crustytheclown
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I was at the LFS yesterday and ready to buy a large Finger Leather, when I glanced down the row of display tanks and spotted a beautiful Naso Tang. Being that my wife adores them, I felt it best to forgo the coral for now, in favor of the tang as a surprise for her.
I had just finished acclimating/releasing the tang when she pulled in the driveway, so I quickly put all of the containers away and pitched the plastic bags.
Because of our work schedules, I have barely seen her for the past couple of weeks, because I was first out of town, then she was pulling lots of OT in preparation for a trade show -- yadda, yadda, yadda...
Anyway, when she gets in the door, I'm kicked back on the on the couch watching the O'reilly factor (Bill O'reilly is a GOD), when she glances towards the tank and immediately notices the Naso just barely peering out from behind all of the rockwork. She then goes over to the tank and just sits on the floor staring up at it, talking about how beautiful it is, and also that if the Yellow Tang doesn't quit annoying it, the Naso will kick it's ass, and rightfully so. She then noticed the Hippo Tang was just staying clear of the battles, while grazing obviously.
She then has me get our "Marine Encyclopedia" to read her the details & specs of her new fish, as she continues to just lay there staring at the tank. To my surprise, she got up and opened up the doors to the stand, and remarked about how well the macro's were doing in the fuge, and how she wished we hadn't had the electrical catastrophe last week, which nuked the tank and a few of it's inhabitants.
--- Back to laying down and staring --
Finally, she decides to get up and quickly fix dinner, as she had a meeting to attend at church. She gets dinner ready, and YEP, she ploped down right in front of the tank while eating!
My biggest concern is; now that she has developed a passion for my favorite place in the house, I no longer have "the" front row view of my own reef.
Me thinks I need a 220g with stadium seating, and quick!
I had just finished acclimating/releasing the tang when she pulled in the driveway, so I quickly put all of the containers away and pitched the plastic bags.
Because of our work schedules, I have barely seen her for the past couple of weeks, because I was first out of town, then she was pulling lots of OT in preparation for a trade show -- yadda, yadda, yadda...
Anyway, when she gets in the door, I'm kicked back on the on the couch watching the O'reilly factor (Bill O'reilly is a GOD), when she glances towards the tank and immediately notices the Naso just barely peering out from behind all of the rockwork. She then goes over to the tank and just sits on the floor staring up at it, talking about how beautiful it is, and also that if the Yellow Tang doesn't quit annoying it, the Naso will kick it's ass, and rightfully so. She then noticed the Hippo Tang was just staying clear of the battles, while grazing obviously.
She then has me get our "Marine Encyclopedia" to read her the details & specs of her new fish, as she continues to just lay there staring at the tank. To my surprise, she got up and opened up the doors to the stand, and remarked about how well the macro's were doing in the fuge, and how she wished we hadn't had the electrical catastrophe last week, which nuked the tank and a few of it's inhabitants.
--- Back to laying down and staring --
Finally, she decides to get up and quickly fix dinner, as she had a meeting to attend at church. She gets dinner ready, and YEP, she ploped down right in front of the tank while eating!
My biggest concern is; now that she has developed a passion for my favorite place in the house, I no longer have "the" front row view of my own reef.
Me thinks I need a 220g with stadium seating, and quick!
