Saltwater Regrets???

Oh yeah, that was a big one too! Never again.....

 

I will say that the aiptasia issue can be fought and won. We eventually won our battle a few years ago, and haven't had issues with them since. Lots of aiptasia-X and just being thorough and anal about looking for them and attacking them is what finally killed things off.

I will say that running an established tank is an absolute joy compared to running a baby tank (<1 year old). Looking through our old build thread, the hair algae and crap we went through was horrendous. We haven't had algae issues in the slightest for quite a while now. No random weird hitchikers in the rock, no aiptasia, it's definitely worth all the work up front.

My regret would be not tearing down our 1/2 bathroom downstairs and turning that into a U shaped wrap-around tank. No idea how big that tank would be...probably in the thousands of gallons...let's just say that my regrets have a bit of a fantasy side to them

 

Taking in a emporer angel as a favor to my mate.


Free emporer angel has cost almost $7k for a new big tank etc.

Who doesn't love free stuff ?

 

Might cost ya some bux but they have that electronic aiptasia killer now.. seem to work well.

 

Wow, I have a few stories like these,

and deleted a fairly long post because it didn't sound right.

 

Welcome back! My biggest regrets are impulse buys which I'm still guilt of from time to time.

 

My biggest regret is selling off equipment when I thought I was going to be out of the hobby for a few years, just to get sucked back in a year later. It sucks having to buy literally some of the same equipment twice.

 

Live rock part is true, however the aiptasia was easily taken care of (14 gallon tank).

I also regret using sand, i switched to BB after 1.5 years and now love BB so much more than any type of sand. it does limit some types of fish, but it adds a modern look and makes it much easier to clean up detritus.

Also, I regret buying new things right when they come out. (equipment, specifically LEDs) as with any type of technology, there is always a "Must-have, 100X better" version released the next week.

I regret not buying an mp10, an ATO, or a protein skimmer early on.

I regret my little sister deciding to "help" feed the fish, killing 400$ of sps frags.

I regret not getting a bigger tank.

Quite a few regrets, though still outweighed by the sheer joy of having a tank. Good luck with your 90 gal, and welcome back to 3reef

 

ditto!

 

I regret not taking my wife down to the Atlanta Aquarium twice a year instead of entering this hobby because, "Going to Atlanta twice a year is going to get expensive." Good call moron...cause this whole saltwater thing is muuuuuch cheaper.

I do love this hobby...but damn.