10 Deadly Sins

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  1. chalmies19832002

    chalmies19832002 Flamingo Tongue

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    Putting something that you dont know about from the ocean into the tank this includes crabs, snails oh heck anything directly from the ocean that you are not positive about!
     
    chalmies19832002, May 27, 2008
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  2. wareagle35031

    wareagle35031 Bubble Tip Anemone

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    how bout water changes?
     
    wareagle35031, May 27, 2008
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  3. tarheel

    tarheel Skunk Shrimp

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    Here's one from a beginner.

    Buying a long tentacle anemone for a 20g tank and then realizing they get friggin huge! Not much room left for corals in the future. Bummer.
     
    tarheel, May 27, 2008
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  4. Brandon1023

    Brandon1023 Fire Goby

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    LoL! Nope not unless in a few months you think it has settled and won't roam and sting your corals on the way.
     
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  5. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    Not joining 3reef :p I suck up to alot of people :p
     
    aquaboy, May 27, 2008
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  6. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    1, 6 & 7
     
    Otty, May 27, 2008
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  7. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Great! Expanded List...

    1. Overfeeding
    2. Failure to test the water quality frequently enough.
    3. Failure to change out light bulbs on regular basis.
    4. Incompatible stocking.
    5. Overstocking.
    6. Impatience.
    7. Impulse buying.
    8. Insufficient research in general.
    9. Not recognizing importance of light (too much, too little).
    10. Not recognizing importance of flow (too much, too little).
    11. Deep sand beds in the main tank (Bogie)
    12. Not doing maintenance on hardware, I.E. not servicing your pumps and skimmers or changing out filtration pads, etc. (Iraf)
    13. Improper diet (BluePhish)
    14. No quarantine. (BluePhish)
    15. Using windex on glass. (BluePhish)
    16. Using supplements without testing. (BluePhish)
    17. Using lid on tank. (fishpoop)
    18. Not asking the wife before you spend the money on a new setup....(BillyD)
    19. Using tap water. (Brandon1023)
    20. Not purchasing a proper Ro/Di unit before purchasing corals/fish. (WildReef)
    21. Adding creatures directly from ocean without research. (chalmies19832002)
    22. Inadequate water changes. (wareagle35031)
    23. Buying a long tentacle anemone for a 20g tank. (tarheel)
    24. Not joining 3reef (aquaboy)
    25. 1, 6 & 7 (Otty)


    ----Now that is allot of Sin!!!

    Feel free to add to list anytime.

    Think I will add...

    26. Not listening to "Tangser"... :-[
     
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    omard, May 28, 2008
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  8. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Time to revisit list...

    another:

    27. "...Putting full faith in a "digital" anything...sensor, probe, thermometer, etc..."[​IMG]

    Any other new ones someone might want to add....????

    (Am shooting for "50 Deadly Sins" now...if there are that many [​IMG])
     
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    omard, Aug 7, 2008
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  9. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    Adding used hardware to water and powering up without inspecting cord. :oops::angel:
     
    PharmrJohn, Aug 7, 2008
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  10. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    That would be #28. :-[
     
    omard, Aug 7, 2008
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