What's the worst thing you've ever dropped in your tank?

[count krunk]

I read a thread on here where a guy dosed dish soap into his tank.

Dosing it in takes dedication!

I've avoided any nasty mistakes so far.

 

[Vette67]

Eheim auto fish feeders while refilling them.

That happened to me yesterday. New one is already on order with Amazon. Probably the 3rd or 4th I’ve had go for a swim.

 

[ID-Reefer]

Miller light.

 

[Casket_Case]

Worse for me was my phone. On FaceTime with girlfriend, sits phone down while messing with tank, look over and see her on the phone inside the tank with wide eyes... phone and tank was fine XD

 

[polyppal]

a blue damsel

 

[NigelRichardson]

Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread.

There are some funny, sad, amusing and downright scary stories out there....

I feel a little better knowing I'm not the only one who's either had, or nearly had "Unwanted-stuff-in-tank" disasters....

 

[Brandon3152134]

Does leaving the rodi system on in the garage while taking a nap count. Thankfully no damage other than really wet concrete floor

I've done this too many times

 

[blasterman]

Last summer I had a penny fall into a small but very heavily stocked SPS tank. Didn't see it.

The zinc in the penny caused a massive and brutal bleaching of all SPS. Dark blue digipora turned snow white in less than 48 hours. Everything recovered but it was scary. Zinc is a main component of algaecide.

 

[ReefDestroyer38592]

A male emerald crab. He’s been picking at my gonis and sps polyps daily. I’ve been trying to get him out since.

 

[ckjhill]

I just found a AA battery in the sump. Dont know how long its been in there..

 

[Sharkbait19]

I just found a AA battery in the sump. Dont know how long its been in there..

Best not to ask questions. It’s in the past, and what you don’t know can’t hurt you.

 

[kaylajoy]

I used a small steel anvil to weigh down some acrylic I was gluing to the bottom of a tank. When I was taking it out I dropped it on a glass aquarium lid and made a huge mess.

I missed my tank but I think it was a fair warning lol. I hate messing with rocks or anything in aquarium, so much scratch glass.

 

[Casket_Case]

I dropped my on LEDs in there...

 

[WiscoFishNut]

Purple dottyback... Worst inanimate object so far - LEDs on my frag tank more than once and they still work lol

 

[CMMorgan]

I did not do this but it happened to a tank that I cared for in my school library another lifetime ago....
During the holiday break, some awful kids broke into the school and poured about half a gallon of Elmers Craft Glue in the fish tank. It was about a 40 gallon tank - freshwater. When the building reopened, the HOB filter was pretty much ruined, the tank completely opaque and gelatinous. To all of our amazement, we were able to find and save every fish. They were assorted goldfish .... so there's that. We had to wash each little fish by hand to remove the glue and put them in little bowls from the cafeteria with stress coat while we broke down the entire system and rebuilt it.
It proved two things ... 12 year old boys really can be evil and goldfish are like cockroaches, they will live through darn near anything.

 

[jassermd]

An airpod... I was on a call while moving a piece of coral and plop...
At least it didn't fall in the rock work or in a cave.

 

[jtp7004ft]

Miller light.

Beer and GSP

 

[CMMorgan]

Beer and GSP

PBR and GSP!

 

[Lemon]

I did not do this but it happened to a tank that I cared for in my school library another lifetime ago....
During the holiday break, some awful kids broke into the school and poured about half a gallon of Elmers Craft Glue in the fish tank. It was about a 40 gallon tank - freshwater. When the building reopened, the HOB filter was pretty much ruined, the tank completely opaque and gelatinous. To all of our amazement, we were able to find and save every fish. They were assorted goldfish .... so there's that. We had to wash each little fish by hand to remove the glue and put them in little bowls from the cafeteria with stress coat while we broke down the entire system and rebuilt it.
It proved two things ... 12 year old boys really can be evil and goldfish are like cockroaches, they will live through darn near anything.

12 yr olds can be evil

 

[BelieveInBlue]

Do my standards count? It's amazing how quickly your mindset goes from "everything must be perfect" to "eh nothing's dying so screw it good enough"