You know your a fishkeeper when your girlfriend is certain that you are cheating on her with some girl at the LFS because "why else would anyone go there all the time?"
You know you're a fishkeeper when.......
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You know your a fishkeeper when you check on your fish before going to the bathroom when you get home from school.
YKYAFW your mom had to put a "3 tank limit" on your tanks.
YKYAFW when your dream is to have a massive pond with a single column of water held up my a vacuum in your future house.
YKYAFW your mom had to put a "3 tank limit" on your tanks.
YKYAFW when your dream is to have a massive pond with a single column of water held up my a vacuum in your future house.
you know you're a fish keeper when you turn to your mother and shout excitedly "HIS POO IS RED!! I DID IT I DID IT!!!!" mom- "What?" me-"HIS POO IS RED!!!!!" mom- "WHAT??" me-"He ate the new food, I switched him off feeders.... geez mom don't you pay attention to anything?!!"
you know your a fish keeper when your 5 year old knows what a caudal fin is
you know you're a fish keeper when you're planning to get rid of your couch because "we don't use it THAT much" to make room for more tanks!!
you know your a fish keeper when you're leaving for work in the morning and your telling your spouse "now don't forget to feed the fish before you leave! and don't feed him too much! But don't make it too little either! You know what? Just let me do it when I get home. Love you!"
you know you're a fish keeper when your cleaning kisses off your tank from all 4 members of your house.
you know you're a fish keeper when the doctor says no heavy lifting for 2 weeks and the first thing you're spouse says when you get in the car is NO WATER CHANGES!! Then you sneak while they are taking a nap and do it any way, collapse in the floor from the pain shake it off and finish the water change before they wake up!!
you know your a fish keeper when your 5 year old knows what a caudal fin is
you know you're a fish keeper when you're planning to get rid of your couch because "we don't use it THAT much" to make room for more tanks!!
you know your a fish keeper when you're leaving for work in the morning and your telling your spouse "now don't forget to feed the fish before you leave! and don't feed him too much! But don't make it too little either! You know what? Just let me do it when I get home. Love you!"
you know you're a fish keeper when your cleaning kisses off your tank from all 4 members of your house.
you know you're a fish keeper when the doctor says no heavy lifting for 2 weeks and the first thing you're spouse says when you get in the car is NO WATER CHANGES!! Then you sneak while they are taking a nap and do it any way, collapse in the floor from the pain shake it off and finish the water change before they wake up!!
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Can't b-lieve I am going to post this but................
YKYAFK when yur husband is offering to accept special treats for your right to spend X amount of fish money
You know your a fish keeper when you have to explain to friends that your not running a large scale weed factory. (have containers of plants all over the house)
You know your a fish keeper when you force people to stop the movie so you can complain about how overstocked the tanks are...
YKYAFKW you spend all day (seriously! 11 am up until 8 pm) cleaning, rescaping, and rescaping again (dang, that sword did not look good there like i thought it would!) in your planted tank.
Now to figure out a way to get paid for that work day/night!
OMG - this is SO me.
When you break your iPhone you are more upset that the money to replace it has to come out of your CO2 fund then your phone actually breaking
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No more lifting heavy buckets.
And YKYAFK when your principal at school asks to speak with you in the middle of class and it turns out it is because he has heard that you keep aquariums and wants to know why his fish keep dieing (the tank is now doing well btw
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