Patience, of course, I think that is a hard one for all of us. But for me, getting an SPS, and not paying close attention to parameters! All is good now, but I thought I had a handle on things, when clearly I didn’t.
What was the HARDEST reef keeping lesson you've learned to date?
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Not to walk away from the RODI…
… admittedly the lesson was hard learned, as it took numerous floods to….
Never mind, I am not sure that I have quite got the hang of this lesson yet.
… admittedly the lesson was hard learned, as it took numerous floods to….
Never mind, I am not sure that I have quite got the hang of this lesson yet.
totally!! 
OMG! And here I truly thought I was the only one who ever did this!thank you for sharing this one.
i cant think
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That coral becomes addictive! It also becomes an expensive game as you go - I mean previously I was going for £45-50 coral, i now have corals that are worth over 150-200.
Gumbies R Us
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Never rush a fix for your tank!
Starting a tank with man made rock and sterile sand has to be the hardest thing possible to pull through.
2018 I did a restart on 20 year old set up. Started with sterile everything.
NEVER AGAIN. It was a 2 year battle.
2018 I did a restart on 20 year old set up. Started with sterile everything.
NEVER AGAIN. It was a 2 year battle.
Gumbies R Us
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How did you flood your basement?
Same
Don't keep Sea Apples with fish that like to pick at them!
Wiped out whole tank.
Wiped out whole tank.
Patience was the first thing I had to learn.
Quarantine would be the second on my list. Nothing ever got out of control on my system but it could have very easily.
And lastly, don't change too much because of what other people say on here. If you have a system that works, and everything is happy, stick to it.
Quarantine would be the second on my list. Nothing ever got out of control on my system but it could have very easily.
And lastly, don't change too much because of what other people say on here. If you have a system that works, and everything is happy, stick to it.
Dburr1014
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Leaving the rodi on.
A few times.
Not really flooded, but 10 gallons or so.
The last time was my wife's fault. I have the waste line in the pipe with the clothes washer waste water. She heard it dripping and shook the pipe. Little did she know the 1/4" tube fell out. Lots of water that time.
ukgeoff
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Don't give up when things aren't going well.
I've had my fair share of challenges with my tank—four times, to be exact, where everything just seemed to go downhill. It got to the point where I even questioned why I was bothering at all. I lost all motivation to keep up with the basic maintenance, like water testing, which only made things worse.
But each time, I managed to give myself a bit of a pep talk, figured out what was going wrong, and got my tank back on track. It's really tough when things don't go as planned, and it's so easy to get caught up in those frustrating feelings. But there's always a way to turn it around!
I've had my fair share of challenges with my tank—four times, to be exact, where everything just seemed to go downhill. It got to the point where I even questioned why I was bothering at all. I lost all motivation to keep up with the basic maintenance, like water testing, which only made things worse.
But each time, I managed to give myself a bit of a pep talk, figured out what was going wrong, and got my tank back on track. It's really tough when things don't go as planned, and it's so easy to get caught up in those frustrating feelings. But there's always a way to turn it around!
Normally I'd simply say "patience". But I've found that to be untrue. It's the "right amount of patience". You certainly don't want to overreact, but you also don't want to wait too long.
Learn before you start this hobby.
Starting a tank and learn as you go is a difficult way for success.
Just read all the threads here.
Just like life get a plan and stick to it is the best advice I can give.
Starting a tank and learn as you go is a difficult way for success.
Just read all the threads here.
Just like life get a plan and stick to it is the best advice I can give.
aciak
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For me, good habits. 10% weekly water changes consistently. Testing important parameters consistently. Feeding coral and fish consistently. Maybe sometimes playing with a variable then observing for a few weeks the effects. See some bubble algea cropping up? Pick away at it during the next water change. Oh, I see you little aiptasia... nuke that thing with Aiptasia X on the next water change. How about testing and cleaning equipment? Do that consistently. Almost every time I've gotten lazy, deliberately ignored something, etc. it has bit me in the butt. That's the hard lesson learned.
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That is the one thing I made sure of before starting!
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