Things You Wish You Never Bought

[tang daddy]

For me it was a file fish not knowing they eat sps, before that it was a purple dotty before that a coral beauty after all those a striped rabbit fish that went apeshiets on my zoas and donuts sigh.

Live and learn..... If the whip of death reigned havoc on your reef why not get rid of it sometimes it's better to remove 1 thing than letting it stay to kill off many things IMO.

[Whatigot]

sometimes i think I do too much research before I buy anything...

I would say though that I'd never by compact fluorescents again and wish I'd just gone with MH from the word go.

[BC564]

I do alot of research before I buy things too...except this one time...I took the LFS opinion and well....wish I hadnt. Now I research the living things too....as well as equipment, supplements, food etc..

[Whatigot]

haha...
I'm sure that like me, a lot of the members here enjoy the research as much as the application.

[Pier Pressure]

It took me a while to catch on that it was the tube anemone killing the corals. By the time I did and moved him away from the corals - the damage had already been done. As stated now he is in his happy spot and leaving everything alone.

Lets just say he is on his last chance. He is so very pretty and I have become attached to him. After all he is only doing what nature intended. My stupid - not his.

[Snappy]

I wish I never bought damsels.

[michika]

I wish I'd never fallen in love with clams and SPS.

[BC564]

Originally Posted by Pier Pressure

It took me a while to catch on that it was the tube anemone killing the corals. By the time I did and moved him away from the corals - the damage had already been done. As stated now he is in his happy spot and leaving everything alone.

Lets just say he is on his last chance. He is so very pretty and I have become attached to him. After all he is only doing what nature intended. My stupid - not his.

If the last chance is blown....I can always put him in the other corner of my death tank.....

[Pier Pressure]

I shall definitely keep that in mind. I would not mind selling him to somebody who knows what he is capable of. One more piece of coral and I shall be sending you an email.

He sure adds a lot of bright colour and movement to my tank, though. I really have to get some pictures up one of these days.

I have also bought a couple of fish I should not have because I did not know they would starve in my tank. Mandarin and boxfish - RIP - I did not do research.

A word to the wise is to do the research before - no matter how much you think you cannot possibly live without "one of those neat things..."

[Skimmer Juice]

When we first set up our tank,the older fellow at Riverfront sold us an AIPTASIA for $6.00. Way to get taken advantage of. This is also a great way to build up your business.That tube anemone needs sand,we had ours barried under about 8 inches.We feed ours shrimp,krill etc,every 3 or 4 days. The one we had was purple with a lime green center,it was beautiful,got to big for our 125 gallon tank.