Things I know

[water_baby83]

2. There is no such thing as a water change without getting water on something it’s not supposed to be on.
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LOL totally relate to that one, I make a mess everytime, ha ha! But c'mon guys, go balls out, what are the worst f*ck -up's you've made! LOL we have probably all done what is listed so far, though "hoss.." thats just wrong LMAO, shame on you!!!

 

[WyldFya]

2. There is no such thing as a water change without getting water on something it’s not supposed to be on.

I use the pump straight out of the tank to the fron lawn using a hose, and hose from sink straight to tank. I STILL SPILL NEARLY EVERYTIME!!!

 

[WyldFya]

1) not to isolate 2 or more sultan plecos together... they will fight to death
2)Green Terror's mouth is larger than it seems... be careful with the size of the fish you add to it's tank
3)formika is poisonous and deadly to shrimps and bottom dwellers
4) Japonica shrimps are excellent climbers, but lousy air breathers

You can keep 2 Sultans together, just make sure they aren't both male, and that there is enough room for both of them. Of couse enough room for them is at least 72x18 footprint. Learned that one the hard way.

 

[starrfish71]

1) lungfish can not only survive out fo their tank for several hours, but they can survive even when thickly covered in cat hair and carpet fuzz

2) every time your little baby has out grown the 10gal and you scrimp and save to get that next size tank, the day you bring it home your baby has jumped out of the small tank

3)old hex tanks like to leak. ALOT

 

[water_baby83]

1) lungfish can not only survive out fo their tank for several hours, but they can survive even when thickly covered in cat hair and carpet fuzz

AAAHHH MAN!!! That takes the cake for right now!!! Thats wrong - please tell me it was only "hours" because you weren't home, ha ha ha

 

[starrfish71]

yeah- I was out - got home, my BF says, 'Hon, what's that weird fuzzy lump in the middle of your living room?'

 

[starrfish71]

the next problem was figuring out how to pick him up!!! 3foot lungfish have big teeth and are generally very slimy!

 

[water_baby83]

5) Stingrays love cichlids, and not in the buddy buddy kind of way


8) If an LFS tells you a fish might fit in a 75 eventually your going to need an indoor pond

ha ha ha, so true, so true -- word of advice ; pretty much NEVER listen to your LFS employee, LOL - - and damnit, Wal-Mart, and Pet-Smart people are noooo exception -- most often worse!!! Grrr!

 

[WyldFya]

Walmart employees go through an extensive 2 minute crash course on fish keeping.

 

[dizlal]

When you've just cleaned the the front of the tank and got rid of all watermarks and crap, 4 YEARS OLD LIKE TO TOUCH AND SMEAR FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT