What gives you the ICH in the reefing hobby?

[Gumbies R Us]

Some things in your tank can just be gross to deal with! Maybe it is cleaning out that dirty filter sock, siphoning out tank water and accidentally tasting it, or maybe it is cleaning up a tank that has crashed. I am wondering what truly gives you the ICH. (it can be in your tank or just the hobby in general)

 

[i cant think]

Having a mouthful of dead coral water…
You’d be surprised how common it is to do that when at an LFS, especially if they’re importing in corals.

I can tolerate a lot but that is a big no in my books.

 

[AlyciaMarie]

Manually removing hair algae....Just no.

 

[i cant think]

Manually removing hair algae....Just no.

After sitting and plucking it off of frag plugs, I can completely agree - I now chuck snails and fish in to deal with algae!

 

[1112-425XL]

Skimmer cleaning. Quite disgusting!

 

[Sdbuehler1]

Removing dead turbo snails that died upright. When you flip over the shell and all their decayed body comes dumping out of the shell and pollutes your tank. The smell will make you gag

 

[Slocke]

Ich is one of those new words the young-uns use right?

You know what gives me ich? Tangs. Ich and velvet

 

[Reefer Matt]

Compared to what I do for a living, the reef tank funk doesn’t gross me out. I get mentally disgusted (with myself) when I have mass losses of livestock. Even with knowledge and experience, bad things happen in reefing. But I guess that’s part of the journey. It just really bothers me and throws off my mojo sometimes though.

 

[dakoop]

Coral prices

 

[Reef Wizard]

Skimmer cleaning. Quite disgusting!

Cleaning the skimmer neck and it getting on the back of your hand or forearm...

But alas a skimmer is a wonderful piece of equipment

 

[i cant think]

Having a mouthful of dead coral water…
You’d be surprised how common it is to do that when at an LFS, especially if they’re importing in corals.

I can tolerate a lot but that is a big no in my books.

I also can’t tolerate the smell of defrosted fish food that’s been left out of a fridge over night, that is probably one of the only smells I cannot stand.

 

[merkmerk73]

Bristleworms

I don’t care if they’re the best CUC in the world (debatable - seems like an oft regurgitated myth to me)

They’re creepy and nasty and can easily get crazy big and huge populations and make it so you can’t dig around in your sand or rock without risking venomous quills in your finger

I did everything to prevent them and still got them. Like reef tank herpes.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

seeing people pay $200 or more dollars for a polyp of zoas.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Bristleworms

I don’t care if they’re the best CUC in the world (debatable - seems like an oft regurgitated myth to me)

They’re creepy and nasty and can easily get crazy big and huge populations and make it so you can’t dig around in your sand or rock without risking venomous quills in your finger

I did everything to prevent them and still got them. Like reef tank herpes.

dips and h202 won’t get them all?

 

[NonstopSoda]

bristle worms and aiptasia.... Also the price of coral specifically over priced bad coral... I have some beef with my LFS and their prices

 

[crazyfishmom]

Finding a dead, dried out fish that went carpet surfing. Creeeeeeeepppppppyyyyyy and sad at the same time.

Also… when my sailfin comes to try to eat the algae I scrape off the glass and rubs himself against my hand. Slippery and weird.

 

[Janet Belanger]

Reaching into the tank to pull a rock out only to touch something unexpectedly soft, slippery, mushy, or gushy.

 

[ErikVR]

Cleaning the skimmer cup…
Oh the smell!!!

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

I have been shocked to find that the skimmer doesn't actually smell that much. I was so scared of it for so long, but it's no where near as bad as standing water can be. It's icky, buy not putrid.

I think the thing that gives me the ick, is when I accidently put equipment in a bucket and close the lid, planning to clean it when convenient. And I open it 2 months later. I threw out a few things over that.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Skimmer cleaning. Quite disgusting!

I just had to do that yesterday! I always hate having to clean it.