Your biggest mistake

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jlnguyen74;2585277; said:
I'm still sorting out my mistakes to find out the biggest one. However, I'm sure my wife's biggest mistake was asking me to get a fish tank for the kids! :ROFL: She didn't know what kind of monster she woke up!
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haha yea my mum said i could get 2 goldfish in a 6gal.....its been just over a year and we have 3 tanks up and running and 2 in the shed lol apart from a 10gal all the other are 125 and over :headbang2not monster but enough lol
 
Well got up this morning to find my blue lobster in about 20 pieces. Seems that my mbunas had a little snack while he was molting last night. So the new rule for me is no crays or lobsters in the mbuna tank. Lesson learned, although he did last about three weeks with no problems.
 
Well I usually don't tell the story much as it's embarrassing but I'll share as this is dedicated to lessons learned and you guys can laugh at me. I had a 90G setup as a saltwater aquarium for about 2 years. I had close to $8,000 invested in the tank in my stock, liverock, sand, etc. One day I decided to clean out my canister filter (Magnum 350). I turned off the quick disconnects that were on my 3/4" tubing and pulled the filter off. Changed out my carbon and cleaned the filter no problem. When I started to hook everything backup I pulled my quick disconnect off the hose! at this time my tank started draining all over me and the floor like there was no tomorrow. In what seemed to be 2 or 3 minutes to think and was probobably closer to a second, I decided the answer to this draining aquarium problem was to stick this hose in my mouth and force the water backwards. What an idiot! after gagging on the terrible marine water and soaking myself I manager to spray the surge protector. At this point the surge protector didn't trip and I started to get shocked. I eventually got up the nerve to grab the power strip and rip it from the wall when I stopped getting shocked and I held the hose above the water level to stop the suction.

I was fine after a few hours when I could stop shaking and I actually didn't lose any of the fish they all survived fine.
 
getting shocked by water is the worst kind in my opinion, it covers more area.
 
blackhawkpowers;2596739; said:
Well I usually don't tell the story much as it's embarrassing but I'll share as this is dedicated to lessons learned and you guys can laugh at me. I had a 90G setup as a saltwater aquarium for about 2 years. I had close to $8,000 invested in the tank in my stock, liverock, sand, etc. One day I decided to clean out my canister filter (Magnum 350). I turned off the quick disconnects that were on my 3/4" tubing and pulled the filter off. Changed out my carbon and cleaned the filter no problem. When I started to hook everything backup I pulled my quick disconnect off the hose! at this time my tank started draining all over me and the floor like there was no tomorrow. In what seemed to be 2 or 3 minutes to think and was probobably closer to a second, I decided the answer to this draining aquarium problem was to stick this hose in my mouth and force the water backwards. What an idiot! after gagging on the terrible marine water and soaking myself I manager to spray the surge protector. At this point the surge protector didn't trip and I started to get shocked. I eventually got up the nerve to grab the power strip and rip it from the wall when I stopped getting shocked and I held the hose above the water level to stop the suction.

I was fine after a few hours when I could stop shaking and I actually didn't lose any of the fish they all survived fine.
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I've gotten water all over the place numerous times. I've turned on a canister without reattaching the hoses, I've put the lid on incorrectly so it pops off, sending water flowing everywhere, and I've also accidentally knocked the output out of the tank onto the floor, shooting water everywhere. I've avoiding getting shocked though.
 
I turned a filter off while i cleaned the media and then SOMEHOW forgot to plug it back it back in. *sigh* By the time I noticed, the was a dead red-tailed catfish, three dead Oscars, dead Clown Knife Fish, and my Pacu barely cleaning on. My Pacu is a real trooper though, she's still around today. As a matter of fact, she's looking at me as I type this.
 
petsmart is pretty new to vancouver, petcetra has been around for a little while, but it has never crossed my mind to shop there or at wallmart for a fish.....i would rather goto a place that i know and trust, somewhere that knows something about the fish and pets there selling....The guy i buy all my stuff from-calls on a regular bases aking how my arowana is doing, and water levels, ect...ha good guys...King Ed Pets....they really know there stuff.

i think my biggest mistake was last night. I put a 5 inch chiclid in the same tank and a very large string ray, and work up to my string ray eating the chiclid.....
 
I made my biggest mistake yesterday... And I'm paying for it now. I have been keeping large predatory fish for 15 years and I should know better. Here goes...

I had a meeting yesterday morning and figured I would swing by a pet store nearby the meeting site to pick up some feeders for my P-Bass, Aro, etc. I wasn't in a big hurry, but didn't feel like wasting my whole morning running around. I asked for 100 feeders (yes, 100). Didn't pay much attention...drove home, fished some out and quickly dropped some in my 150. I had to head out again with the fam. I came home around 6 pm and the lights were on in the tank... and I noticed 1/3 of the feeders I had put in were dead! They were all (literally) diseased up...nasty. I went into panic mode. I quickly netted all of the feeders out, dead or alive.

I figured all was ok, but just as the ball dropped last night my P-Bass is sitting on the gravel. He never sits on the gravel. Needless to say, the water change equipment came out and I pulled a 20% water change at 12:30 am. I couldn't see anything on the P-Bass, and he started to liven up a bit after the water change. I hoped for the best, and went to sleep.

Well, I came home today from dinner and the P-Bass has white/gray patches all over him! Again, I panicked. I had nothing to treat the tank with other than some Jungle parasite guard. I ran out to Wally World (only place open) and grabbed some Quick Cure hoping it would take care of the issue. I associated the patches with Costia or something of the like. Came home... and then found that all of my other fish have Mouth Fungus! The only one who doesn't seem to be affected is my Silver Aro. I put the Quick Cure in and some salt (even though my tank is completely planted), and now I'm hoping it clears up. I guess I need to get out and get some stuff for the mouth fungus as well.

I know better than to A) buy feeders from anyone other than the LFS I trust, and B) just stick them in my tank! I'm so down about this. My water tested spot on, even before the water change.

Does anyone have any input?
 
My biggest mistake was cleaning the media from my 55 gallon (Used hot water).
Cost me 3 silver arowanas.
 
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