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[Otto_VonBacon]

I've been keeping fish all my life. I had my first tank when I was about 7-8. Before that both my brothers have had fish. You never stop learning in this hobby. Never. The best thing you can do is expect mistakes to happen and learn from them. Feeling sad about killing a fish due to foolishness is normal, but don't let it get to you. Learn from the mistake and do what you can to not do it again. Do this with everything you face, and you will eventually be a great fish keeper.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Alva Edison

 

[justonemoretank]

I learn more every day. Mostly, I read. I'm six months away from a Bachelor's in English and I read way more about fish than I do literature or poetry...

 

[flowerpower]

Yes, everyday is a learning experience for me but there is one mistake that I keep making over, and over, and over, and over, and over again and then many times again. I keep forgetting to cover my tanks and, subsequently, keep coming home to find prized fish dried up on the floor.

 

[justonemoretank]

Yes, everyday is a learning experience for me but there is one mistake that I keep making over, and over, and over, and over, and over again and then many times again. I keep forgetting to cover my tanks and, subsequently, keep coming home to find prized fish dried up on the floor.

Oh no!

 

[nfored]

Yes, everyday is a learning experience for me but there is one mistake that I keep making over, and over, and over, and over, and over again and then many times again. I keep forgetting to cover my tanks and, subsequently, keep coming home to find prized fish dried up on the floor.

I lost my biggest bala this way they day before he was to be re homed to his 220. I was taking rocks out of the 55 and moving them to the 220 and forgot to close the lid.

I think the mistake I make the most often is under estimating a fishes ability to get sucked into my sump. However the many deaths each showed me something. Now I have better strainers and run a wet sump with an isolation section, if an unlucky fish makes it into the sump his life is spared.

However the big lose I have had 20 fish at once, came when I thought I got the ball valve fully closed on the water line used to refile my planted tanks I had. The valve didn't get closed fully and continued to fill the tank with water for about 18 hours. No water was spilled on the floor as the sump had a built in drain, but they fish ended up in 100% chlorinated water and died.

This is a great thread thanks for all the post.

 

[Krawnik]

My parents repeated a saying often when I was younger...

"You spend every day of your life learning, and still die stupid."

Moral of the story, there's always a lesson to be learned even in the simplest of things. If you stop learning you're either dead, or may as well be.

 

[packer43064]

Mistakes happen, as long as your not making the same mistakes over and over again. I always tell people this as work. If they mess something up or break a dog food bag, then your aware now of how you broke this bag of dog food...you will be more careful next time.

Same with fish. If you put a gar with a tetra and the tetra randomly dissapears the next day then you know not to do this next time.