Mistakes You've Made - Page 4

Jake · 05-30-2008, 10:27 PM

Another way to siphon is to put the end of the hose up to the tank return and it auto starts the siphon. All I do then is unplug the sump pump and I am good to go.

Problems..... while doing a water change I have been focused on what I am sucking up only to have the other end fall out of the bucket and a couple gallons go on the floor. .... Another time I was going to clean my sump pump and managed to crack the bulkhead fitting in the botton of the tank...... on another water change the power head I use to fill my tank via the sump came out and pumped a gallon on the floor...... another mistake was thinking I could get back into this hobby inexpensively... not..

plecosword · 06-07-2008, 09:44 PM

Man Have I made mistakes!, lets start with the heater, NEVER take a heater out of the water when its on.
now what else, umm
make a water change over 30% with fish in it. I lost 4 fish for that.

burning2nd · 06-15-2008, 08:39 PM

no secureing the input line from the ATO...

the line fell outta the tank, and i pumped a bunch of Ro on the carpet

rmlevasseur · 06-16-2008, 09:07 PM

How about mistakes my children have made-- like dropping TWO pinpoint salinity monitors in the drink. GRRRR.

sambrinar · 06-17-2008, 01:14 PM

My biggest mistake so far (knock on wood, I'm a noob, 4 months in) is not finding this site BEFORE sinking money into this hobby.

Oh and while doing a water change I sucked up my blue cespitularia frag. It's Ok though. never turn and look at the bucket unless you know what your other hand is doing inside the tank

fishnu · 06-17-2008, 01:28 PM

1) Building things (eg sump, skimmer, drain lines, etc) so theyre inaccessible later.
2) Bad plumbing pvc joins leading to water on the floor and the need to replumb.
3) Not knowing what to check for when I buy used stuff....I bought a RODI in October and it took me a few months to realize the check valve wasn't in it, so water could flow backwards. .
4) The horrible thing I did this month that I don't know about yet.

fishnu · 06-17-2008, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SJS

I have learned how to syphon without sucking on the hose - stick the whole hose under water - no air bubbles and keeping one end underwater, plug the other end (I stick my thumb into the hose), pull hose out and drop below the water level and release the end - voila, water change without nasty taste!!

I just keep a bottle of tequila and some limes next to the tank for that very reason.

reyno26 · 06-18-2008, 04:48 PM

Moving a running PH, oh and sucking up a mouthful of brine shrimp. Would have tasted better with some lemon I think.

Wolfgang8810 · 06-18-2008, 05:11 PM

nothing really horrable but i have lost one fish and a green brain. other than that ive been lucky. This month im fighting Nitrates. stupid fish sitter fed them like crazy and i came home to 20ppm of nitrates. They werent complaining.

Ducky · 06-18-2008, 09:25 PM

LOL, not enough computer space for all my blunders! But for sure thinking I could do JUST one more thing before the water overflowed.....yep to many floods here.
-oh, yes, and thinking alllll the pet store owners always told the truth the whole truth and nothin but.
-impulse buys of course.
Ducky

mettjl03 · 06-18-2008, 11:33 PM

I have made more mistakes than you can count on your hands and feet lol...

Varga · 06-18-2008, 11:34 PM

mistake I have made many times and continue to make......forget to turn off the water to RO filter!!!!! did it just today!!!!

Stacef · 06-19-2008, 11:04 AM

I made another oops today..

I am treating my tank with Chemi-Clean which requires the skimmer to be OFF for two days. Which means...no return water. Well I have my heater placed in the return water section of my skimmer. I just reached in to grab some zoa's that fell and the water was freeezing. I was wondering why everyone was acting so funny today!! Yikes that could've been really bad.

AnotherLousy1 · 06-19-2008, 01:12 PM

Well, let's see impulse buying was a biggie with my 29 gallon biocube when first setting it up.

My biggest mistake though, was when I converted my 58 gallon FW to a salttank and had to buy overflow with a air pump. Wasn't thinking and needed to clean the tubing as it was gunked up, but didn't take out any water prior .... oh yeah, you're feeling this one aren't you?!?!?!? Took off the air line tubing making it lose it's siphon and water water everywhere from the top of the tank ... it was horrible. Then running like a chicken with my head cut off while stubbing my toe along the way to grab the bucket and hose to pull out some water before completely drenching stand and floor. YUPPERS, pretty bit mistake. lol Needless to say, I've taken water out of the tank ever since. <heh>

plecosword · 06-19-2008, 02:56 PM

yikes! lol is the skimmer boiling?

05-30-2008, 10:27 PM	#46 (permalink)
Jake Serpent Star Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 235 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made Another way to siphon is to put the end of the hose up to the tank return and it auto starts the siphon. All I do then is unplug the sump pump and I am good to go. Problems..... while doing a water change I have been focused on what I am sucking up only to have the other end fall out of the bucket and a couple gallons go on the floor. .... Another time I was going to clean my sump pump and managed to crack the bulkhead fitting in the botton of the tank...... on another water change the power head I use to fill my tank via the sump came out and pumped a gallon on the floor...... another mistake was thinking I could get back into this hobby inexpensively... not.. __________________ 75 Gal Setup 4/07 Fish: Purple Tang 6", Solarensis Fairy Wrasse, Pajama Cardinal, Two Ocellarous Clowns, Neon Goby, Two Firefish Inverts: Several Blue leg hermits, 4 Tubo Snails, 4 Nassarius Snails, 5 Zebra Turbo snails, 5 Trochus Grazer snails, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 feather duster Coral: Frogspawn, Cynarina (pinkish - cool), African Blue Zenia, Long White Polyp Tip Leather, Pink Pavona, Blue, Green, Orange Recordia, Orange Monti Cap, Green Star Polyp, Zoo Cat Eye, Green Clove Polyp.

