would stay gone for 2-3 weeks at a time. I was calling the wife and asking her how the tank was doing. There was several times that I broke the bank after buying things for the tank. For goodness sake, we don't even have a kitchen table anymore because the tank and sump (along with everything else tank related) take up that space. Someone should start a therapy group for this. It's like a drug. You buy something to put in the tank, get happy looking at it, it gets old, buy something else to get that happiness back, sell it, buy something else, etc..etc.. By the way, my name is George and I'm an addict.
When something came in my wife would say, "what did you get this time?" She even made the comment,"Don't you think this is going a little too far?" She's right, to a certain extent. I catch myself thinking that if I just add this or that, the tank would run and look better...etc. I drove an 18 wheeler there for a good while. I would stay gone for 2-3 weeks at a time. I was calling the wife and asking her how the tank was doing. There was several times that I broke the bank after buying things for the tank. For goodness sake, we don't even have a kitchen table anymore because the tank and sump (along with everything else tank related) take up that space. Someone should start a therapy group for this. It's like a drug. You buy something to put in the tank, get happy looking at it, it gets old, buy something else to get that happiness back, sell it, buy something else, etc..etc.. By the way, my name is George and I'm an addict.
steve the plumb
In Memoriam
yes I agree its like a shot of heroin when you buy something.I have to many fish and corals yet I am always moving some corals to try and fit more.I am thinking of getting another larger skimmer.My money goes to the hobby.I also want to get a larger tank.I have been thinking of a 220 or a 400 gal.I have to see what it will cost but the wife doesn't like the hobby.I think I should get a second jog to pay for this dream tank.I want a 8 to 10 foot tank.This will give me more space for corals.I can say this is one dam expensive hobby that I can't get enough of.
travisurfer
New member
ha, i like smaller tanks so im lucky. i wonder what some people make every year here since running tanks is so expensive. as somebody that knows hes not gonna make a lot of money(teacher/biologist most likely) im going to have to enjoy my nanos.
