Nocturnal Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I use RODI water to calibrate mine when it gets off. 1. I haven't tested my tank in almost 6 months. 2. I used tap water for almost 3 weeks last month for top off(still fighting the GHA) 3. I stopped making my own salt water a year ago(overflowed the RODI and had to repaint the downstairs neighbors ceiling) and just buy it from the LFS 4. My water changes went from weekly to bi-weekly now to monthly as I prepare to upgrade. 5. This is my deepest one, last fall a guy was selling his sons tank and livestock on craigslist, he had no idea what he seas selling and I got him to "bundle" addition colonies for a matter of a few dollars, in the end I paid 75.00 for maybe 300-400 worth of coral and 100.00 for a 4/mo old MP10. I've dealt with the guilt by giving away frags as freebies when I sell something. Oh and my 2.5g QT tank has evolved into a full frag tank... I wouldn't sweat that too much. I've sold off some stuff at killer deals just so I wouldn't have to deal with it anymore. You may have saved the corals and helped him out in the long run. Link to comment
HVani Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I have a horrible bubble algae problem and some sort of weird wire algae. I don't bother it at all because I think it makes the tank look more natural. Most likely a product of my over feeding. I always hear about it though when I post pictures. I act ashamed when really I'm not. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I have a horrible bubble algae problem and some sort of weird wire algae. I don't bother it at all because I think it makes the tank look more natural. Most likely a product of my over feeding. I always hear about it though when I post pictures. I act ashamed when really I'm not. When I had red slime I'd actively avoid the area whilst taking pictures lol Link to comment
jeeperreefer Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I just sent two peppermint shrimp down the garbage disposal for eating polyps off a couple of my SPS frags. Watched it with my own eyes. Not taking the chance. Link to comment
TwiceBanned Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Wouldn't that be a great way to test your skimmer? Would it illicit feeding response from corals? Would the fishes get pregnant? Mermaids? So many questions.... They dealt with this on a South Park. Sea monkeys + semen = sea people. Link to comment
Paandemonium Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I just sent two peppermint shrimp down the garbage disposal for eating polyps off a couple of my SPS frags. Watched it with my own eyes. Not taking the chance. Oh, I act out revenge of critters that screw stuff up. I had a predatory emerald crab that even tried to eat me once and I literally hunted him for hours to seek out revenge(death by drying out in the yard). Link to comment
jeeperreefer Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oh yeah been there before. Yard, blow torch, knife. I am like a aquatic serial killer to non model citizens. Link to comment
RK_tek Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 caught myself eating a salmon fillet while watching my tank one day. i called my self a sick twisted individual and walked away in shame I ate a pound of pulled pork Friday. While watching my mini pig play with the cat. Link to comment
Nocturnal Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oh yeah been there before. Yard, blow torch, knife. I am like a aquatic serial killer to non model citizens. Well your tank is in Texas after all. Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 After I dump my tank water, I put my face in the bucket in the pretext of looking for critters in the sand fines. Actually I close my eyes and the smell makes me remember childhood trips to the coast and the oregon tide pools. Link to comment
Psychosis Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I farted at an LFS, blamed a fat guy, and made fun of him for stinking with an employee for 10 minutes every time he bent over a frag flat. I was playing "smooth criminal"in my head throughout. Link to comment
Bobyboy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Some times when I catch my crab being a bad boy I wonder if it's worth it to boil a cup of water toss in some old bay seasoning and have a emerald crab boil! Link to comment
defective_weeble Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Oh man. Well first off I'm glad to know that I'm not alone in my transgressions. Y'all are just as screwed up as me. That said, here we go! - I loudly preach simplicity in tanks while I'm planning and building a 230 gallon system that looks like a mad electrician's lab. - My wife bought me a freshwater tank and that got me into all this. Now I can't stand talking to people about FW because it bores me to tears. (I still love my 55 community, but even she agrees that it should become a sump for the 230 reef.) - I make fun of the people in my local aquatics group. It exists only on Facebook and is full of mouth-breathing, inbred, non-typing, mid-30s guys who do really shitty DIY projects for their cichlid tanks. I'm a mid-30s guy and