What's the dumbest thing you've done?

[MoeReefer]

woke up one morning at about 4 am and decided for some reason to do a water change. Just after i finished adding the replacement water i realized it was from the wrong buckett. 5g of fresh water makes a big difference in salinity when added to a 30 g tank. spent the next hour adding salt to the tank untill proper salinity was reached.

[Joe Reefer]

Thats some good stuff.

It took me at least 10 times to stop unpluging stuff with wet hands.

30 gallons of water spilled on the floor takes longer to clean up than you would think.

[Doug]

Been doing this for so long, I have done most of the things mentioned.

Left the water maker running when going out, despite putting a note on the door to turn it off.

Cranked the skimmer up just before leaving. This was pre-waste collector.

Not understanding the relationship of the alkaline well water and ro with no di resin and the higher levels of alk. in some salt mixes. Took a couple years and several lighting/tank combo,s to figure this one out, despite all my experience.

Scratching my new starfire 180 cube before water was even in.

Sigh, I could go on.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Doug

Scratching my new starfire 180 cube before water was even in.

ouch!

[BCOrchidGuy]

Oh Holy Hell in a Handbag Batman, lets see, first off I can tell you that keeping a 400 watt metal halide close to the surface of the water isn't always smart, especially when your the type of person (me) who always has a hand in the tank for one reason or another. Good thing is salt water is excellent for cleaning out scorched flesh, and the fish really enjoyed the skin that fell off.
Power bars do NOT belong over an open top aquarium.
Power bars do NOT belong under leaky overflows or area's where I always seem to pour make up water.
Power bars do NOT belong in my home around the aquarium.

Best thing for me is to go to the LFS AFTER my bills are paid and the car is full of gas, not on payday.

Doug

[GrimReefer]

in my first year i bought an alveopora coral without doing any research. it died...

[marcingo]

I did the same thing as you Grim. Mine seemed to be ok until my stupid sleeper goby decided to move it somewhere. Needless to say by the time I found it it was dead in the sand behind a rock.