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- cory catfish-devil in disguise.
- Formalin overdose
- Fumigate the house before you start a big tank
- Fish CPR
- accessible filter...why?
- Heater blows up!!!
- Never use a reptile tank!
- STEALING IS BAD
- Algae Destroyer Killed My Fish
- Hey Bamboo Looks Nice By a Pond (Good or Bad?)
- Never argue over "fish space" with an MFK'er
- AmQuel Ammo-Lock
- don't keep big tanks with wooden stands in the basement
- Ounce of Prevention...
- NEVER PUT A 3 INCH SILVER AROWANA WITH A 5 INCH CLOWN KNIFE
- Catfish and angels dont mix!!
- stingray lesson
- My Lesson with SNAILS...
- Damn Siphon Hose!
- Cardinal rule.
- Tips for getting your wife/ girlfriend to let you get a BIG fishtank
- blood worms
- storm power outage
- Finding Nemo LOL!
- Petsmart Sucks
- heater F-UP
- Make sure breeder box lid is on tight
- aussie pet stores stuff me around
- jumper
- worst thing to do when your not home
- lost fry
- What a BIG RIP OFF!!
- Don't keep your Marbled Goby in the feeder tank!
- Be very alert of your wires
- Lost ten year old goldfish
- Even small ones are killers
- Dedicated AC snail 'fuge'...
- mfk + python doesnt mix
- a place worse than petsmart, petco, and walmart with all their crapinest combined
- ALWAYS WATCH!
- Ca/Sa communtiy only tank attempt.
- Note to self...
- Dont balance rocks on driftwood!!!
- What I haven't seen here...
- Fry tanks.....
- Emp.400 bio wheel rotation
- never count on somebody else
- water, water, everywhere...
- Put the hoses back into the drainage...!!
- Python gravel vac=Best investment ever!
- Ignorance May Not Be Bliss
- Post tank kill destruction
- Bad mix.
- snooks CAN get chased to death
- tanks
- 3/4" pressboard/ 16" centers= wrong!!
- Chinese manufacturing and you: a cautionary tale.
- Never cycled before!
- DO NOT USE THIS GUY MICHEAL H in germany
- big mouth + small fish = big stomach
- that fish place never again!
- Canister Maintainance Mess
- Betta Vases - Not what you think I'm gonna say!
- How to feed your fish while your away
- My LFS.........
- I shoulda looked earlier
- Fish eating Purigen...
- BEWARE!!! Fraud going on in Chicago.
- Bite my own nose.......
- 2" Clown Loachs and 8" Oscar
- I Finally figured out my looonnnngggg struggle!!!!!!
- OVERFLOWED TANK THREAD!!!!!!!!
- Transporting fish
- NEVER turn on a heater when a snake has eaten
- um i almost learned my lesson..
- Air pumps/airstones
- Got electrocuted at the LFS i work at.. :(
- my aro and knives killed the oscar
- The unseen dangers lurking in our tanks
- a good lesson about oscars
- newbee red devil story
- Feed Large knives regularly
- KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
- Tank decorations causing pollution
- Gravel
- Fish Mouths 101
- Three lessons learned in three weeks:
- NEVER, EVER.....
- $#*%!! How can I be so stupid?
- PLANTED TANK DISASTER
- IM SO SLOW!
- Tanks used for rodents may become unusable for fish.
- Flounder rescue
- DONT BUY FROM WALMART!!!!
- Thinking about ordering fish from apistodave?
- Big power outage, only one dead fish.
- Fish broke my PC.
- Fish Journal
- Goin to have babies?
- SomethingsPhishy is actually a scam
- 135...GONE
- CRACKED, SPLIT, OR BLOWN OUT TANK THREAD!!!!!!!!
- Shipping Q & A
- Don't mess with FIRE!!!!
- Bracing issues...
- Leichardti and Delhezi
- Over heated
- LFS problems
- A WARNING ABOUT FRESH SEAFOOD CONTAMINATION!
- Stupid mistake
- >:( Penguin 350 Bio Wheel RIP OFF!!!!!
- stupider than mojo2776
- I had a huge brain fart! Garden hose very bad!
- never put a 5in rtc with a 2.5 in peacock
- Appreciate what you have
- Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- Never take the cap off of Zoe vitamins
- Playsand....
- Underestimate
- If you use more than one kind of calcium for your reef...
- rbps accident
- Clown Loach accident
- The joy of snails....
- Spotted Puffer VS. Powerhead
- do ya know..
