Worst mistake you ever made?

Rob.D · Jun 15, 2013

Not allowing silicon to cure and dosing Alk without testing

Lilmatty5dimes · Jun 16, 2013

spending 4 long days painting the new house 1957sqft, then moving the whole house over the next three days and then moving the tank on sunday and having to be at work at 3am monday. exhaustion finally caught up and knock me on my butt for the next 3 days killing all my sps and seeing what else is a goner.

IGROZOAS · Jun 16, 2013

Telling my wife how much I really spent on coral.

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Liquid360 · Jun 16, 2013

Ouch.... bad move dude.

IGROZOAS said:
Telling my wife how much I really spent on coral.

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bucksfan1976 · Jun 16, 2013

IGROZOAS said:
Telling my wife how much I really spent on coral.

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Oh wow testies of steel my friend I salute you and your bravery glad to see you are still alive

gmoney243 · Jun 16, 2013

Gettng into this hobby in the first place!!

Liquid360 · Jun 16, 2013

Awww come on bro.

gmoney243 said:
Gettng into this hobby in the first place!!

Squared · Jun 16, 2013

not testing alk or calcium regularly. had a few mini-crashes that involved loss of SPS and other LPS.

nwpowell0481 · Jun 18, 2013

+1 on telling the wife how much everything really costs. The only real cure for her disapproval is several trips to the mall.

mike007 · Jun 18, 2013

IGROZOAS said:
Telling my wife how much I really spent on coral.

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Never never do that my friend, sometimes lying pays. My ex wife after 29 years said you care more about your reef than me. Go figure!!!!!

Martyd · Jun 18, 2013

mike007 said:
Never never do that my friend, sometimes lying pays.

Hiding the bags is part of the fun

Mike J. · Jun 18, 2013

nwpowell0481 said:
+1 on telling the wife how much everything really costs. The only real cure for her disapproval is several trips to the mall.

Yeah, I bought some corals and won't here the end of it until she gets a new mixer.

mike007 · Jun 18, 2013

Yes sneak in the bags so they won't go to the mall, money saving tip.lol

joeogio · Jun 18, 2013

Not buying what I want the first time round.

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AZDesertRat · Jun 19, 2013

Adding a sand sifting star, against everyones advice, to my thriving 330 lb Southdown DSB.
In less than 3 months it looked like the Sahara Desert with no spaghetti worms, pods, baby snails or anything left.

Easily the stupidest thing by far.

jservedio · Jun 19, 2013

ohio reefer said:
I bought one about two years ago. Doing great, was a novice and didn't even acclimate it. And it's thriving. Bought another and acclimated for 4 hours slow drip. Died in a month.

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I had one for about 6 months doing great and growing fast (even had a 6th leg, getting ready to drop it) and one day out of the blue, my **** peppermint shrimp decided enough was enough and killed it and devoured it...

jservedio · Jun 19, 2013

nwpowell0481 said:
+1 on telling the wife how much everything really costs. The only real cure for her disapproval is several trips to the mall.

You should know by know - frags cost "about $5 or $10 dollars", colonies cost "about $15", bigger colonies "about $20" and anytime you buy a TON of stuff online, you HAVE to have it shipped to work and tell her "Oh, a friend just fragged his tank and I got all his frags for a few bucks." Seriously, ordering $400 worth of stuff from Unique Corals or Cherry and having it delivered to your house while you are at work and she (or he, no judgement!) is home with a packing slip showing your spent $80 or more on a 1" frag is grounds for divorce...