reefforbrains
Active Member
Ok so I have had this up my sleeve for a while and wanted to suprise her with it so I did the following.
I have an obsession with my reef, constantly adding and just generally playing with it. I travel alot so I have tons of friends in the hobby and some of them own shops so often business mixes in and it can be too much for someone not in the hobby with so much talk about shipping, airport timetables and different corals.
I hid the ring (1.4 center stone) .71 then .30 side stones 5 stones total.
I proposed originally on Feb 14th and the 71 is for my project in my avatar, thats another obsession. The .30 just looked best when I was choosing the stones to build it. (she has a thing about rings with 5 stones) Color is not perfect but the stones are dead clear and unflawed internally and in cut and table. (Yes I had saved for LOOOOOONNNNG TIME)
Had the thing built as a sollitare with a bridge of the other stones that wrap around it.
I came home today and was farting around with the tank and stuck it into the substrate. She asked me about the new add and I said a mushroom polyp. Holded up a bag I had prepped with a cup of water and a small rock in it. I asked her to check it out and she just smiled and said it looked great. It could have been a turd in a bag and she would say the same and smile supportivly. She rocks.......
So I finished hiding it in the tank and asked her to look at the new add and see if she could find it. Also that the new actics supplements make some of the rocks look shiny. So I asked her to look and see then I casually went to the garage to finish painting the top to the new Nano I built.
needless to say 5 minutes later ALL I heard was screaming and dogs barking. She was bouncing off the walls and the dogs were going nutz. I knew this was coming so I whipped out the cam and the rest is in the pics.
She was all giddy and shaking barley able to hold still and so afriad her hands were dirty but wanted to just dive headfirst into the tank. (thats a first)
Though I would share with you folks and only hope you folks have someone as good in your life.
Mods can move this to the aqaurium, but I think it belongs here in the Reef section since those with reefs can put such strain on thier spouse and they will surley appreciate this thread.
I have an obsession with my reef, constantly adding and just generally playing with it. I travel alot so I have tons of friends in the hobby and some of them own shops so often business mixes in and it can be too much for someone not in the hobby with so much talk about shipping, airport timetables and different corals.
I hid the ring (1.4 center stone) .71 then .30 side stones 5 stones total.
I proposed originally on Feb 14th and the 71 is for my project in my avatar, thats another obsession. The .30 just looked best when I was choosing the stones to build it. (she has a thing about rings with 5 stones) Color is not perfect but the stones are dead clear and unflawed internally and in cut and table. (Yes I had saved for LOOOOOONNNNG TIME)
Had the thing built as a sollitare with a bridge of the other stones that wrap around it.
I came home today and was farting around with the tank and stuck it into the substrate. She asked me about the new add and I said a mushroom polyp. Holded up a bag I had prepped with a cup of water and a small rock in it. I asked her to check it out and she just smiled and said it looked great. It could have been a turd in a bag and she would say the same and smile supportivly. She rocks.......
So I finished hiding it in the tank and asked her to look at the new add and see if she could find it. Also that the new actics supplements make some of the rocks look shiny. So I asked her to look and see then I casually went to the garage to finish painting the top to the new Nano I built.
needless to say 5 minutes later ALL I heard was screaming and dogs barking. She was bouncing off the walls and the dogs were going nutz. I knew this was coming so I whipped out the cam and the rest is in the pics.
She was all giddy and shaking barley able to hold still and so afriad her hands were dirty but wanted to just dive headfirst into the tank. (thats a first)
Though I would share with you folks and only hope you folks have someone as good in your life.
Mods can move this to the aqaurium, but I think it belongs here in the Reef section since those with reefs can put such strain on thier spouse and they will surley appreciate this thread.
