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Old 05-23-2013, 03:21 AM
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Add to the list: Not using aquarium safe silicone. The anti-mildew silicone will make quick work of a tank.
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Other things that can cause a tank crash or semi-crash:

Carbon dosing (vodka, sugar, vinager, bioPellets)
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Activated Carbon
Salt
Bad lights (eg, expired halides, cheap eBay lights)
Sodium Carbonate/Bicarbonate
Calcium
Potassium
Magnesium
Strontium
Pretty much any chemical with -ium at the end.
Chemicals without -ium at the end.
Live rock
Dead rock
Marco rock
Polo rock
Someone peeing in your tank
Praying to the wrong god(s)
Murphy.
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Other things that can cause a tank crash or semi-crash:

Carbon dosing (vodka, sugar, vinager, bioPellets)
ZeoVit
Activated Carbon
Salt
Bad lights (eg, expired halides, cheap eBay lights)
Sodium Carbonate/Bicarbonate
Calcium
Potassium
Magnesium
Live rock
Dead rock
Marco rock
Polo rock
Someone peeing in your tank
Praying to the wrong god(s)
Murphy.
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water
no water
wrong water
cold water
hot water
looking at tank
not looking at tank
touching tank
not touching tank
Murphy (yes, twice)
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Old 05-23-2013, 01:25 PM
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Good call on this one. I always forget this one. Need to keep reminding myself to not look at the tank for too long or it might crash. It has happened!
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Good call on this one. I always forget this one. Need to keep reminding myself to not look at the tank for too long or it might crash. It has happened!
oh damn that's what i've been doing wrong this whole time?!? lol


Good idea for a thread Ryan, kind of curious to see if anyone had an anemone get sucked through a powerhead and chopped up
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kind of curious to see if anyone had an anemone get sucked through a powerhead and chopped up
I think anyone that's ever had an anemone had this happen. Mine lasted 2 weeks before it got blended.
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Good idea for a thread Ryan, kind of curious to see if anyone had an anemone get sucked through a powerhead and chopped up
*waving over here*

Every anemone I have every had the displeasure of owning, particularly the expensive ones, commits suicide in my powerheads. It's like a silent protest against Koralias.
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giving a rat's ass.

guaranteed trouble if you do that.

i'd graph rat's ass vs potential for disaster but i'm too tired.
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