Mistakes/Regrets of 2018?

[SurfTrack]

My biggest mistake of 2018 was buying a "reef safe" pufferfish

 

[Tangina20]

My biggest mistake of 2018 was buying a "reef safe" pufferfish

Mine was buying lights that I couldn’t use when I upgraded to a bigger tank and had to buy new ones. And not quarantining fish

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

• Killing the first saltwater fish I bought. Had it for 2 years until I overdosed NoPox.
• Convincing myself that I can take care of clams. Now 0 for 2 and it makes me feel awful.

 

[Mikefdny]

Using bayer advanced to dip my corals-
Killed all my shrimp, all my crabs, and a sand shifting gobbie.....
I used 20 ML per cup (2 cups) for 12 mins, rinsed in 3 different salt water cups, thought I really did a great job rinsing them but apparently not good enough.... it was a learning lesson for sure, that stuff is really toxic- wish I had the room for a quarantine tank.... regrets for 2018 for sure

 

[Mikefdny]

Now consistent water changes so I can get my shrimps back!

 

[Pbh-reef]

Not quaranting my first three fish. I really miss them.

 

[Mikefdny]

Using bayer advanced to dip my corals-
Killed all my shrimp, all my crabs, and a sand shifting gobbie.....
I used 20 ML per cup (2 cups) for 12 mins, rinsed in 3 different salt water cups, thought I really did a great job rinsing them but apparently not good enough.... it was a learning lesson for sure, that stuff is really toxic- wish I had the room for a quarantine tank.... regrets for 2018 for sure

 

[dantimdad]

Regrets, I've had a few. But, then again, too few to mention....

 

[Tangina20]

• Killing the first saltwater fish I bought. Had it for 2 years until I overdosed NoPox.
• Convincing myself that I can take care of clams. Now 0 for 2 and it makes me feel awful.

I was thinking about clams, what lighting do you run?

 

[dbj180]

Mine was putting a tang that was supposed to be "qt'ed" at a LFS straight in my dt. Never do that again. Lesson learned. Although with the new info I read about ich going dormant and lasting longer than 76 days, I'm ready to forget the fallow period and begin ich management.

 

[SurfTrack]

Mine was putting a tang that was supposed to be "qt'ed" at a LFS straight in my dt. Never do that again. Lesson learned. Although with the new info I read about ich going dormant and lasting longer than 76 days, I'm ready to forget the fallow period and begin ich management.

Yikes. What happened?

 

[Reefpuck]

Not putting a screen on top of my QT...twice. :/

 

[SurfTrack]

Not putting a screen on top of my QT...twice. :/

I can relate to that..

 

[dbj180]

Yikes. What happened?

I managed to move enough rocks around to catch all the fish. I did loose the tang I'm qt but the rest seem to be troopers

 

[cvrle1]

 

[Dimmy007]

Drinking during @CherryCorals Live sale! Don't drink and order. Not really to mad. Drunk me has good taste in coral

 

[Tangina20]

Drinking during @CherryCorals Live sale! Don't drink and order. Not really to mad. Drunk me has good taste in coral

What exactly are live sales I hear of them a lot but I don’t know what they are or when they are?

 

[Dimmy007]

What exactly are live sales I hear of them a lot but I don’t know what they are or when they are?

There are companys like @CherryCorals and @AquaSD that will put on sales through R2R. They have awesome deals on frags and even some colonies. Basically they post pictures on the forum and you click on the coral you want and it takes you to their site to purchase. But you have to be the first to put it in your cart and check out. So you need to be fast. You don't always get the ones you want so it can be fun and frustrating for some. Like @AngryMike2016 . They usually announce them on the main forum page so keep your eyes out for the next one.

 

[Tangina20]

There are companys like @CherryCorals and @AquaSD that will put on sales through R2R. They have awesome deals on frags and even some colonies. Basically they post pictures on the forum and you click on the coral you want and it takes you to their site to purchase. But you have to be the first to put it in your cart and check out. So you need to be fast. You don't always get the ones you want so it can be fun and frustrating for some. Like @AngryMike2016 . They usually announce them on the main forum page so keep your eyes out for the next one.

Awesome I’ll check it out!!

 

[xaflatoonx]

Using bayer advanced to dip my corals-
Killed all my shrimp, all my crabs, and a sand shifting gobbie.....
I used 20 ML per cup (2 cups) for 12 mins, rinsed in 3 different salt water cups, thought I really did a great job rinsing them but apparently not good enough.... it was a learning lesson for sure, that stuff is really toxic- wish I had the room for a quarantine tank.... regrets for 2018 for sure

Wait. What?

I thought what you did is the most used / preferred way to dip corals.

Is that not the case?

 

[Pntbll687]

My biggest regret was building a diy sump, then not being able to get the old sump out of the stand.

I forgot that the original sump was put in the stand when the display tank was not in place yet.