Your worst mistake?

[scabbedwings616]

Put a yes 4" Alligator Gar in with a 12" Florida Gar. Next morning no Alligator Gar. They can swallow much larger prey than one would think.

this happened to you too!!!! my new alligator gar is in a grow out tank!!!!

 

[Jesseliu13]

My worst mistake was getting into the monster fish hobby. Ive spent more money on my fish in the past 4 years than my entire life lol. and im 21.

 

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

Not knowing to just float my ATF instead of bucket drip acclimation.. it died 4 or 5 hours after getting into the tank. DERP.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Not knowing to just float my ATF instead of bucket drip acclimation.. it died 4 or 5 hours after getting into the tank. DERP.

? I never float


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[BuffaloPolypteridae]

? I never float


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They need the oxygen, when you open the bag the oxygen in the water depletes quickly. And my drip wasn't fast enough to make up for it. Its never happened to me before but that's the reason I was given for it dying, everything else was fine, the other tank mates were fine, params were fine, MAD flow from 2 marineland 600s .

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[Ian21777]

They need the oxygen, when you open the bag the oxygen in the water depletes quickly. And my drip wasn't fast enough to make up for it. Its never happened to me before but that's the reason I was given for it dying, everything else was fine, the other tank mates were fine, params were fine, MAD flow from 2 marineland 600s .

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I read somewhere that it was ph that caused problems when acclimatising fish after long time in a bag. Ammonia would build up in the bag water, but because of the low ph due yo co2 build up it stayed in harmless form. Once the bag is opened o2 gets in, ph raises and more ammonia is 'unlocked'

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[BuffaloPolypteridae]

I read somewhere that it was ph that caused problems when acclimatising fish after long time in a bag. Ammonia would build up in the bag water, but because of the low ph due yo co2 build up it stayed in harmless form. Once the bag is opened o2 gets in, ph raises and more ammonia is 'unlocked'

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That may be the details I was hoping rob would come in and clarify lol, hence why floating bags instead of doing bucket acclimation with mail ordered fish works better. I'll have it down next time around

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[aclockworkorange]

I read somewhere that it was ph that caused problems when acclimatising fish after long time in a bag. Ammonia would build up in the bag water, but because of the low ph due yo co2 build up it stayed in harmless form. Once the bag is opened o2 gets in, ph raises and more ammonia is 'unlocked'

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That's why when you drop you add Prime or a similar ammonia binding product when you open the bag.


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[hlmarlowe]

too big of a bubbler in the freshwater tank. they stressed and were floating in just a few hours :0

 

[JsikM]

I carried a 30 gallon acrylic tank down some steep stairs and tripped halfway down. Busted my left pinky open and had to go to the ER, got 8 stitches on it. I am very careful when I pick up a tank of any size now lol