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03-06-2011, 06:10 AM
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I purchased a 150g tank a couple of years go. Now I'm out thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars! What a money pit!
 
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03-06-2011, 10:53 AM
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 god, where do i start. I've wasted a lot of money on useless product in this hobby...
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03-06-2011, 12:04 PM
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Coralife super skimmer and a Kole tang that lasted less than a month and introduced marine velvet into my tank. I'm using a Stealth heater plugged into a Coralife power bar and have no problems with either. I don't use the timers on the power bar, I have separate ones for my lights.
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03-06-2011, 04:02 PM
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Basically buying anything new
When I started in the hobby I had this faulse perception that the Inexpensive stuff would preform what I needed it to do.
I bought a cheap coralife light, turbofloater skimmer and cheap powerheads, pumps etc. only to Upgrade them with better equipment. What I should have done is buy good used equipment. buying a new pc light was dumb when I could have bought a used halide system for the same price. Same for the skimmer.
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03-06-2011, 04:16 PM
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worst purchase!!
it all started many years ago with a little 20 gal freshwater now, i've got the biggest collection of weird stuff that i'll never use but won't sell or throw out either! man i'm such a gear junkie and i want more! kein i know what you mean!!!!
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03-06-2011, 04:22 PM
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Giesemann Infinity
Geismann Infinity Light - So any of you that think that buying high end is the total way to go!! I got a dud.......first all the balasts burned out.....external and internal. Just recently there was a short in the socket connection and took out a plug on the aqua controller Jr. Then my wrasse jumped the other day and broke the lens on one of the HQI......maybe the fish don't like it!! LOL! (fish is ok)
This thing is just cursed!
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03-06-2011, 04:45 PM
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This looks like a fun game!
Coralife PC fixtures. I've had two 65W ballasts burn out within a year for no reason. Coralife Aquagloves. I've bought two sets and within a year three out of the four gloves leaked through the seams. Coralife timer powerbar (anyone see a pattern here?). The little sliding covers broke very easily and the timer would occasionally not shut off the lights! AquaMedic Biotherm Controller. They don't even make these anymore... Two of them lost their their calibration within two years and cannot be re-calibrated. What good is a temperature controller that is out 8ºC? AquaMedic Titanium heaters. I bought three and had to send three back when they would no longer heat up. All within a year. RedSea Prizm Skimmer. Needs no explanation.
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03-06-2011, 04:18 PM
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So true! I'm one of those types that has to have the newest, biggest, bestest product on the market. And not just SW either; I do the same thing with woodworking tools. I must have every router bit known to man. If I used half of them I'd be exaggerating.
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03-06-2011, 02:59 PM
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