- Pleco+small hollow log= Bad
- Algae Destroyer made my tank,s water a chalkey white
- Weekend Feeder Blocks
- If your going to run a sump...
- Allergic to Melafix
- A LITTLE BAST*** CALLED Edwardsiella Tarda
- forgot to put back the cover
- Big tetra with small goby
- Dont feed your RTC glo-worm nightcrawlers
- wtf is walmart thinking?
- ALWAYS flip the switch thing on your fluval before opening it
- AC110s and snails don't mix
- Cell phone in the drink.... ^&$%@#*%#@*&%#@&%)#@&%
- Tips for getting your parents to allow you to get Monster tanks.
- camera in my tank
- algae detroyer
- make sure your lid is down
- Glow in the Dark Danios
- fingers in pred tank(hungry fish!)
- 98% DEAD (fumigation)
- Table Salt
- bronze cory+snail shell=no good
- Eels need skewers.
- Your biggest mistake
- Black Shark needs tight lid!!!!!!
- Make sure your canister is running!
- It's amazing how stupid some people can be (including me)
- Check your seals!
- After reading all of these horror stories
- completely unforseen
- Little white worms
- Yet another Terrible LFS thread.
- depth tank ratio to fish length opinions
- Not Everybody Needs Cichlids.
- the great flood of '07
- Turn the dang ball valve off!
- Tiger Barb in Siphon Tube
- Effing awesome.
- Tank of Neetroplus nematopus....Dead...
- My Experience With Heaters!!!
- Thank God For Sump in Garage
- Heaters...
- Don't get cocky
- started with a guppy/10g
- 125g; thousands loss; house a mess; 12 year old curse
- DO NOT trust dat lil........%$*@er
- Watch for free aquariums
- I almost killed my flowerhorns....on purpose!
- Ohh what a week!!
- Don't put gt's in a pond
- Fish Can Fit In Small Places
- My lesson... READ UP ON FISH BEFORE YOU GET INTO IT!
- I hate the live and learn part of hobbys
- seriously hiting rock bottom
- Seal your prefilter sponges!!!
- Death By HOB Impeller
- Don't let other people touch tanks.
- Before doing any plumbing work, have replacment parts handy
- Clean glass before photos!!!
- Don't adopt an escape artist
- Desertcoralaquatics.com BAD!!
- Baby vs. Our 35 gal
- Don't Rush or else.......
- Filters and Sand???
- if you want hair algae...
- worst fish store ever worse than walmart & petco combined
- A quick warning!!!
- ouch!!theres a hole in my finger
- Get picture verification before driving an hour to get a fish..
- For the love of cats!
- never trust anyone again
- add more feeders! hahha
- Cat took a dive!
- I blame slowef!!!!!!
- I messed up! Help
- fish dying in just 1 hour
- Sometimes it's good to get help...
- Congo Tetras are Sensitive
- Check Craigslist Daily!!!
- Reagents do expire
- Equal Size RTC+Arapaima=LUNCH ...but who?)
- Can you believe this???
- Never, ever add dwarf pikes to community tank
- internal heaters + big fish = devostating day!
- SNakheads!!!
- Petsmart rant
- loss of fire eel
- stanley blades
- senegal + filter =
- nitrates ARE bad
- Big Clown loach w/pics :( ... this is why you should acclimate
- Do porcupine puffers and spiny box ouffers need more than 40 gallons?
- Fishtank mishaps!
- 2 pbass dead
- never house a softshell turtle with anything
- Pump claimed power usage
- Always double check before you sell something
- why you should always wash your rocks first
- stuff happens!
- Another Crazing Post...destined to fail? HELP!
- What mistakes did you make when you started out?
- heater mistake
- gulpers should really live alone
- Thank You!
- I HATE IT!!!!
- get in my belle!
- Double check your test equipment before making major parameter changes
- Lost my Pump!
- Don't keep Baby Fire eels in Poor Water Conditions
- I cant keep aros
- help me save my jd's
- Annoyed
- sad day
- Be carefull sealing up aquarium decorations
- Clean glass before painting
- I am so dumb, I am ashamed to even post this.
- herons can get through nets!
- Lesson learned: If a hurricane is coming your way BE PREPARED!
- Got rip off again :(
- siphon vs fish
- Breeding mistake
- Ack!! Darn glass heaters!!
- 2 lessons learned; stick to your feeding schedule AND being large means nothing...
- Oh my goodness
- Cooked live! Keep your girlfriend away from fish tank!