Just Own It

[The_Paradox]

I know we are all consummate professionals so who will own up to some savagery. Who here has:

1. Suck started a siphon
2. Bare fisted something dead out of their tank
3. "Adjusted" salinity by throwing pure salt into return sock or somewhere else
4. Hand cleaned the skimmer cup
5. Dosed anything by SWAG (just eyeballing it)
6. Smelled a used filter/skimmer/media bag/etc on purpose

Im sure no one here does these things, but anyone here want the bonus points for carelessly starting a siphon and spitting the water back into the tank?

 

[Northern Flicker]

For us veterans - who here has run a wet fishing net across an electrified fluorescent bulb because the starter can’t quite get it kicked on?

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I know we all consummate professionals so who will own up to some savagery. Who here has:

1. Suck started a siphon
2. Bare fisted something dead out of their tank
3. "Adjusted" salinity by throwing pure salt into return sock or somewhere else
4. Hand cleaned the skimmer cup
5. Dosed anything by SWAG (just eyeballing it)
6. Smelled a used filter/skimmer/media bag/etc on purpose

Im sure no one here does these things, but anyone here want the bonus points for carelessly starting a siphon and spitting the water back into the tank?

ohhh I've spit the siphoned water back countless times lol

 

[Sly Element]

For us veterans - who here has run a wet fishing net across an electrified fluorescent bulb because the starter can’t quite get it kicked on?

Thnx for the tip!

 

[The_Paradox]

ohhh I've spit the siphoned water back countless times lol

I believe we all have, yet when you talk to people they insist you're an animal if you do that. If we really did that we would have certainly all died from a bacteria infection or palytoxin poisoning @cnhutch

 

[TurboTang]

Whoever hasn't done all 6 of those items is just new to the hobby - in time it will all seem normal

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I believe we all have, yet when you talk to people they insist you're an animal if you do that. If we really did that we would have certainly all died from a bacteria infection or palytoxin poisoning @cnhutch

ohhh I'm sure I've ingested my fair share of palytoxin aswell lol

 

[shakacuz]

Whoever hasn't done all 6 of those items is just new to the hobby - in time it will all seem normal

this! haha

 

[The_Paradox]

I like to hold the coral feeder in my teeth like a dagger and glare at anyone in the room mean-mugging me after I drop something into the tank too.

 

[Heres_doe_]

I know we all consummate professionals so who will own up to some savagery. Who here has:

1. Suck started a siphon
2. Bare fisted something dead out of their tank
3. "Adjusted" salinity by throwing pure salt into return sock or somewhere else
4. Hand cleaned the skimmer cup
5. Dosed anything by SWAG (just eyeballing it)
6. Smelled a used filter/skimmer/media bag/etc on purpose

Im sure no one here does these things, but anyone here want the bonus points for carelessly starting a siphon and spitting the water back into the tank?

Perfect I've done them all in the first year of reefing lol

 

[doubleshot00]

Not a veteran but done them all but added salt to my sock.

My kids smell the skimmer cup all the time.

 

[snorklr]

if you think tank water is bad my earliest siphoning incidents involved gasoline....

 

[cnhutch]

I believe we all have, yet when you talk to people they insist you're an animal if you do that. If we really did that we would have certainly all died from a bacteria infection or palytoxin poisoning @cnhutch

Lol I think that after I'm not new the only thing that would stop me from doing this is health issues I already have ( that would possibly make it easier to get sick from), but I did it years ago when I had a freshwater tank.

 

[exnisstech]

All except swag a dose but I manually dose alk only so it's not like it's a big deal to measure it. I must admit I'm getting pretty darn good starting a syphon without getting water in my mouth. The worst part in when I'm not paying attention to the hose and end that goes in my mouth is covered with cob webs and dog hair. Give me dirty tank water any day.
Most of my maintenance is done in an unfinished basement for those of you squeaky clean folks that think having dog hair and cobwebs is nasty. Well it is but I live with it

 

[Dburr1014]

I have done all that. I'm not proud of it.

 

[The_Paradox]

It’s the sirens call to sniff the protein cup. Even if you never have, next time you empty it the thought will go through your head.

 

[LiquidSpace]

Who doesn’t love smelling stinky stuff even though they know it’s stinky and you’re going to regret it?

 

[paragrouper]

5 out of 6. I’ll add the table salt trick to my bucket list.

 

[The_Paradox]

5 out of 6. I’ll add the table salt trick to my bucket list.

LOL. I meant pure salt as in dry aquarium salt not in solution not some pink Himalayan

Won't lie though. If I had a nano tank and it was nearby...

 

[fish farmer]

I know we are all consummate professionals so who will own up to some savagery. Who here has:

1. Suck started a siphon
2. Bare fisted something dead out of their tank
3. "Adjusted" salinity by throwing pure salt into return sock or somewhere else
4. Hand cleaned the skimmer cup
5. Dosed anything by SWAG (just eyeballing it)
6. Smelled a used filter/skimmer/media bag/etc on purpose

Im sure no one here does these things, but anyone here want the bonus points for carelessly starting a siphon and spitting the water back into the tank?

All of the above and some quite regularly. My day job is at a trout hatchery...if I don't get a little fish crap on me occasionally then I'm not doing my job. I also fish and go outside and play in the dirt.