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Old 11-03-2013, 07:40 PM
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#6 is the biggy in that list!
It's true. Probably accounts for 80%+ of all the evils and shortcomings of this message board.
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Old 11-03-2013, 07:57 PM
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Bought 2 Copperbands. They all seemed to get along in the LFS tank. But as soon as they entered my QT together, it was battle royale. Made my Yellow Tang look like an angel.

Luckily, I was able to intervene quickly and separate them with an eggcrate. But they never did make friends, and had to sell one later.
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I think just starting this hobby in itself.
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Old 11-03-2013, 09:29 PM
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Please explain why DSB's are a bad idea. I was thinking of going with one. Thanks.
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Old 11-03-2013, 09:57 PM
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Please explain why DSB's are a bad idea. I was thinking of going with one. Thanks.
They're more trouble than they are worth, only effective with very light bioloads, produce h2s, can't have any sand dwelling pets, early old tank syndrome, difficult to remove and so on.
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Whats wrong with cleaning the skimmer head completely? Ive been doing that since I started in the hobby, 3 years ago. Lol
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Working on my tank after smoking a fatty.
I no longer do that as I'm clean now, but did a lot of silly things under a green haze. What I notice now is newbies taking advice from newbies. Some of it's quite comical.
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Working on my tank after smoking a fatty.
I no longer do that as I'm clean now, but did a lot of silly things under a green haze. What I notice now is newbies taking advice from newbies. Some of it's quite comical.
Who would have thought that Mad "reefer" had a dual meaning. Lol.
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Many mistakes, and still making 'em. Teaching me a lot about myself and patience. One in particular- a few months ago, after finally achieving some success with a mixed reef, I introduced a queen angel.
Big %#ге mistake!!!
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Old 11-03-2013, 10:33 PM
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Whats wrong with cleaning the skimmer head completely? Ive been doing that since I started in the hobby, 3 years ago. Lol
It's a colossal waste of time. A quick rinse and wipe with a scrub pad is all you need. I can't count the number of times I've had someone go over their maintenance routine with me where cleaning the skimmer cup spotless was somehow paramount to their continued success. Hint - It's not.

If you're spending more than 2 minutes cleaning your skimmer cup, you're probably wasting time. If you need to pull out a disposable wiping agent to clean it, you're wasting trees. That is unless you plan to drink coffee out of it at some point or something... Then I have no argument against this.
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