Overfed a Ceylon puffer before leaving for the weekend... came home to him bloated and floating upside down at the top of the tank.
Listening to a salesman at a LFS when I got my first tank as a kid. Ended up with an oscar a clown knife a pacu 2 JDs 2 convicts a common pleco and a few others I can’t remember in a 20g. Then when they were obviously too big, he sold me a 60 and said that would be plenty big. No Internet in those days lolWhat are the biggest mistakes you have made in keeping aquariums?
By all means get a generator. We had a planned 6 hr outage last night from 11 pm to 5 am which I completely forget about. Not a problem here, as the generator kicked on on less than 10 seconds (I do still have to reset two clocks). Having a whole house generator is peace of mind when you have a considerable investment in tanks and fish. The troubling question I always had was "what if there is an outage while we are away?" Not even a potential problem anymore.The biggest mistake I’ve ever made was to probably take a break in fishkeeping. And where I live has powercuts now & then. Not often. But can be decimating to a tank, I’d like to have a backup generator in the near future. But getting back into it is so exciting, got to admit. You can see past mistakes and not to repeat them.
wow thats a spendy mistakeI leak tested my plumbing with hot water, while there was cold water inside the tank. Cracked this back panel 10 min before adding fish ??View attachment 1475187View attachment 1475188View attachment 1475189
Yes, but not nearly as many associated headaches...Getting a reef system. More expensive than a girlfriend.