Ouch Anthony... can't even imagine how badly that must have sucked/hurt. (or the other way around :lol: )

Now I know not to get a lionfish of any sort ! Beautiful... but clearly they can cause a lot of grief and pain.

Did you know that there are two kinds of ScotchBrite scouring pads and that one is "Heavy Duty" and will scratch glass??!!

In the 90's I'd use the green "No Name" scouring pads for years on a FW 90 I had. No problem. Then switched to ScotchBrite, one day, 'cause the "No Names" were sold out. Got the green one 'cause that is what I always used. Green. Over time, scratches started appearing on the inside of the glass, but I just thought it was me getting bits of gravel stuck between the glass and the pad when I scrubbed down low, below the gravel line. I thought it was the gravel bits scratching the glass. So I made a mental note to be more careful not to get gravel bits stuck between the pad and the glass. But it just kept getting worse. More and more scratches. Finally, I clued in to check the packaging next time I was at the grocery store. Sure enough..."Heavy Duty" "Will Scratch Glass". And there's the blue ones, right beside them that says "Ideal For Glass". :redface: :rolleyes:
Did you know? I do!

Cheers,

Don't leave frags to set on your eurobracing and then reach into the tank. The frag can attach to your armpit just as easily as it can bond to the frag plug, and crazy glue is itchy under there :razz:

Smooth move, Exlax :rolleyes:

Some damn funny stuff here... most of which I have also experienced firsthand... Reading Christy's signature made me think...

Once you have released the smoke out of a piece of electronics, anybody know how hard it is to get it back in? :mrgreen:

Some of this ISN'T funny as it could be disasterous...

DRIP LOOPS... I found it amazing how quickly a power bar could flame up after being shorted out by saltwater... :redface:

Leak testing - I bought a used bowfront KNOWING it had a leak... I was pretty sure I fixed it, I filled it up on the balcony and everything seemed fine... so inside it went... moved the entire contents of another tank into it... things were just starting to look nice a couple of days later when I heard the ominous "crack".... followed by the unmistakeable gush of water flowing where I knew it shouldn't... (down to the power bar of course). :rolleyes: It's absolutely amazing how even after a long hard day one can get instantly motivated to save lives ... I would recommend NOT stepping in the pool of water until the breaker has been shut off... next time I leak tested for 2 weeks... :idea:

wow you bought it even after a pile of people on the board told you that bowfronts are dangerious and inherantly leak?

Yup.... I'm a pretty handy guy. :mrgreen: I knew it leaked when I bought it... just the first time I tried to fix it I thought I could get away with just fixing the one seam... turned out I was wrong. I ended up stripping and resealing the whole thing... no problems since I did a "proper job". I think you're right about bowfronts being more prone to leaking, but I honestly believe that's a quality control issue at the factory... Believe me... if it leaks again I will rethink things for sure.

Maroon clowns can and do bite! This is especially dangerous when you are standing on a chair with a metal fondue fork poised to finally jab the dreaded black crab that has been evading you for months despite your far superiour intelligence and craftiness. It can cause you to pull your arm - fork and all out of the tank surprisingly quickly and take a giant step into.............midair. There is a reason that hardwood floors are called that - they are hard!

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Do you know that after reading all these stories strange thoughts and images goes through a person’s mind when an unexpected sound comes from the direction of the fish tank?

Also not to mention that your heart skips not one but tow beats.

Funny but also scary stuff we have here. However I will keep on laughing until it happens to me one day (knocking on wood).

:mrgreen:

This is just %$#@ great! :rolleyes: I gedda add another one....

When releasing your brand new nudibranch that you've been looking for for 3 months to kill those nasty flatworms into your high flow system, give him an opportunity to settle somewhere instead of being helplessly sucked through the water column into the oncoming rush of a Seio 1100... :eek: !!

Sometimes I just wanna stick my head right in and breathe real deep... :rolleyes: