1. I unplug my heaters when I do whater changes. I forgot to plug my two heaters on my 180 and the temp dropped from 80 to 60 in a week till I figured it out. Lucky no fatalities but what a bone head.
2. One day I was running late for work and I noticed that one of my AC110 filter tubes came off ...all that was left was the U shaped tube so water was still flowing. I was running late so I figured I would put it on when I got home. When I came home "Trogdor" my 6 year old bichir swam up the to and was dead. I was super duper pissed - he was much bigger than the tube I have no idea how he fit up in there.
3. Six years ago I had a Fahaka puffer, that I grew from a the size of a gumball to 18 inches long. Anyway I was cleaning his tank one day and I was distracted and talking to someone well, I turned to look at the tank just as he was going to take "an exploratory bite" out of me. I flinched just in time and his bite took a dime size clean cut plug out of my python hose.
4. When I used to keep reef tanks I never used gloves I just moved stuff around and cleaned and arranged etc. Well something must have stung me (I didnt have anything poisonous in there I knew of). Well after cleaning my fingers were tingley, then it moved to hand then my arm, my whole arm burned for about an hour and felt numb. My fingers tingled for like 3-4 days after that.
5. Twelve years ago I went to the Bahamas for my 21st birthday. I went on a 4 day cruise. I came back to my apartment and some douche nozzle broke into my apartment and stole most of my valuables, and had the audacity to sit around for a bit and drink ALL my beer in my fridge. Well I have a BEAUTIFUL Malawi Biotope tank that has some really rare fish in it. This SOB decided to feed the fish while he was in there and OVERFED the tank so when I got home the water was like coffee and 90% fo my stock was dead. The ones that was alive where floating at the top. Instead of calling the police and unpacking I had to immediately do like a 90% water change to save like 3 fish that remained.
6. One morning I woke up and while I heading to the kitchen I saw my dog sniffing his BIG hairy poop in the dining room. After I yelled at him and got the paper towel and picked up the poop I was about to drop it into the toilet, a nano second before bombs away I noticed it was Trogdor the bichir. He was all dried out and crusty and had rolled in dog hair on the carpet before he died. Well I know that Poly's can breath air so I dropped him in the neartest tank (I had 12 tanks at that time) hair and all......well as soon as he hit the water It was like a ressurection. He started swiming like nothing had ever happened.
7. I used to have a HUGE Midas that I got from Jeff Rapps. I used to fight with it... I would put on a rubber glove and use my hand and we would play fight in the tank, he loved it. One night after, many drinks I showed my friends but I didnt use a glove. Needless to say he tore me up. It was not like horrible pain but when I pulled my hand out I was bleeding in like 6 spots.
Well I hope you enjoyed reading my mishaps, and sorry for the many typos that are probably in here as I didnt proof read any of it.
2. One day I was running late for work and I noticed that one of my AC110 filter tubes came off ...all that was left was the U shaped tube so water was still flowing. I was running late so I figured I would put it on when I got home. When I came home "Trogdor" my 6 year old bichir swam up the to and was dead. I was super duper pissed - he was much bigger than the tube I have no idea how he fit up in there.
3. Six years ago I had a Fahaka puffer, that I grew from a the size of a gumball to 18 inches long. Anyway I was cleaning his tank one day and I was distracted and talking to someone well, I turned to look at the tank just as he was going to take "an exploratory bite" out of me. I flinched just in time and his bite took a dime size clean cut plug out of my python hose.
4. When I used to keep reef tanks I never used gloves I just moved stuff around and cleaned and arranged etc. Well something must have stung me (I didnt have anything poisonous in there I knew of). Well after cleaning my fingers were tingley, then it moved to hand then my arm, my whole arm burned for about an hour and felt numb. My fingers tingled for like 3-4 days after that.
5. Twelve years ago I went to the Bahamas for my 21st birthday. I went on a 4 day cruise. I came back to my apartment and some douche nozzle broke into my apartment and stole most of my valuables, and had the audacity to sit around for a bit and drink ALL my beer in my fridge. Well I have a BEAUTIFUL Malawi Biotope tank that has some really rare fish in it. This SOB decided to feed the fish while he was in there and OVERFED the tank so when I got home the water was like coffee and 90% fo my stock was dead. The ones that was alive where floating at the top. Instead of calling the police and unpacking I had to immediately do like a 90% water change to save like 3 fish that remained.
6. One morning I woke up and while I heading to the kitchen I saw my dog sniffing his BIG hairy poop in the dining room. After I yelled at him and got the paper towel and picked up the poop I was about to drop it into the toilet, a nano second before bombs away I noticed it was Trogdor the bichir. He was all dried out and crusty and had rolled in dog hair on the carpet before he died. Well I know that Poly's can breath air so I dropped him in the neartest tank (I had 12 tanks at that time) hair and all......well as soon as he hit the water It was like a ressurection. He started swiming like nothing had ever happened.
7. I used to have a HUGE Midas that I got from Jeff Rapps. I used to fight with it... I would put on a rubber glove and use my hand and we would play fight in the tank, he loved it. One night after, many drinks I showed my friends but I didnt use a glove. Needless to say he tore me up. It was not like horrible pain but when I pulled my hand out I was bleeding in like 6 spots.
Well I hope you enjoyed reading my mishaps, and sorry for the many typos that are probably in here as I didnt proof read any of it.
(I know it's not funny, but I can't help myself from laughing)