Your biggest reefing regret

[ReefJCB]

Just curious to see people’s biggest regrets or mistakes they’ve made in the hobby.

Mine is a tie between trusting a cheapy refractometer with bad calibration fluid that was mailed during the summer in AZ, and not planning out my sump for plumbing and controllers as much as I should have.

The former certainly caused me more issues in my tank for 6+ months before I caught it, but the latter just makes me frustrated every time I’m tinkering underneath my tank.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just curious to see people’s biggest regrets or mistakes they’ve made in the hobby.

Mine is a tie between trusting a cheapy refractometer with bad calibration fluid that was mailed during the summer in AZ, and not planning out my sump for plumbing and controllers as much as I should have.

The former certainly caused me more issues in my tank for 6+ months before I caught it, but the latter just makes me frustrated every time I’m tinkering underneath my tank.

Bought $8 ph sensor for a controller and sensor going out in a week and dumping calcium hydroxide and killing my corals. Bummer

 

[JPergamo]

Not being immensely wealthy enough for all the lunacy I'd want to take part in with the hobby. I'm 32, feel like a few years down the line if the green is there I have one or 2 major dream builds in me hopefully.

 

[Scorpius]

Trying to keep Acropora and thinking I had any clue on how to keep them long term.