06-07-2008, 09:44 PM	#47 (permalink)
plecosword Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Irvine Posts: 1,102 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made Man Have I made mistakes!, lets start with the heater, NEVER take a heater out of the water when its on. now what else, umm make a water change over 30% with fish in it. I lost 4 fish for that. __________________ --Andre "A ship in the harbor is safe but that is not what ships are built for." !!!20g for reals!!!

06-15-2008, 08:39 PM	#48 (permalink)
burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pocono PA Posts: 2,026 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mistakes You've Made no secureing the input line from the ATO... the line fell outta the tank, and i pumped a bunch of Ro on the carpet __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) 2 cromies and one dragon jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

06-16-2008, 09:07 PM	#49 (permalink)
rmlevasseur Elegance coral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,069 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made How about mistakes my children have made-- like dropping TWO pinpoint salinity monitors in the drink. GRRRR. __________________ Robert http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ufas-tank.html

06-17-2008, 01:28 PM	#51 (permalink)
fishnu Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 998 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made 1) Building things (eg sump, skimmer, drain lines, etc) so theyre inaccessible later. 2) Bad plumbing pvc joins leading to water on the floor and the need to replumb. 3) Not knowing what to check for when I buy used stuff....I bought a RODI in October and it took me a few months to realize the check valve wasn't in it, so water could flow backwards. . 4) The horrible thing I did this month that I don't know about yet. __________________ *I'd rather be good slow than bad fast.* Fishnu, Lord of Fishes Mantis Shrimp Club My Tank Thread The Wisdom of Fishnu - Mistakes on the path. 75 Gal Refurbished and Refinished Dutch Aquariums System Tank drilled with 2 1.5" bulkheads and 30 Gal Sump / Refugium Combo; 90 Lbs Fiji LR; ASM G2; OR6500 Pump; 2 Koralia Nanos; 2 150W HQI 2 96W Actinics; Gamma 25w UV; Kent Maxxima Hi S 60GPD RO/DI. Amphiprion percula (OMEN); Sphaeramia nematoptera (CODY); stenopus hispidus (PIMP THE SHRIMP); Selected hermits and snails. Euphyllia divisa, Euphyllia glabrescens, Pink Acanthastrea (Lord?), Zoas, selected mushrooms (Rhodactis, Actinodiscus, Sarcophyton ...). Looking for mermaid.

06-18-2008, 04:48 PM	#53 (permalink)
reyno26 Bryozoan Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 53 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made Moving a running PH, oh and sucking up a mouthful of brine shrimp. Would have tasted better with some lemon I think.

06-18-2008, 05:11 PM	#54 (permalink)
Wolfgang8810 Achilles Tang Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 816 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mistakes You've Made nothing really horrable but i have lost one fish and a green brain. other than that ive been lucky. This month im fighting Nitrates. stupid fish sitter fed them like crazy and i came home to 20ppm of nitrates. They werent complaining. __________________ I love fish! Fish.. fish.. fish!

06-18-2008, 09:25 PM	#55 (permalink)
Ducky Fire Coral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 84 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made LOL, not enough computer space for all my blunders! But for sure thinking I could do JUST one more thing before the water overflowed.....yep to many floods here. -oh, yes, and thinking alllll the pet store owners always told the truth the whole truth and nothin but. -impulse buys of course. Ducky

06-18-2008, 11:33 PM	#56 (permalink)
mettjl03 Fire Coral Join Date: May 2008 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 83 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mistakes You've Made I have made more mistakes than you can count on your hands and feet lol... __________________ Jess

06-18-2008, 11:34 PM	#57 (permalink)
Varga Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 2,312 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made mistake I have made many times and continue to make......forget to turn off the water to RO filter!!!!! did it just today!!!! __________________ Visit my 300g Build http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...all-build.html

06-19-2008, 11:04 AM	#58 (permalink)
Stacef Reef Lobster Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dubuque Posts: 1,471 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Mistakes You've Made I made another oops today.. I am treating my tank with Chemi-Clean which requires the skimmer to be OFF for two days. Which means...no return water. Well I have my heater placed in the return water section of my skimmer. I just reached in to grab some zoa's that fell and the water was freeezing. I was wondering why everyone was acting so funny today!! Yikes that could've been really bad. __________________ Stace My 20g Build

06-19-2008, 01:12 PM	#59 (permalink)
AnotherLousy1 Somewhere Beyond The Sea Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Salty Haven Posts: 259 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made Well, let's see impulse buying was a biggie with my 29 gallon biocube when first setting it up. My biggest mistake though, was when I converted my 58 gallon FW to a salttank and had to buy overflow with a air pump. Wasn't thinking and needed to clean the tubing as it was gunked up, but didn't take out any water prior .... oh yeah, you're feeling this one aren't you?!?!?!? Took off the air line tubing making it lose it's siphon and water water everywhere from the top of the tank ... it was horrible. Then running like a chicken with my head cut off while stubbing my toe along the way to grab the bucket and hose to pull out some water before completely drenching stand and floor. YUPPERS, pretty bit mistake. lol Needless to say, I've taken water out of the tank ever since. <heh> __________________ Lynnette Keep up with my small piece of the ocean 58 Gallon Reef Chronicle Or just go directly to the 58 Gallon webcam to see what's happening today. Web Cam userid: rsreefers password: reeffun Click the single tab and you're all set to view. HAVE FUN! "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" - Dr. Seuss

06-19-2008, 02:56 PM	#60 (permalink)
plecosword Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Irvine Posts: 1,102 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Mistakes You've Made yikes! lol is the skimmer boiling? __________________ --Andre "A ship in the harbor is safe but that is not what ships are built for." !!!20g for reals!!!

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