The "DO NOT..." Advice List for Saltwater Aquarists

scotts

scotts

Active Member
DO NOT piss off Sammy. ;)
Do not type in all caps.
Do not have your 5 year old daughter stand on a step stool and help with your tank. Plug everything back in. Then find that you left the heater out of the tank on the carpet. Yell out loud to yor self and scare your daughter. Then take the red hot heater and put it in the tank right in front of your daughter where is shatters right in front of her face. Now you have a broken, live heater in your hand, a hysterical daughter and a brun spot on the carpet.
Scott
 
cb

cb

Member
Do Not get upset when the lady ahead of you at the lfs says" Your paying how much for a ROCK.":D
 
lesa

lesa

Member
DO NOT let your hubby buy a new house and find out you have no room for your tank:mad:
Speaking from experience of course. Oh well gotta luv them
:confused:
 
dacia

dacia

Active Member
DO NOT leave your house without letting the other people know that using bug killer bombs in the room with a fish tank is a no-no...:mad: :mad: :mad: ...it hasn't ever happened again since that infamous day...
DO NOT leave a stool in front of your tank when you know that your playful little fish-eating kitty cat is in the house...good thing she hates water. :D
DO NOT attempt to answer the phone when you are trying to put 50 pounds of sand into a new tank...the carpet will be gritty for a long time. :p
 
wrassecal

wrassecal

Active Member

Originally posted by sammystingray
DO NOT poke me with your finger in unmentionable areas while I am balanced one foot on a step ladder trying to clean the bottom of the 90 gallon.:mad: :mad:
There go my plans for the weekend:(
 
killafins

killafins

Active Member
hahaha....
Do Not accuse of being flamed before being in the accusies shoes... (in other words, read the post a few times to make sure that they really meant what u r reading.) This goes for the poster too, reread everything u write to make sure it doesn't seem like ur flaming, insulting or whatever... unless that's what u meant to do... in which case...
Do Not Flame, we are all adults and can speak to eachother like a big happy family.
 
sammystingray

sammystingray

Active Member

Originally posted by Wrassecal
There go my plans for the weekend:(
Come on over.....I just meant to leave out the step ladder part.:D :D
 
neutronics

neutronics

Member
DO NOT think that pH 7.8 is almost close to the desired pH 8.2 in your marine tank. They are not and it's not ok!:p
DO NOT believe that a person with fifteen years of freshwater fishkeeping experience is more knowledgeable than another with two years of marine fishkeeping.:rolleyes:
 
kreach

kreach

Active Member
DO NOT get your S/O as interested in saltwater fish/reef keeping as you are... having two people with a saltwater addition in the same house gets VERY expensive. ;)
My husband made this mistake with me... and now we're setting up second tank. :D
 
cb

cb

Member
DO NOT get S/O as interested in saltwater fish/reef keeping as you are... having two people with a saltwater addiction in the same house gets VERY expensive.;)
I hear that my husband is just as interested in the saltwater as I am and we have been talking about setting up another tank.:D
 
sleasia

sleasia

Active Member
do sit in front of the tank for an hour everynight and stare at the fish...releives stress and improves the mind (turn off the tank lights before you fall asleep though)
 
blue dew

blue dew

Member
Do NOT attempt to get your Six Line Wrasse who has pop eye out of your main tank and into your QT an hour before a tropical storm shows up, just because your home early due to above mentioned storm. Tank rock work gets completly re-arranged, sand gets stirred up into a cloudy mess and you lose power for 6 hours while your tank looks like a milkshake. And, you still can't get that darn fish out of the tank!
 
bergshawn

bergshawn

Member

Originally posted by PhoenixRising
DO NOT use a net to catch/transfer most SW fish.
What exactly should we use if we are not supposed to transfer water also? Just curious.
 
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