Whats the funniest NewB thing you did?

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by Kevin3884, Feb 27, 2011.

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  1. cheeeezum

    cheeeezum Plankton

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    lets see where to begin... still new, 2yrs now, but learning soo much the hard way.

    first i learned that my cat dosnt like to swim.

    then once belived that just cuz i found it in the ocean i could put it in my tank, not true at all.

    umm, metal check valve, copper poisen

    umm, check valve period.

    um ran a sump next to a reufugium and pump out of sump but tried to rum 2 pumps from sump to fuge and back to sump, impossible, trust me.

    added a 716 w halide system about 5 inches off water with no fan or chiller... water temp raised 6degres in 10 min before i realized what i was doing, cooking.

    o yea and im with the guy that flooded the house 100 times club.

    speaking of poor pluming on a overflow box led to water on a timer on a extension cord and a small electrical fire that caused me to buy the carpet in my apt.

    umm didnt rinse carbod one time...

    o, thought cayno was coraline and alloud it to spread everywhere.. i mean every frikin where... lol seriously everywhere, someone had to stop me when they saw what i was so ignorantly doing.

    ok i think thats enough for now
     
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  3. Zeyphon

    Zeyphon Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I let my mom coax me into buying some 40$ monti frag when my tank was five months old, using crappy PC lighting and no alk/calc dosing. It turned into a pretty coral skeleton after a couple weeks.
     
  4. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Two words, Sunrise Dottyback
     
  5. Travis45

    Travis45 Scooter Blennie

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    lol ;d
     
  6. nemovit

    nemovit Astrea Snail

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    I bought a specific nassarius snail because he had a "goodie" hitch hiker attached to its shell. Later on, I found out it was aiptasia LOL.
     
  7. Kriss

    Kriss Astrea Snail

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    Only 8 months into the hobby but I did the above with all of my house plants!!! Also used the skimmate once lol took some washing through that did. I now have lots of new house plants lol ::)

    Also stupidly had my T5s just sitting on top of the cover plates when I first set up & thought that the bulbs must be vibrating a lot as when the reflectors touched each other when I moved them they sparked a little & when they touched my arm when I had my hand in the water it hurt like hell!!! All seemed so obvious that that sensation was actually electrocution lmao.
     
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  9. Kristiavi

    Kristiavi Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Wonder if the guy at the LFS laughed at after you left =] lol
     
  10. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    one time I asked how much bubble algae cost :p because I thought it was pretty!