Things You Wish You Never Bought

[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.

[Phanman]

Originally Posted by stinky

When we first set up our tank,the older fellow at Riverfront sold us an AIPTASIA for $6.00.

lol sorry i couldnt help but laugh a little. That is seriously horrible thou... I would have been sooo ****ed.

[BC564]

wow...how big do they get?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

A particular hard-to-keep starfish...without researching it first. Eventually it starved to death and literally disintegrated in my tank I hate that my ignorance caused this death.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef

A particular hard-to-keep starfish...without researching it first. Eventually it starved to death and literally disintegrated in my tank I hate that my ignorance caused this death.

I second that, unfortunately I did the same thing

[mastergunsg]

Originally Posted by stinky

When we first set up our tank,the older fellow at Riverfront sold us an AIPTASIA for $6.00.

A lfs did the same thing to my brother who resides in Victoria when he first started in the hobby. He bought a coral and when he got home he called me to ask about its care and when he told me about the "extra" he had to pay for i could not believe it at first.

[Murminator]

Yeah Cross' damsels



They start out as this....




and turn into this and they are bigger than my yellow tang




I have 2 and they hate each other I cannot catch then and them seam to refuse to kill each other.....or at least carpet surf

[Pier Pressure]

I can see why you would not want the cross damsels. Have you tried feeding in a net?

I have been feeding in a net this week and then leaving the net hanging out of the aquarium so that the fish can get used to it. Day one nobody would go near the net, but by day two all fish were willing to enter the net to feed. You might want to try it out.

[Puff]

somebody's MH DIY canopy and skimmer when i was going to turn my 55 gallon into a reef tank. never used them. might at one point use the skimmer, but the lights and canopy are just gathering dust. STUPID waste of money.

[Zylumn]

I do my homework on all big purchases ($100.00 +) but a few times when I was about to make a purchase I was either talked out of it for something "better" or changed my mind to save money. Each time I have kicked myself for wasting money so now I hold by the law of research.
Kevin