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.