STUPID things people do in this hobby

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Eating a powdered jelly donut while reaching over your display to scrape coraline from the back of your tank.....

No but seriously, I find myself waking up at 5am with a flash light to feed my corals, this was a new routine for me. Because my atinics come on from 3pm till 3am I find myself tinkering with the tank at all hours of the early morning. It's a lot easier to do maintenance and enjoy the peace later in the am since most people are fast asleep.

Hahah classic. Im sure the corals dont mind powedered sugar in the middle of the night.

[Doug]

Made lots of mistakes since the 70,s but this always sticks out, {no pun intended}, as my most embarrassing. Its when I had my 225g downstairs in wall. 30in deep and 30in across.

So I head downstairs for a shower. Hmm that stupid frag has fallen over again and its near the front. I should put it back before showering. Take my housecoat of. Buck naked, nobody down there right. Into the tank, up to the arm pits I go. Move the frag. Only thing sticking out is my fat arse butt. Ewwwwwwwwwwww

Pull myself outta the tank and my wife is standing behind me, peeing herself laughing at the site..Ewwwwwwwwwwww

Thank heavens it was before Iphones and Facebook..

[asylumdown]

Spending money on boring common corals that are now so large you've got no room for the cool high-end stuff you really want.

Buying fish for the size they are they day you get them, not the size they will be when they're over-fed, borderline obese adults.

buying fish that won't eat pellets and need frozen food every day (a real PITA when you want to go out of town)

[canadianbudz604]

Originally Posted by warriorcookie

Dude, Jebo and Jebao are 2 different companies...

My bad

[pinkreef]

Sprinkling salt over my tank to increase SG
Leaving a hose (for water changes) hanging out of my tank and walking away

[Flash]

well.. they call me flash for a reason... anyone from my blue world days knows why!

[Treebeard]

Buying that purdy sea apple and putting it our first tank, a 40 gallon bowfront. End of story. Eventual end of tank.

[Aquattro]

Worrying about whether some label is counterfeit

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by Treebeard

Buying that purdy sea apple and putting it our first tank, a 40 gallon bowfront. End of story. Eventual end of tank.

What happened with the sea apple?

[nrosdal]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Worrying about whether some label is counterfeit

Haha

Taking people's worries about said label seriously and spending hours looking up electrical codes.