who else does these things?

[ric maniac]

when i was feeding my tank today as i usually do i was feeding each polyp/mouth in my tank and talking to my fish and coral. my mom walked in on me and just gave me a weird look that had "get a life" written all over it. and this made me think, does anyone else do this? or is it just one of my idiosyncrasies?

 

[nietzsche]

Originally Posted by ric maniac
when i was feeding my tank today as i usually do i was feeding each polyp/mouth in my tank and talking to my fish and coral. my mom walked in on me and just gave me a weird look that had "get a life" written all over it. and this made me think, does anyone else do this? or is it just one of my idiosyncrasies?

lol that must have been funny. i always make people seem like my fish or snails have an interesting life. like if i see them doing something in the tank ill tell people "yeah and the two fish were fighting and the little fish must have been all like 'hey that's my home, not yours' "
why people (like me) like to make up stuff is beyond me :[ i bet my gf thinks im pretty weird sometimes

 

[stephenthefish]

haha i always yell at my fish "why do u have ich!" and i always say my scooter blenny is a bird dragon and lizard not a fish haha

 

[rykna]

I do it all the time. Animals do not speak english, but they understand far more than most people give them credit for~even fish.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/268841/what-fish-do-when-they-think-youre-not-looking

 

[puffer32]

When our maroon clown head butts a coral then swims up to the glass and stares at us as if to say, see what i did? We shake our fists at her and tell her to knock it off. She then retreats behind a rock. Then i wonder why i scold her, she can't hear me or begin to realize we are angry at her

But it makes us feel better

 

[reefforbrains]

Um......I have a different voice for each little critter...however the entire cleanup crew all have thick French accents and speak only broken english. Oh yeah and the snails always speak as if they are in a terrible rush to get somewhere.....
Average shrimp that comes out from behind a rock-
"Ah, hah, hah...I zee mowe of zee delicious gah-bage ovah de-ah. Please pardon moia vile I go forage on zat disgusting thing zat is growing on zee rock........"
All the fish always sound as if they are put out at me. They always complain about rockwork being ugly or how much I spent on a rock. Or they beg for food with sob stories about how hard they have it. For some reason most of the fish have either surfer accents or sound like Pirates.
Stupid but true. Its like a comedy routine for my dogs.

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
Um......I have a different voice for each little critter...however the entire cleanup crew all have thick French accents and speak only broken english. Oh yeah and the snails always speak as if they are in a terrible rush to get somewhere.....
Average shrimp that comes out from behind a rock-
"Ah, hah, hah...I zee mowe of zee delicious gah-bage ovah de-ah. Please pardon moia vile I go forage on zat disgusting thing zat is growing on zee rock........"
All the fish always sound as if they are put out at me. They always complain about rockwork being ugly or how much I spent on a rock. Or they beg for food with sob stories about how hard they have it. For some reason most of the fish have either surfer accents or sound like Pirates.
Stupid but true. Its like a comedy routine for my dogs.
Your's TOO!!!!

 

[veni vidi vici]

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
Um......I have a different voice for each little critter...however the entire cleanup crew all have thick French accents and speak only broken english. Oh yeah and the snails always speak as if they are in a terrible rush to get somewhere.....
Average shrimp that comes out from behind a rock-
"Ah, hah, hah...I zee mowe of zee delicious gah-bage ovah de-ah. Please pardon moia vile I go forage on zat disgusting thing zat is growing on zee rock........"
All the fish always sound as if they are put out at me. They always complain about rockwork being ugly or how much I spent on a rock. Or they beg for food with sob stories about how hard they have it. For some reason most of the fish have either surfer accents or sound like Pirates.
Stupid but true. Its like a comedy routine for my dogs.
Roflmao

My wife caught me squating down peeking over countertop in the dark ,i was trying to find out if i had mantis or pistol hitchhicker.She flicks on the lights and asked me"WHat the !*&^%! are you doing." I said Shhhhhhh im huntin wabbits.She just turned around,walked away ,shakeing head,and mumbled something.

 

[gman08016]

My wife gives me crap all the time because i sit and look at my fuge all the time.It really gets her

when i can sit there and talk to my fish but when she wants to have a conversation i give her a retarted look.I tell her the fish don't give me a headache and she does.

 

[bexleyfish]

Um... some of you guys are really creeping me out, lol

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by Veni Vidi Vici
Roflmao

My wife caught me squating down peeking over countertop in the dark ,i was trying to find out if i had mantis or pistol hitchhicker.She flicks on the lights and asked me"WHat the !*&^%! are you doing." I said Shhhhhhh im huntin wabbits.She just turned around,walked away ,shakeing head,and mumbled something.

 

[mscarpena]

Yeah you guys are very weird. I love my fish, but I do not talk to them, but hey what ever works for you guys.

 

[ric maniac]

thank god! i thought it was only me... i got my friend into the habbit of talking to my fish in a baby voice! lol. and rfb, thats hilarius about the shrimp! i named my arrow crab today as well...he will be called zeus!

 

[shrimpi]

I talk to my fuzzy dwarf lion.... all the time.
I guess its because as soon as I walk into the room he jets to the front of the tank on which ever side of the glass Im at.
I think he just wants to eat though... I dont think he actually 'looks forward to seeing me' lol.

I still talk to him though.

 

[smartorl]

At my LFS, they think I am nuts, several of us know the owner really well and hang out alot and I am the weirdo that always talks to "my friends" with fins. I am the one that babies the stressed or sick ones. The owner has given me two tanks for my "projects". I now have a few fish at the store that are my "friends" that are complete pets that I can't bring home because they aren't reef safe.