Saltwater Tanks: What do you hate?

[nitro]

Watching a fish get sick, and sicker and no matter what you do he wastes away to nothing and dies and all you do to help does nothing. Such a helpless feeling.

 

[64Ivy]

Reefkeepers who leave their magnetic glass cleaners stuck to their tanks 24/7. Even in FTS photos!

 

[MeridiaRose]

Reefkeepers who leave their magnetic glass cleaners stuck to their tanks 24/7. Even in FTS photos!

Just curious as to why that bothers you?

 

[burden2626]

When my fish decide my corals belong upside down eating sand

my yellow tang makes sure if i place somthing in hes spots that there upside down in sand

 

[Fishfinder]

The ick I'm dealing with because I didn't QT some inverts

 

[Gaines69]

Finding a hitchhiker and not being able to find out what it is.

I mean what if it's bad for my tank. Lol

 

[jmerideth1]

Finding a hitchhiker and not being able to find out what it is.

I mean what if it's bad for my tank. Lol

Well that looks like a stomatella snail (good)

 

[Gaines69]

Well that looks like a stomatella snail (good)

A snail?? I thought snails had shells. Lol

 

[alanbetiger]

A snail?? I thought snails had shells. Lol

If you look close there is a small oval shell that's about half it's length

 

[Gaines69]

If you look close there is a small oval shell that's about half it's length

Thanks so much for the info. This was the first time I have seen him. I was thinking it was a slug. lol I'm learning so much from the critters I find that came with the live rock. I can just set and watch this tank for hours. My son had a friend over and the first thing he spotted in the tank was Spike, my short spined urchin.

 

[VP616]

...the "death stare" my wife gives me because another box arrived from BRS, MarineDepot, Amazon, etc.

It's the same stare I get when she hears water sloshing when I'm carrying plastic bags into the house. I noticed during those times, I make the same movements and actions as my 3-year old when he gets caught doing something wrong.

 

[londonloco]

When my Wife says the tank is cleaner then the house!

My tanks are cleaner than my house, hands down!

I have 2 fw tanks and a reef, and while currently my sw fish are more colorful than my fw fish, I have had Mbuna that gives ANY sw fish a run for it's money.

Edit....on topic.....fighting algae......

 

[gacolt]

Testing never liked it
starting a new tank

 

[Gaines69]

Oh I hate that I put the aquarium up in one room and now I want it in another but I'm scared to move it because everyone is doing so good.

 

[Marinebionerd]

When non reefers come too your house and see your aquarium stocked with thousands of dollars of corals and ask "Where's nemo?"

 

[64Ivy]

Just curious as to why that bothers you?

'Cause I'm old and cranky.

 

[Webslinger]

The freshwater people get those adorable pea puffers though. I would mention green spot puffers but those are brackish. Always wanted one

You can put them in a SW tank too, Just like mollies

 

[A Toadstool Leather]

You can put them in a SW tank too, Just like mollies

I never knew that. Dont they start off in fresh/brackish water? Pea puffers are freshwater though

 

[Webslinger]

They are brackish water. They actually do better in saltwater then when put in freshwater as they won't live there long. There is a freshwater Sakura breed but they grow larger.

 

[Mr. Bill]

They are brackish water. They actually do better in saltwater then when put in freshwater as they won't live there long. There is a freshwater Sakura breed but they grow larger.

Another pet peeve of mine- the misrepresentation of animals by the friendly, knowledgeable LFS. Brackish fish that would thrive far better in saltwater being sold as freshwater species. And I wonder how many millions of fiddler crabs and land hermits have suffered a long, horrible death at the hands of those who took advice solely from the LFS. The fiddler is not even aquatic, nevermind freshwater, and the hermit is not a desert animal. Both are shoreline creatures that require a large area of dry land, and a saltwater pool for bathing.