worst mistake you ever made!!!!!!!!!

[polyp13]

for me it would have to be on my first tank started way to fast and every thing died.Bad way to start.

 

[currentking]

the biggest mistake was getting into the hobby. Do they have AA for reefers? The first step is admitting you have a problem. I have a problem.

 

[fishes2889]

Spending mad money on corals and having none to buy more!

 

[NapoliNewJersey]

the biggest mistake was getting into the hobby. Do they have AA for reefers? The first step is admitting you have a problem. I have a problem.

Ditto!

 

[rocko918]

starting out with cheap equipment. Get the good stuff the first time as you are not saving any money at the end of the day.

 

[msman825]

marry a women with 3 boys j/k drop a current 48 inch pc in tank while lit

 

[vetteman]

marry a women with 3 boys j/k drop a current 48 inch pc in tank while lit

add to the above: without the women with 3 boys in the tank.... :lol:

 

[msman825]

hey vetteman,

I could go on and on with this thread. I think we all could. I remember a couple years back I was adding rock to a brand spanking new 75g setup for a buddy and i dropped a 10-12 pound piece right through the bottom and busted the sump too. water poured and glass flew

 

[twon8]

hey vetteman,

I could go on and on with this thread. I think we all could. I remember a couple years back I was adding rock to a brand spanking new 75g setup for a buddy and i dropped a 10-12 pound piece right through the bottom and busted the sump too. water poured and glass flew

that sucks,

 

[ServantSoldier]

left my calcium reactor return just laying over the sump.. it came out and drained the sump while the topoff was refilling... filled the basement with h20. I got lucky - salinity only dropped to 1.023... that was this weekend. ;-)

 

[auximage]

Didn't make my bed deep enough. If I could go back I would have put more that 20lbs of live sand in the bottom..

 

[charga]

Worst done was as a noob gulable to being told a Yuma was rare fluorescent pink and green at a LFS and dished out a lot of money only to find out it was stressed and dieing. It melted, I smartened up to cons.

 

[reefboy]

Without knowing I broke the heater in the sump moving stuff around lol luckly I had installed a GFI a month before so I just got a slight perm but sadly one of my many shocking events in the past 20 years lol(Halides are fun too).Hats off to the creator of titanum heaters lol

 

[raider77]

One of the worst mistakes I ever made was touching a 250 watt mh bulb seconds after turning it off.

 

[capture]

while moving out of my parents and slowly moving my tank too, i asked my dad to top-off and watch over the tank. he forgot it ever existed - everything died, my pumps fried, heaters broke. there was nothing left when i came home to pack it up.

 

[reef-nut]

This has got to be the worst mistakes in the aquarium hobby, right? It can not be the worst mistakes you ever made in your life!

 

[aquarius77]

I think buying a six line wrasse is most likely the mistake that bothers me the most.

Of course i dropped a 48 inch t5 fixture into my sump while it was on, it stayed lit and without thinking i stuck my hand in to retrieve it....

 

[drxdragon]

getting into this hobby!!! lol and yes there needs to be like an AA thing for this hobby as well

 

[edwing206]

One of the worst mistakes I ever made was touching a 250 watt mh bulb seconds after turning it off.

Worst was when I touched a 250 watt mh bulb while it was on. Woohoo fun. :hammer:

 

[Deepwater]

listening to the lfs , was the worse thing i ever did.