accidents & mistakes

Hello, I used one dose of Seachem marine buffer before realizing it is not intended for reef tanks and contains things like borate that aren’t good for reef tanks and/or can mess with alk tests. I also likely didn’t even need to use it. Definitely rookie mistake. Will my fish, LPS (hammer and...

Hello, I used one dose of Seachem marine buffer before realizing it is not intended for reef tanks and contains things like borate that aren’t good for reef tanks and/or can mess with alk tests. I also likely didn’t even need to use it. Definitely rookie mistake. Will my fish, LPS (hammer and...

I’m talking full on face palm moment. I just did a water change and about 5L into it realised the hose was on the carpet and not in the bucket. This isn’t the worst though. By far the worst mistake I made was doing a 50% water change and forgetting to add salt. No idea how my fish survived that...

So, I set up a 20L tank about 4 days ago, with 20 lbs of live sand, 15 lbs of live rock, and 15 lbs of old, dead rock. I dosed Turbo Start 9000, Aquaforest Bio S, and Seachem Stability since day 1. There's been ammonia detectable, but with an API test kit. I assumed, given the presence of...

Hi all, long time listener first time caller. I got a plug the other day with a couple Rhodactis mushrooms attached and I wanted to get the rock they were on off the frag plug. Long story short the “rock” they were on was a bunch of sand mixed with small rubble pieces and super glue and it...

So I just made a dumb rookie mistake... and I’m not even an aquarium rookie. I’m in the process of making RO water for my new tank and don’t have enough room to store 150ish gallons, so I’m pumping water into my DT and making new batches. I started today and then left the hose in the tank and...

Made myself a cup of tea (I'm English, living in Australia - forgive me) this afternoon and then, with mind clearly wandering, I wanted to look inside the sump for a second. Without thinking about it, I put the mug on the tank bracing in order to free hands to open the cabinet doors... No it...

Hi all, and welcome to my build thread! Stock/Pics Updated 12/21/21 First, a bit about me: I've always been fascinated with marine biology and fish tanks in general. They're not only incredibly fun and relaxing to look at, but I love the idea of applied science and having a real slice of an...

It took me 15 years to put together this Tank Thread. This tank has many hair raising stories over it's lifetime. Many lessons learned. I have had many of the Reef Classic: Accidents/Events/ and Setbacks: -> Had a Massive Macro Algae Spore Explosion ( Algae went "Go sexual" and ->...