Your dumbest reef related move? Here's mine....

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

Took apart my UV sterilizer without verifying that the pump was off.

Took a bath and then when I tried to unplug the pump.

ZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!!!

No damage to tank.

Ouch!

[Zoaelite]

Little to much force .

[Reef Supplies]

wow

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

Little to much force .

Levi, that's such a classic picture! Its funy because I had the exact skimmer and let me tell you it was a pi$$ off trying to take that off.

[sphelps]

Here's mine

[Aquattro]

I set up a 180g and filled it with SPS.....

[Reef Supplies]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Here's mine

Kalk OD?

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I set up a 180g and filled it with SPS.....

Still paying for that mistake huh?

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Levi, that's such a classic picture! Its funy because I had the exact skimmer and let me tell you it was a pi$$ off trying to take that off.

I still use a hydor skimmer, but don't use the o-ring on the opening, removed that long time ago, thus easy to take off and put back on. Really I don't know why it was that way, as the skimmer still works like a damn without it.

My first stupid episode was on my first saltwater tank. 28G JBJ, cleaning skimmer, took it apart, but didn't put it back together when I decided to plug it back in. Water pumping on the floor, as it was a hang on back skimmer, all over electrical as well. The programmable outlet was toast, as it turned black and was on fire. I was standing in this mess also, trying to unplug everything. Nothing happened to me though.

Seconds: With new tank, while trying to figure things out with this main tank, sump stuff... on 2 occasions, while trying to figure out flow with valves, had water pour over the top tank on my head. NOT FUN!!! Picture me sitting there after this happening and almost crying, wondering what the HELL I got myself into.

[Lampshade]

First tank, had a stick on temp gauge, and a digital one. Battery died in the digital, so was going off the tank one for awhile because I was lazy. Tank one stopped reading one day and thought "stupid cheap piece of crap". So when I finally got around to it a day or 2 later I replaced the battery's in my digital.


Turns out the stick on temp thing was right. My heater had just stuck on so it was now out of range. DOH!.

[Reef Supplies]

heh those are some blunders

Congrats on the baby Aquaria!