Things I have discovered about my tank over the years

[christyf5]

1. my tank knows when it is December. December is the month that it is most likely that I do not have any extra cash for the tank. The tank ensures that it gets its share of attention by having some sort of equipment malfunction/breakdown. Christmas/birthday presents of years past include replacement wavebox, tunze driver box, tunze power module for replacement wavebox, and currently a ruptured impeller on skimmer pump.

2. the more you need said malfuntioning/broken equipment, the longer it takes the replacement to get here/farther it is away

2. if there is something to happen with your tank, like your fish contracting ick, emergency waterchange needed and you're out of salt, equipment breakdown etc. it will happen on a Sunday. At 7pm. This is especially likely if you are in a small town.

3. the more expensive the fish, the more likely it is to jump, the more likely it is that nobody else has ever had one jump. yes, its just you. this also applies to expensive corals and RTN.

4. if you do a late evening waterchange (anytime after say 8 or 9 pm), your skimmer will overflow all over the floor and you will be woken up to either pumps grinding or your controller screaming about the low water level in your sump.

[Delphinus]

Truer words never been spoken. Sorry to hear Christy good luck with it all.

[christyf5]

5. if you have a glass topoff tank, after awhile it starts to smell like a freshwater fish tank. very odd since there are no fish in it. guess there must be something growing in it (biofilms I guess). note to self: clean this tank more often

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Or if a tank is going to blow, it will happen at midnight on Sunday (7pm is far too early and convenient - ie. other people who can help you out are still awake and available)

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Or if a tank is going to blow, it will happen at midnight on Sunday (7pm is far too early and convenient - ie. other people who can help you out are still awake and available)

oy! I haven't had that one happen, thank goodness. I assume its coming at some point though. I was thinking about that last night, at what point do you replace a tank, does anyone really know how long they're good for anyways?

[Parker]

For me - something always needs replacing, always.

[TimT]

Or if your calcium reactor is going to malfunction it does it at 8pm the night before you leave for the Philippines with your family. Thankfully I don't use a Ca reactor anymore!!!

[marie]

Originally Posted by christyf5

......at what point do you replace a tank, does anyone really know how long they're good for anyways?

This has me a bit concerned too, my 175g bowfront was used when i got it 7 yrs ago

[Casey8]

I assume its coming at some point though. I was thinking about that last night, at what point do you replace a tank, does anyone really know how long they're good for anyways?[/quote]

I had read from somewhere long time ago, it said the tank has 10 years without moving from place to place too much. If your tank are using some kind of a wavemaker it will shorten the tank's life 1/3.