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You Know You're a Fishkeeper When...

Check out these funny one-liners to determine if you're a fishkeeper.

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You sing to your fish, "I'll Be There" and other Michael Jackson songs before you turn off the fish light and go to sleep.

You spend more time preparing the fish food than your own.

You just DOWNSIZED your tv to make room for a larger tank in the living room.

You're looking at new rentals in New York City to have more aquarium space, forgetting location IS important.

Your husband calls and says he'll be late again, you're not worried, he's at the newly opened saltwater fish store.

You aren't watching your tanks you are always watching "Finding Nemo."

You sue the sushi place because they serve raw fish.

The local library has to send somebody to retrieve all of the fish books you've "forgotten" to return.

You try to do a water change when you clean the gerbil's cage.

The only reason you go to your room is to sleep, and look at your fish.

You wake up in a panic on vacation because you can't hear any filters.

You're a law student who researches more about how to grow your own coral than researching about the case that your final paper is on.

you're on vacation and you call your mother early in the morning (so that your girlfriend doesn't know your doing "fish stuff") so you can walk her through how to check the pH, ammonia and nitrate/ite levels in the tanks and what chemicals to add.

you have your fish as the background of your laptop that you bring to school, then your screensaver goes on (because you're staring at your wallpaper and thinking of your fish for too long) and the screensaver is of your fish too!

Your reef tank gets the purified water, yet you get the untreated tap water.

You and the pet store employee are on a first name basis.

You have pictures of your fish next to pictures of your kids in your cubicle.

Your fish get more attention than your kids do.

You stop going by the one inch of fish per gallon rule and say hello to your new buddy tank surface area.

You actually debated selling the dining room table to make room for that dream tank. How bad can eating from TV trays actually be, really?

You have more fish food in your house than human food.

You come home late from work and your wife checks your phone records for calls to fish stores instead of calls to other women.

You have to decide between feeding your fish or paying your bills.

You say goodnight to each of you fish, but not your parents.

Your kids complain you love your fish more than them.

You have to buy a temporary holding tank to put in your hotel room during your honeymoon because you saw some great fish while on vacation and had to get them.

You when call into work and report you have to stay home to take care of a sick fish.

Your family tells you to get an iPod for christmas, but you get a fish tank instead.

You know everyone at the fish store by name and as a greeting they say, "The usual?"

You use yourself as bait to catch mosquitoes to feed your fish.

You always have wet socks.

Your skin feels slimy.

You stop drinking water.

You have no predators in your fish tank.

You have marks on your fishtank from your head banging on it.

Your house smells like fish food.

You find yourself leafing through Aquarium Fish International and pacing the aisles of fish stores for home decorating ideas.

Everybody at work has pictures of their kids in their cube, and you have your fish.

You remove your kids pictures from your wallet to have more room for fish pictures.

you shop at fish stores more than clothing stores.

You know the scientific names of every fish, but you don't know the names of your kids.

You have birthdays for every one of your fish.

You beg your family to help you in running back and forth to diligently check if your female guppy has delivered her fry so you can save as many as possible!

Your neighbors report not having seen you in weeks, and a diver in the ocean reports having run into you in the ocean.

Your fish get presents while you don't.

Your fridge has more fish food than food for you.

Each and every one of your fish has a Facebook page.

You have more than 8,000 emails in your inbox because you visit FishChannel everyday.

You call your fish your son or daughter instead of your kids.

You own a generator strictly to run your tanks during a power failure and couldn't care less about the food spoiling in your fridge.

You remember the day you bought each of your fish, but can’t remember your wedding anniversary.

Your spouse gets jealous, because you buy more stuff for your fish than you do them.

You pay more attention to your fish's nutrition than your own.

You suck on the siphon to start it flowing and a mouthful of bottom water doesn't bother you one bit.

You dream about fish every night.

You go to get a glass of drinking water and you mix salt with it.

You have your boss make out your paycheck to your local aquarium store.

You pour yourself a glass of water and reach for the dechlorinator.

Your fish start talking to you.

You get hungry every time you open fish food.

You spend the night away from home and wake up in a panic through the night because you can't hear your filters.

Instead of going home you go to the fish store and rant to the fish about your day knowing they’ll listen more than your parents.

You watch Sesame Street and worry that Elmo's goldfish Dororthy has too small of bowl.

You fall face first into unexpected money and immediately start thinking about what aquarium equipment you can spend it on.

Your fish has babies and you can't wait to go on FishChannel to tell all your friends.

Your wife gives you a fish for Valentine’s Day.

You have fish in your waterbed.

You are employee of the month at your local fish store ... and you don't even work there.

Your hands are in the fish tank more than the kitchen sink.

You plan your vacations to include a fish auction.

You take your fish on vacation with you.

You have to get rid of your couch to make room for your new aquarium.

When you give your granddaughter $2 not to tell grandma there is a new fish in your tank.

Your water and electric company send you gift certificates for your local fish store.

You have a memorial service when you lose a fish.

You give advice to the salespeople at your local fish store.

You forget to feed yourself, but you never forget to feed your fish.

You have more water in your tanks than your neighbor has in his/her pool.

Your spouse knows exactly where to find you when you don't come straight home from work; at the local fish store.

You run out of wall space because there is a tank on every one.

You name your kid after your favorite fish.

The food you feed your fish is better than the food you feed yourself.

You'd rather clean your tank than your room.

You get more birthday and Christmas cards from fish stores than from family.
 
Your friends know all about your fish, but had no idea you had kids.

Your friends come over to your house just to watch your aquariums.

You spend more time and money on water for your fish than for yourself.

You can’t decide between fixing your bathroom and expanding your fishroom.

You watch your aquarium more than your TV.

Every available outlet has a protein skimmer plugged into it.

You can’t fall asleep without the sound of a running filter.

The local fish store keeps an open line of credit and a 24-hour hotline available just for you.

You remember to check your aquarium’s pH but forget to brush your teeth.

You make your significant other sit in the back seat so you can strap your new fish into your passenger’s seat while driving home from the fish store.

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You move all your furniture in your romo to make room for one more tank.
Devin, Oakton, VA
Posted: 2/11/2010 8:52:04 AM
You dream about your reef tank more than the opposite gender.
Jesse, New Smyrna, FL
Posted: 1/6/2010 4:10:16 PM
you teach your fish tricks, like playing basketball, and your dog doesn't know how to do anything but sit.
Jesse, New Smyrna, FL
Posted: 1/6/2010 3:53:22 PM
Everyone's so quiet.
Susannah, Hot Coffee, MS
Posted: 10/29/2009 2:21:46 PM
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