My first thought about Todd's reply was "here's a serious response" (which
it was). Then: "I very nearly wept tears of joy when All Glass came out
with a 220 gallon as a standard size." Brought the mania of our obsession
back into perspective.
Come on you people, I know there is more of this good stuff out there. Let
fly!
Here's mine:
I came home with another tank. My wife asked "What are you out of your
mind?"
I had no response...
(I'd really like to hear from Kahley the Reefbuilder!)
Tom
West Hyblos Creek Drainage
Washington State
----- Original Message -----
From: "Crail, Todd" <tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:57 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- A New Perspective - Follow-up
> My strategy has been to limit the number but increase the gallons per
> incident, as other people's opinions seem to measure by number and
> reflects
> directly as to what is overboard in the spouse department. Little
> reaction
> from the public... Little reaction from the significant other. You might
> even
> convince them that it's "okay" because Fred and Nancy's little Johhny "has
> 3
> aquariums and you should take him out fishin too!" which of course, makes
> a
> further deposit in the Bank of Aquatikarma.
>
> The way it works? I only have "4 aquariums" because that's a truthful
> answer
> to what people _typically_ ask ("How many aquariums do you have?"). They
> never think to ask how many gallons... And so, for example, when I was
> reef
> keeping in a 2 bdrm apartment, answering "3" didn't sound so horrible or
> unnormal or even approaching as obsessed as I was.
>
> All this in spite of the fact that my aquaria could actually be measured
> as
> "1/2 gallon per sq foot" and "2.5 watts of light per sq foot". Or in the
> case
> of my current 100 gallon riffle tank... "37" was also a truthful answer
> to
> the "number of species present in that tank".
>
> You must also set the standards for what something is. Many people think
> that
> 55 gallons is "huge" or "enormous". For something to be so, it should
> have to
> be above and beyond what you can normally purchase, right? I very nearly
> wept
> tears of joy when All Glass came out with a 220 gallon as a standard size.
>
> It's all not about _what_ it is... It's about how you present it. :)
>
> Todd
> The Muddy Maumee Madness, Toledo, OH
> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
> http://www.farmertodd.com <http://www.farmertodd.com>
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