SILLIEST thing you have ever done as a beginner!

[MikebNJ]

What is the silliest thing you have ever done when first starting out in the hobby?

Mine: When I first started thinking about wanting to keep fish, I started with a 10 gallon tank. My plan was to just use jugs of spring water for water changes instead of using a dechlorinator because I wanted the "purest water" for my first fish and I figured the jugs were cheap at Walmart. I didn't realize how ridiculous and impractical this was until it was time to do the first water change.

 

[Oddball]

My first tank, back in the stone age, was running fine until after a water change. Turns out I'd forgotten to unplug the heater before removing water and the heater element burned up. Didn't check the temp until after losing a bunch of fish.

 

[Ihsnshaik]

Put a pacu in a 10 gallon tank for a while. No idea what he was or anything and I was maybe 10. My dad eventually got me a 55 gallon and put him in there. I still remember the petsmart guy telling me it'll be fine in a 10 gallon lol

 

[MikebNJ]

Put a pacu in a 10 gallon tank for a while. No idea what he was or anything and I was maybe 10. My dad eventually got me a 55 gallon and put him in there. I still remember the petsmart guy telling me it'll be fine in a 10 gallon lol

LMAO Pacu fine in a 10... hilarious

 

[millerkid519]

Putting a goldfish with cichlids... leason learned

 

[Woefulrelic]

3 RBP is a nano cube. FML

 

[Thekid]

Betta in a 10 gallon with a common pleco.

 

[tlindsey]

Put in a small red belly piranha in my mother's 30 gal. Community aquarium. oops bad Idea.

 

[shrimpaholich]

i put ghost shrimp with mosquitofish lmao. good thing they were .10 each

 

[BigTex]

I didn't hook up the outflow tube on my first canister.... And the rest is history!