Does the urge ever go away?

[Techknowledgy]

quoting tech... YOURE telling me i need a bigger tank!!??? can i PM your my gfs cell# and can you call her and explain to her how you explained to me that i may need a bigger tank.. 240G TO 300? 350? 500?

Sure,
Hope she is a good enabler! I can hear it new "Hey, listen, this is his last one, honest, aftre this one he is done. All he needs is this last one and he will be fine." Think she will go for it?

[CruiseX]

i think my next tank will be in the range of 300-400. Already planning it out.....in my head.

[iVgOnMaD]

I started with a 20L, then a 37T, then a 60g, then a 90g, and in >6 months after I got the 90, I just got a 240g (this might be a FWP).

[coral diver]

WELCOME TO AA AQUARIST ANONYMOUSThe researcher haven't found a cure to this addiction and according to them it might take more than 50 years to come up with any develpement

[FlipCyd]

Here are the signs that you may have a problem:

1. Do you lose time from work due to salt water reefing?
2. Is salt water reefing making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you salt water reef because you are shy with other people?
4. Is salt water reefing affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt remorse after salt water reefing?
6. Have you got into financial difficulties as a result of salt water reefing?
7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when salt water reefing?
8. Does your salt water reefing make you careless of your family's welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since salt water reefing?
10. Do you crave your salt water reef at a definite time daily?
11. Do you want to work on your salt water reef the next morning?
12. Does salt water reefing cause you to have difficulty sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since salt water reefing?
14. Is salt water reefing jeopardizing your job or business?
15. Do you salt water reef to escape from worries or trouble, and find yourself at the LFS?
16. Do you salt water reef alone?
17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of salt water reefing?
18. Has your physician ever treated you for salt water reefing?
19. Do you salt water reef to build up your self-confidence?
20. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution, or very large aquarium on account of reefing?

If you answered yes to two or more of these questions, you may need a bigger tank, or need to get out of the hobby altogether. If you choose the latter, please post all of your stuff right here.

You forgot: Is your reef included in your monthly budget of expenses?

The urge goes away when your bank account runs dry.

You've got it bad when: Even after your bank account runs dry, you look around the house for something to sell on SDreefs or craigslist for money. So you can buy some more things for your reef (corals, equipment,etc.).

[KingRB]

the Urge will never stop..

Don't forget to buy one.

[jacksandgo]

Jack's Law of Tank Upgrades states you must triple the size of your next upgrade in order to gain any satisfaction from it for more than two months. Soooo....round up and go 800 gallons and hug yourself each day.

quoting tech... YOURE telling me i need a bigger tank!!??? can i PM your my gfs cell# and can you call her and explain to her how you explained to me that i may need a bigger tank.. 240G TO 300? 350? 500?

[mmoore0803]

The urge never leaves

[Jessy]

Jack's Law of Tank Upgrades states you must triple the size of your next upgrade in order to gain any satisfaction from it for more than two months. Soooo....round up and go 800 gallons and hug yourself each day.

Cool, so the upgrade from my AP24 to my 60 should have lasted longer than the week it took me to get a 90gal? ....I think I'm what they call an "outlier" in your Law of Upgrades.

[jacksandgo]

LOL. I think you started too small for your own desires. It's like playing that old Monopoly game...do not pass go, buy a 90g, and collect $200...go straight for the 240 gallon and reach your zen moment....for two months.

Cool, so the upgrade from my AP24 to my 60 should have lasted longer than the week it took me to get a 90gal? ....I think I'm what they call an "outlier" in your Law of Upgrades.

[Redeye]

You've got it bad when: Even after your bank account runs dry, you look around the house for something to sell on SDreefs or craigslist for money. So you can buy some more things for your reef (corals, equipment,etc.).[/QUOTE]

I am so doing this RIGHT now

[DaChrisDude]

You've got it bad when: Even after your bank account runs dry, you look around the house for something to sell on SDreefs or craigslist for money. So you can buy some more things for your reef (corals, equipment,etc.).

That's pathetically true.... Guilty as charged.

[Noob]

90 gallon tank for 2 months..... got a 72.. had it for 1 month... 150 gallon tank, THE WAY I WANT IT I love it.

[fishfinger]

the urge does not go away. I started with a 20 and now I have ordered a 180. Not to mention the 5 other ones I have bought along the way......it's ridiculous.

[acbaldwin]

I'm scrounging through my house right now so I can make a trip by Chris' place to buy all his crap