I hate all of them for being stereotypes. - lolquarantine - My 20 long is the first tank that I've ever set up correctly without any rushing or shortcuts. I know how. I help other people to do it right. I just don't ever feel like it. - I know exactly where the water should be in my tank. I don't run an ATO. I don't test salinity unless something looks screwed up. - I bought a stupid brown paly because...I don't even know why. But I can't bring myself to throw it away. - I bought a chunk of live rock with an awesome purple mushroom on it. The rock also has red bubble algae. And I don't care. It's in my pico and I don't care if that gets screwed up. - I tell people who are getting into the hobby to beware the assholes on the forums. But I'm secretly thinking what everyone else is saying when I have to answer the same 10 dumbass questions every time. - SECONDED ON THE GHETTOTANKS OMG. I'm in the LFS the other day. 2 women in there looking at bettas, then they go over to corals. They buy a betta...they buy a frogspawn...and talk about how pretty the betta will look swimming through it. Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 - SECONDED ON THE GHETTOTANKS OMG. I'm in the LFS the other day. 2 women in there looking at bettas, then they go over to corals. They buy a betta...they buy a frogspawn...and talk about how pretty the betta will look swimming through it. wut... Link to comment
defective_weeble Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 wut... I hope beyond hope that they were trolling... But the reality of how much stupid stuff I've seen tells me that they weren't. Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I feel ya. I had more than one customer come in and want a clown fish and had no idea that it was saltwater. Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Overheard a woman telling the lfs guy she wanted another tang since hers died. He gave his condolences and I held my breath when he asked how big her tank was, oh, twenty gallons.......I swore I would have kicked him in the nuts but he told her that was way to small. I hope it wasnt because I was standing there. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Oh god customers. I have people come in all the time and ask me if the tropicals section is saltwater. It's a freaking WALMART! We don't sell saltwater! Frankly our fish aren't cost effective to start with (pretty much living shrink) but if we don't have them people don't buy the tanks, heaters, filters, etc., that we would stock anyway. Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Oh god customers. I have people come in all the time and ask me if the tropicals section is saltwater. It's a freaking WALMART! We don't sell saltwater! Frankly our fish aren't cost effective to start with (pretty much living shrink) but if we don't have them people don't buy the tanks, heaters, filters, etc., that we would stock anyway. I thought Walmart stopped selling fish years and years ago. I don't think I've seen it in close to 10 years I guess, across many states and many cities. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I thought Walmart stopped selling fish years and years ago. I don't think I've seen it in close to 10 years I guess, across many states and many cities. A few where I'm at do. The store manager opted to keep them during the last remodel. I do my best to take care of them when I'm allowed in the department and make every effort to educate people on what they're buying. Still have to sell them what they want if my advise goes unheeded though. Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 A few where I'm at do. The store manager opted to keep them during the last remodel. I do my best to take care of them when I'm allowed in the department and make every effort to educate people on what they're buying. Still have to sell them what they want if my advise goes unheeded though. Ah. I thought it had been a corporate decision to stop selling them. I can't imagine the cluster #### it takes to keep that sort of department in shape. I've worked in a couple Walmart's and I know it would be a disaster at either of those stores. Link to comment
Chris! Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Ah. I thought it had been a corporate decision to stop selling them. I can't imagine the cluster #### it takes to keep that sort of department in shape. I've worked in a couple Walmart's and I know it would be a disaster at either of those stores. 1 of the 3 around here that I can think of still has FW fish. Cluster #### is putting it REALLY nice lol. Link to comment
patback Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I could have sworn I seen a walmart with saltwater. Link to comment
vegasgundog Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Celebrating my bday after catching a cirque show. I wont be able to look my cleaner shrimp in the face when I get home Link to comment
I4O9 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I am basically just doing the bare minimum to keep my tank alive until I tear it down for college... the loss of my bambam zoas hit me hard. Link to comment
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