Crazyfishlady Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Said today at work (by me) "I'm going to lunch, gotta get some pantyhose so I can do a water change in my snowball tank" (should have taken a pic of some of the reactions) Duff0712, CiaraHono, CharlesWex and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterBugg Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Haha ya I try to tell my family about new stuff I learned about shrimp n they look at me like I'm crazy aquariumlover10 and Crazyfishlady 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I agree - I get so excited about it all. Two coworkers like hearing about it (or at least pretend to) the others can't understand the fascination to 'a tiny shrimp that you can't eat' ha ha I think I few still don't believe me when I tell them just how many people really are into keeping shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Start doing acronyms and they'll look at you lost. ""I just got in some TB and was thinking about putting them with either my RCS or CRS. I decided against the CRS because I don't want mischlings, but have yet to figure out the ph balance for cards and neos." Crazyfishlady, mosspearl and aquariumlover10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterBugg Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I know about the excitement I ordered a few things from Han that came in today felt like a kid in the candy shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterBugg Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Haha omg that'd get em lost in a second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Yes - my shipment from Han is arriving tomorrow and I can barely stand it. A few of my coworkers do actually ask me questions but one was shocked when she heard me mention the 'shrimp forum'. She looked at me and said "They really have a forum for that?" I work in health insurance so we are used to throwing out acronyms all the time but, I do feel kinda almost smart when I talk about how I'm sticking to neos right now because I'm not ready to deal with active substrate and r/o water - lol It can be amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Love it! I'm beginning to understand the Crazyfishlady username.... My husband can't believe anybody pays over $1 per shrimp. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Yes ... I am rather 'unique' but I like it. I told my kids it's better than the crazy cat lady (only have one cat). I even pretended it was 'cheaper' you know... no vet bills, no special cat food... hmmm that's all I got on that one, ha ha evabug1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Wait till you tell someone you've got a molt in your tank....now that leads to speculation! Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff0712 Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I love the reactions of showing anyone (even a couple shrimp people) the retail prices of the MK Shrimp. The PRL's from the recent Blue Crown Aquatic Facebook auction come to mind. I'm still in shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted February 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 I love the reactions of showing anyone (even a couple shrimp people) the retail prices of the MK Shrimp. The PRL's from the recent Blue Crown Aquatic Facebook auction come to mind. I'm still in shock. Yea, Soothing told me about a few prices and my jaw even dropped... wow! Duff0712 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I try to not tell people how much my MK Blue Zebra Pinto actually cost. Duff0712 and Crazyfishlady 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Not me I don't know Latin names but. When you tell people my (really long Latin name)tank is infected by(really long Latin name for a parasite) so I need to go to PETsMART to get (some weird chemical name for medication, so see ya later. Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpmaster Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Awesome topic. "What, how many fish tanks you've got?!" > Eh, about 10 "Ok, so how many fish you've got?" > zero... "Walks away with his eyebrows in the air..." Soothing Shrimp, aquariumlover10, Crazyfishlady and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrick.p.lanich Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yeah. I had the same confusion when I started my first shrimp tank. Couple of the guys were interested enough they kept asking questions. Now they want updates whenever things change on the tank. Soothing Shrimp and chibikaie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 You converted them! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJam Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sold some f1 hybrids (for Taiwan gene) at auction. First year anything but cherry shrimp went up. No one had a clue what they were except for two bidders. Got some real funny looks. .. From fish people! Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I know when I mention I keep shrimp tanks I always get asked if I eat them.... Another aspect that comes with the hobby is selling plants. I remember once meeting up with a local guy to sell him moss. As we both pulled into a parking lot of a bank (meeting halfway) we get out shake hands talk for a bit then I say let me get what you came here fore. Open my back door and pull out 3 zip lock bags full of green fluffy moss, and then we proceed to exchange money for the moss. I make the joking comment that I only sell top notch stuff and not that cheap imitation stuff (miss labeled mosses). As I turn to walk back to my car I catch out of the corner of my eye 6 bank employees and some customers staring at us thru the banks window..... Nothing to worry about folks just another successful sale. Shrimpmaster, Crazyfishlady, Ren and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 That reminds me of a time when I went to PETsMART, some guys where buying drugs, and then they look at it and threw them at the dude that they bought from who was in his car, and he was about to drive off when a guy picks up a big rock from the median thing and break in his front window, he also had a knife, we left asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterBugg Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 That's a Crazy petsmart O.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yup, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'm a chef so anytime I mention the shrimp for the first time they assume I'm raising them to eat. ArtheLad, aquariumlover10, WaterBugg and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'm a chef so anytime I mention the shrimp for the first time they assume I'm raising them to eat.Put a couple in a mini aquaponic herb garden and pretend you're growing dinner from scratch. Crazyfishlady and WaterBugg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Put a couple in a mini aquaponic herb garden and pretend you're growing dinner from scratch. That's a good idea! I used to grow a plethora of micro greens hydroponically in my apartment for the restaurant so I guess its not that far of a stretch to assume I'm going to eat the shrimp too lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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