my zebra pleco [so damn expensive for a tiny little fellow] got caught in those really clear [almost invisible] strings in the wood which is used to tie the plants onto the wood and i thought my zebra was just wiggling cauz he was itchy [lol] and left him like that for a few hours before my dad came and noticed the clear string suffocating him. my poor zebra's gills were red. he could have almost died and there would have gone 300$!!!! ;P
Dumbest thing you've done in/to aquariums?
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I have left hoses filling the tanks and forgotten them, soaking rooms.
I have drop lights in the water and grabbed without switching off power first.
My first ever heater, an old coil one with a copper screw adjuster inside a long glass tube with a rubber plug at the top. Stuck a screwdriver in couldn't quite get in the screw slit so I tried a finger adjustment and boom, saw stars-it was 220V.
I have drop lights in the water and grabbed without switching off power first.
My first ever heater, an old coil one with a copper screw adjuster inside a long glass tube with a rubber plug at the top. Stuck a screwdriver in couldn't quite get in the screw slit so I tried a finger adjustment and boom, saw stars-it was 220V.
did the overflow while doing major w/c
didn't QT when adding new fish to my new juvie discus tank (this was big time stupid is as stupid does!)
left little opening in canopy, my 6" bala did a sky rocket out & alas is in fish heaven now!
while feeding late at nite, left frozen brine/blood worm pack out & it thawed & all over the floor!
bought a baby whale & teamed it with my red tiger oscar. needless to say also went to fish heaven!
after cleaning my fluval several times, it started to backwash out lots of crud when I started to prime/pump. realized it was all stuck in the coiled intake/return tubes. needless to say this went the CL way!
while traveling on business cross country, stopped in a pet shop that had great prices/sales. bought 25 fish in LA to travel home but still had stops to make in SF & Chicago. needless to say 20% went to fish heaven but the others survived! all still in their original bag/water! not proud/not bragging!
when doing major w/c, forgot to add prime, next morning lost most all of my precious silver $ bloodfin & red tail & baby bala sharks. but all my baby albino cory's plecos & large bala survived! again not proud/not bragging!
bought a cute 4" baby pacu to be a companion with my silver $ in just a 20g tank. it grew so fast & ate so much it was a terror! needless to say it went the way of my kid's classmate's dad's 55gal tank. still alive & growing! now 13"!!
I think that's enough of my dumb moves!
didn't QT when adding new fish to my new juvie discus tank (this was big time stupid is as stupid does!)
left little opening in canopy, my 6" bala did a sky rocket out & alas is in fish heaven now!
while feeding late at nite, left frozen brine/blood worm pack out & it thawed & all over the floor!
bought a baby whale & teamed it with my red tiger oscar. needless to say also went to fish heaven!
after cleaning my fluval several times, it started to backwash out lots of crud when I started to prime/pump. realized it was all stuck in the coiled intake/return tubes. needless to say this went the CL way!
while traveling on business cross country, stopped in a pet shop that had great prices/sales. bought 25 fish in LA to travel home but still had stops to make in SF & Chicago. needless to say 20% went to fish heaven but the others survived! all still in their original bag/water! not proud/not bragging!
when doing major w/c, forgot to add prime, next morning lost most all of my precious silver $ bloodfin & red tail & baby bala sharks. but all my baby albino cory's plecos & large bala survived! again not proud/not bragging!
bought a cute 4" baby pacu to be a companion with my silver $ in just a 20g tank. it grew so fast & ate so much it was a terror! needless to say it went the way of my kid's classmate's dad's 55gal tank. still alive & growing! now 13"!!
I think that's enough of my dumb moves!
Over-filled about 5 gallons into my living room a few weeks ago when filling up my 55g, because I was too busy watching the fish in my 125g. One time in college when I was moving my tank, I took the heater out and set it on top of my computer. Would have been fine except that I forgot to unplug the heater. The heater and computer both still work, but the computer has a pretty good burn/melt mark on it.
I added copper medication to a 220G Reef Tank to cure ick. The tank contained over 400Lbs of live rock. The copper killed all of the bacteria on the rock cuasing an ammonia spike that eventually killed about everything in the tank. A very exspensive lesson!
second day of owning my very first little five gallon I put a bunch of gold gouramis in it amd tetras (way too much for a small uncycled tank) the next morning the tank was cloudy (ammonia) so to clear it up I put bleach in it, then wondered why my fish died in less than five minutes. Needless to say I looked like an ass when I called the pet store. lol But that didn't stop me. I have owned a tank ever since.
