Stupidest things you’ve done Reefing!!!!

[Ksull72487]

Okay guys I wanted to start this up. I buy Ocean Water just cuz the Nanos are easy and cheap. Sometimes I’ll mix salt with the 5 gallon purified since that’s where I work I get it for free and that’s what i top off with. Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium are the trace amounts.

So me being totally stupid not thinking. Leaves the water in the trunk yesterday. I put in the heater and I start siphoning. It was 30-50 degrees out today. My dumb butt isn’t going to heat that water up in less than 5 hours. Lol. But I got a 200watt heater in the tank. So I might get in done in 2. Or close enough.

That takes the cake for me. Dumbest thing I’ve done.

By far the stupidest thing I ever did. Luckily I didn’t take much out and I can speed up the process with the other heater.

 

[boacvh]

I switched my apex DOS to ON instead of AUTO and dumped almost 1L of 2 part into tank. Pretty stupid of me. (But in the spirit of other complaints here, it was really APEX's fault! )

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Dumbest thing I've done is buy cheap equipment. It was a waste of money. 3 years later and I know what to buy and of course within budget.

 

[WVNed]

Breaking a tank by bumping the overflow pipes coming out of the bulkhead.

 

[Jseimo]

Left my rodi on all night and flooded my house. Soaked from my upper floor into my main floor. Ruined my ceiling and everything. Now I use a float switch

 

[Fish_Sticks]

Left my rodi on all night and flooded my house. Soaked from my upper floor into my main floor. Ruined my ceiling and everything. Now I use a float switch

I do this on a monthly basis - keeps the garage nice and clean!

 

[Paulie069]

Stupidest thing I’ve ever done in reefing was to START reefing to begin with,, never knew there was so much to it
But totally worth it 100% I’m so happy I decided to try it. This is my 65gal tank that is 8-9 months old

 

[Ksull72487]

Dumbest thing I've done is by cheap equipment. It was a waste of money. 3 years later and I know what to buy and of course within budget.

Yeah, I still have a bad habit with this one. I like to try new things. I watch the brands for awhile to see what others post back. Then again this is a 13.5. So I’m not looking to go crazy. Bought the skimmer for a change of pace since I never did one on the Biocubes and went intank. It works but the Intank baskets in the mail. And I knew it when I paid $70 for the skimmer. Lol.

 

[ScubaFish802]

Left my rodi on all night and flooded my house. Soaked from my upper floor into my main floor. Ruined my ceiling and everything. Now I use a float switch

I did this last week, even telling myself to pay attention.. then I pulled my phone out and ended up here on R2R, What's that dripping noise? Before my realization lol

 

[KrisReef]

Okay guys I wanted to start this up. I buy Ocean Water just cuz the Nanos are easy and cheap. Sometimes I’ll mix salt with the 5 gallon purified since that’s where I work I get it for free and that’s what i top off with. Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium are the trace amounts.

So me being totally stupid not thinking. Leaves the water in the trunk yesterday. I put in the heater and I start siphoning. It was 30-50 degrees out today. My dumb butt isn’t going to heat that water up in less than 5 hours. Lol. But I got a 200watt heater in the tank. So I might get in done in 2. Or close enough.

That takes the cake for me. Dumbest thing I’ve done.

By far the stupidest thing I ever did. Luckily I didn’t take much out and I can speed up the process with the other heater.

I've found a way to solve this; I put the plastic container or pour the water in a bucket and set that into a bathtub filled with hot water. Carefully swirl the container in the hot water and pay attention to not overheat the saltwater.

I have forgotten all the dumb things I have done since before today, and I am having a "good day."

KrisReef -

 

[Jseimo]

Dumbest thing I've done is buy cheap equipment. It was a waste of money. 3 years later and I know what to buy and of course within budget.

Done this to many time. I never learn. Not just tank wise but life wise

 

[Redfoxtang]

Left my rodi on all night and flooded my house. Soaked from my upper floor into my main floor. Ruined my ceiling and everything. Now I use a float switch

If we all haven’t done this then your not a real reefer lol. I do it almost every time I turn it on and tell myself to set an alarm then forget.

 

[Auquanut]

I tilted one of my return nozzles upward to clean it during a water change. Of course, I forgot to move it back before turning on the return pump. Got a really nice saltwater shower and scared the crap out of myself.

 

[Mike from TN]

Let the Wife see the credit card statement!
Stupidest reefing mistake EVER!

 

[Ksull72487]

I did this last week, even telling myself to pay attention.. then I pulled my phone out and ended up here on R2R, What's that dripping noise? Before my realization lol

Carpets cheap hardwoods expensive lol. I hate real hardwood. Couple of warped boards it’s the whole dang floor lol.

I've found a way to solve this; I put the plastic container or pour the water in a bucket and set that into a bathtub filled with hot water. Carefully swirl the container in the hot water and pay attention to not overheat the saltwater.

I have forgotten all the dumb things I have done since before today, and I am having a "good day."

KrisReef -

I was thinking the same exact thing hahaha! Yeah I’ll get it done. It’s gonna suck though. I got an Electric Hot water heater I’m a penny pincher. So it’s dialed in. I might just crank that sucker up and get the bucket in the tub. It’ll be faster than 250watts.

 

[Auquanut]

If we all haven’t done this then your not a real reefer lol. I do it almost every time I turn it on and tell myself to set an alarm then forget.

Too many times to count. If this makes me a real reefer, I am SOOOOO real!

 

[wonroc]

ya clean up crew. dont get those crabs. dont trust crabs.

 

[Fish_Sticks]

If we all haven’t done this then your not a real reefer lol. I do it almost every time I turn it on and tell myself to set an alarm then forget.

Real reefer's shrug and turn the rodi up further to flood the guest room into a growout tank

 

[snorklr]

breaking the fall of my full sump with my big toe...

 

[terraincognita]

bought my first reef tank


besides that.

I used to stick my arms and hands in WAY too much (I think if you put your doing something in your tank with your hands more than once a week it's too much, maybe twice for emergencies.)

Also OVERFEEDING.

This is a really, really big thing I think a lot of people don't mind much, but I think daily frozen feedings is even too much :X maybe just me.