Top Ten Lies You've Told to Your Significant Other About Your Tank...

[wrassehole]

I read this post on another fine reef site and Ive noticed that they missed one. actually i think they missed the most important one. the ne I use the most. Ill explain at the bottom of this page.

Top Ten Lies You've Told to Your Significant Other About Your Tank...

10) Oh that? It came with the live rock I just got off of a friend who was taking down his tank.
ginntonic74 of Trenton, New Jersey


9) I don't know where that came from. It must be a hitchhiker.
s1xtyfe3t of Fairlawn, OH


8) Gee Honey, I'd love to fly back East with you to visit your mother, but my clownfish is pregnant and I don't have a midwife fish. I guess I'll have to stay home and try to play the part of the midwife fish.
Scavenger of Nanaimo, BC


7) I paid for that coral with the money I made from selling frags.
loui of Pittsburgh, PA


6) Of course saltwater tanks are cheaper, Honey. There are more fish in the ocean than in freshwater lakes.
ReefCollection of Huntington Beach, CA


5) What new fish?
jeffltodd of Martinez, CA


4) Powder Blue Tang - $80
Ultra Green Torch - $80
Rare Capricornis - $100
Telling your wife it all cost $50 by using a year's worth of $5 bills stuffed in the secret comparment of your wallet - PRICELESS!
josepha of Syracuse, NY


3) After this purchase I will have EVERYTHING I need.
acroporas of Miami FL, Madison IN


2) I got all this from a trade of my very rare brown polyps.
pyro383 of W. Babylon, NY


1) Can I have an extra $20 for the groceries this week?
Tahoe Ocean of South Lake Tahoe, CA

My number one would be: Oh that peice? That was only 19 dollars. what do you think? How many of you bullpoo aboutt he price of a coral? My wife thinks long tenacle anemones cost $20 bucks


Reefkeeping's next Top Ten for September: Top Ten Brilliant DIY Ideas That Were Just Never Meant To Be... Our thanks go out to 'ryt' for suggesting the next topic!

Honorable mention goes out to the following members for submitting ten Top Ten reasons: jeffltodd and Tahoe Ocean. Thanks, folks!

 

[Witfull]

i dont lie,,,i simply say ill get rid of everything and go out to bars and spend $$ on booze and women,,,,next thiing you know, she says "you know you could get a bigger tank."

 

[Angelscrx]

How about "you know preventive care is getting a bigger tank so your corals don't send out tentacles and harm each other."

Or "you know my corals are getting so big I need a bigger tank because you can't frag these types of corals!"

 

[Hermit]

Of course, if we had a bigger tank the baby could see it better.

 

[wrassehole]

she recently asked me, have you ever thought of downsizing?? I chuckled and said 'no actually, Never have I thought that, as a matter of fact..............since were on the subject.............. a 6 foot tank wont take up much more room then the 4 footer, its only two more feet!!!!!!

 

[MikeS]

"...it really wasn't all that expensive....."

MikeS

 

[NaH2O]

Too funny. Mine is actually a truth, but I use it often - "You see....the larger the tank I get, the more stable it becomes, and I can use everything in this tank for the bigger one!" or "you want me to have interests don't you? I need something to stimulate my brain rather than Dora the Explorer"

 

[Angelscrx]

Too funny. Mine is actually a truth, but I use it often - "You see....the larger the tank I get, the more stable it becomes, and I can use everything in this tank for the bigger one!" or "you want me to have interests don't you? I need something to stimulate my brain rather than Dora the Explorer"

I love the stability angle. That is great. Oh and I agree abou Dora the explorer (zzzzzzzzzzz)

 

[MikeS]

I need something to stimulate my brain rather than Dora the Explorer"

:lol: too funny....my kid loves that show...if I have to hear the "We Did It" song one more time..... :lol:

I'll have to use that one next time I spend some $$$ on my tank.... :lol:

MikeS

 

[CarlaW]

Don't ever tell her how much that "Brute" 50 gallon garbage can cost.

 

[Beeba]

my latest... "Honey you remember the big rock that was covered with mushroom corals that you told me I could buy? Well... there was a RBTA that got attached in one of the holes in the rock and we couldn't get it to come loose so I had to buy it with the rock and when we took it out the maroon clown that was hanging out in it started beating himself against the glass so I had to buy him also or he would have killed himself. But the good news is that they gave me the insulated box to bring it home in at no additional charge."

If you are reading this honey.. it is all true. :evil:

 

[Fly n Reef]

Happiness is....living alone and not having to explain one red cent to anyone!

 

[Beeba]

Part of the fun is sneaking around.

Actually my hubby is the one who has to be kept under control. He spends more on my hobby than I do sometimes.

 

[big t]

So how much was that new table saw? "Oh about $600 hehe"

 

[Schottman]

Yeah right Tom!!!! LOL

 

[Alice]

He has his toys and I have mine....we don't ask. LOL

Though I have to admit I "forgot" to include a few items in the initial start-up costs when I got my first tank.

 

[wrassehole]

beeba thats hilarious, free insulated box, what a steal, how could you pass that deal up?

 

[Beeba]

Alice: I agree with your way of thinking.

My husband says if the money is in the checking account then it is "married money" that we both circle until one of us falls asleep and loses.

wrassehole: You know those insulated boxes are very useful. I think the salesmen told me that I could use it for picnics or a dozen other things.

 

[Witfull]

wrassehole: You know those insulated boxes are very useful. I think the salesmen told me that I could use it for picnics or a dozen other things.

yes, a dozen other things,,,,2 6packs of beer!

 

[Beeba]

Too funny Witfull.