Saltwater Tanks: What do you hate?

Fin · Jun 3, 2017

People calling my Hippo Tang - "Dory!"

Palyzoa · Jun 3, 2017

Over priced Corals with silly names. Yet, I still pay for them!

GatorScott · Jun 3, 2017

The elusive cleaner shrimp that I can't catch!!!

Gamma · Jun 3, 2017

Testing.. hate doing it.

GatorScott · Jun 3, 2017

Katrina71 said:
When my husband looks at the tank and rolls his eyes.

Divorce NOW!!!!!

Reefltx · Jun 3, 2017

Cleaning the sump...

Katrina71 · Jun 3, 2017

GatorScott said:
Divorce NOW!!!!!

Lol

SteveO64 · Jun 3, 2017

I hate driving 70 miles to the nearest saltwater fish store and they don't have anything I will or can buy.

Murica · Jun 3, 2017

SteveO64 said:
I hate driving 70 miles to the nearest saltwater fish store and they don't have anything I will or can buy.

Online is the way to go [emoji106]

garethwood · Jun 3, 2017

hate not winning the lottery again this week so i cant press proceed on my ideal cart full of stuff : (

Mr. Bill · Jun 3, 2017

ThunderGoose said:
All the cool stuff I see for sale that when I go looking for care information it turns out they really can't be kept in captivity for a long period of time. Or no one knows enough about them to keep them long term. Or they're extremely difficult and only a few people have managed to keep them alive.

Looking at you, nudibranchs.

Seeing inappropriate animals being sold into the hobby is more of a pet peeve for me.

And let's not forget all the different species of sea stars that are being sold as scavengers and algae grazers. :mad:

Gaines69 · Jun 3, 2017

Rakie said:
FOWLR .. sorry, but the nicest saltwater fish pale in comparison to fw options. The meanest sw fish pale in comparison to fw.

SW fish have nothing on fw in general.

Have you seen a Manderian fish. I have never seen a FW fish as beautiful. JS.

tomte25 · Jun 3, 2017

Knowing I can't get that diamond gobi because I have no room for a refugium to properly feed it

Ravens243 · Jun 3, 2017

I have a mandarin that I target feed every day and he comes to my turkey baster when I turn my pump off. I usually pile all the food in a pile for him so he can stare at it and shake his head all he wants. But nothing ticks me off more when he chases a random single piece while staring at it and loses the pile I made for him. He will look everywhere through the tank for food and I have to fight clown fish to guard the pile.

Gaines69 · Jun 3, 2017

Ravens243 said:
I have a mandarin that I target feed every day and he comes to my turkey baster when I turn my pump off. I usually pile all the food in a pile for him so he can stare at it and shake his head all he wants. But nothing ****** me off more when he chases a random single piece while staring at it and loses the pile I made for him. He will look everywhere through the tank for food and I have to fight clown fish to guard the pile.

My manderian is spoiled. I won't put anything in my tank that might bother Kermit. I even added a small hob fish breeding box to use as a small refugium strictly to breed pods. ( it now homes two hermit crabs because they were trying to kill my turbo snail. Donating them to classroom tank where I work). I also target feed with filter turned off. I make sure everyone gets to eat. I also buy live pods once a month. I think I spend more on his food than I do mine. Lol

Rakie · Jun 3, 2017

Gaines69 said:
Have you seen a Manderian fish. I have never seen a FW fish as beautiful. JS.

Sounds like you've never heard of many FW fish outside of the common stuff

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I believe all of these give a mandarin a run for their money. js

Gaines69 · Jun 3, 2017

Rakie said:
Sounds like you've never heard of many FW fish outside of the common stuff

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I believe all of these give a mandarin a run for their money. js