what is the worst problem you've had

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Spent year and a half struggling with a Cu problem in tank,

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As long as we are discussing new forums/threads, I for one would like to see a "lessons learned" forum...a one stop place where Reef "wisdom" can be collected, saved and read for all posters... Am sure all of us (at least once or twice ) have made large (and costly) errors that should be shared for all.

(i.e. "the moral of the story is...")

Of course while they might include some embarasment :-[ - It might save a lot of grief to others.

Example...

"Be aware of "cheap pond pumps"



WATCH OUT for those fresh water pond pumps...greatest mistake I ever made was getting a "cheap" one when I was first starting out.

For the next year or so I battled a terrible copper problem...every time I got it under control, it came back with a vengence...killing off every invert and all LR in tank...almost gave up hobby --- in fact I hated it for a while.

Finally discovered my "cheap" pump had a brass sleeve/fitting in it that was leaching copper into my tank.

I could have bought a couple dozen of the best pumps on the market for all the $$$ I spent on inverts and Cu removing remedies.

BE CAREFUL!

 

This is too strange My x poured a quart of marvel mystery oil in my tank years ago. Killed everything in the tank. Waco *****

 

keeping my 3 year old out of the fish food. I keep telling him that the fish don't need 6 cubes of mysis!

 

took in my girl friends nephew to save him from his abbusive mom,everyone deserves a chance to be happy right?.we would'nt let him have a ice creem,he just smiled evily an nodded his head.well.4 oclock a.m. i find him under a table screaming i did'nt do it,don't beet me.hmmmm.then i see it the 28 bow ,live rock was all turned upside down,the corals all smashed into the sand upside down.the manderine smashed with a rock.the psuedochromy stuck with a stick.total loss accept a few shrooms.then panick sets in as i see my other 29gal tank.hundreds of dollars in corals burried under lr.he knew the lionfish was poisonous an left it alone.i procede to my daughters room to find the smashed urchin in her nano reef and rocks upside down.the lights were on and left on the carpet to melt into it.little 4yr old jimmies comment to this after finding out uncle paul does'nt beet children was--lol well maybe next time you'll do what i say,now get my ice creem.i tried 6 months more to change him but some people cannot be saved so he is back with his mom.evil lil child.

 

well thanks to this hobbie i have had a sudden loss of extra money. but its worth it. had to move all my fish into a smaller tank. i have been pretty lucky when it comes to my tank

 

DUCT TAPE.

 

I had some kind of flash fire in my sump...I almost didn't spend the night a my place that night and around 5am my girlfriend wakes me up (she said it sounded like someone was in my living room) I got out of bed an as soon as I walked out I see a bright light coming from the stand doors...I was still in a fog as I opened the doors and turned off the main switch, My pump had some kind of cut from rubbing on something and was flaming up. it was a good thing I was home that night and no one got hurt. now I use a GFCI and a ground probe on any tank I setup.

 

WOW! That's one sick little kid she has, I hope it don't run in the family...lol

 

well their half sisters so i think the bad genes came from the other dad,or dads.my girl friends a sweety,in fact she did'nt want to give up on the kid even after he stabbed her.anyway,back to the subject of reefs.i think my 2nd worst thing that happened is i took advice from a salesman that just wanted to sell stuff.the lavarock in my tank poisoned fish after fish till a new store set me straight and i started learning from online sites.