funny thoughts or stories when you first started in the hobby

[markandkristen]

when i first started this hobby i though pc lights had to do with computer lights. hint pc..

:rollface:

[Swirlygig]

When i thought fuzzy worms were cool and could touch them...boy was i wrong!

[seth16]

hmm...where do i begin...hahaha

I wondered why i couldnt use Morton salt instead of buying that expensive Instant Ocean (lol) (but seriously...)

I thought zoas were otherwise knows as SPS

I also thought PC lights were lights controlled by your computer

PH, Ni, CA, MA, AM...were all secret codes that people said becasue they didnt want a newbie to know what they weretalking about ....hahaha

[dugg]

See Hobby experience.

VVV

[55semireef]

Instead of testing salinity levels with a refractometer or hydrometer, I tasted it with my tounge to see how salty it was...:lol:

...seriously

[dugg]

OOOHH Torrey, lucky for you this is a family oriented site ;).

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11152203#post11152203 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dugg
OOOHH Torrey, lucky for you this is a family oriented site ;). Haha, I know.

[InLimbo87]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11152203#post11152203 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dugg
OOOHH Torrey, lucky for you this is a family oriented site ;).

:lol:

[dugg]

I remember setting up my first tank and picking through the live rock, looking for the pieces with the anamones (aptasia) on them thinking i was getting free corals with the rocks lol.

[tangers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11152361#post11152361 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dugg
I remember setting up my first tank and picking through the live rock, looking for the pieces with the anamones (aptasia) on them thinking i was getting free corals with the rocks lol.

dito!!!!

[MIKE ALERS]

i did basically the same thing.i came home with a new piece of lr and found later a freebie...some cool anemone.started feeding it and all.then found out later it was majano.

[killagoby]

I didn't know that when salt water evaporates it's just the water that evaporates, not the salt along with it. Who knew that there was such a thing called specific gravity!

[sytanek]

Funniest story ever....I thought buying TBS rock was a great idea.

[rdmpe]

Oops!
http://home.cfl.rr.com/homebrewed/fish/180-180.jpg

[cowboyswife]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11153935#post11153935 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sytanek
Funniest story ever....I thought buying TBS rock was a great idea.

Awww! lol

[djlmedic]

I bought alot of nice lr from an established tank. About 2 weeks after setting up I killed every feather duster in my tank thinking it was aptasia. STUPID! lol

[cowboyswife]

The first time I heard "live rock" I actually though it was really alive.

[killagoby]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11154975#post11154975 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cowboyswife
The first time I heard "live rock" I actually though it was really alive.

I guess it all depends on how you define "living".

[cowboyswife]

I mean, I was expecting it to start walking or something :)

[TheGrog]

Oh man, where to begin.

Lessons learned as a newbie.

1. Petco is not the authority on salt water fish & corals.
2. Seaclone skimmers are not worth their weight in plastic.
3. Cheap equipment is not worth it, you get what you pay for.
4. Just because you have kept a damsel alive for 2 weeks, does not mean your tank is ready for advanced corals.
5. Jebo is......well........you know.

And now some funny ones

6. When skimmate is spilled into a load of white laundry, you are in trouble......especially when it is your fiancee's "unmentionables"
7. Dogs like the smell of spilled skimmate.
8. Dogs like to taste and then eat perviously said skimmate.
9. Dogs who eat said skimmate get sick.
10. Said sick dog will vomit twice it's body weight on any and every available carpeted surface.
11. When above dog decides to vomit, by the time you hear the "urp", it's too late.
12. Regurgitated skimmate smells even worse than regular skimmate.
13. When your fiancee comes home to find that her perviously clean white unmentionables covered in skimmate, and the house now has wall-to-wall vomit-covered carpeting, and the fish tank is still not clean........you finally realize how painful this hobby can be!

[pixiegirlie]

i thought that salt water worked the same as fresh...just take some tap and treat it for chlorine.

[markandkristen]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11156710#post11156710 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TheGrog
Oh man, where to begin.

Lessons learned as a newbie.

1. Petco is not the authority on salt water fish & corals.
2. Seaclone skimmers are not worth their weight in plastic.
3. Cheap equipment is not worth it, you get what you pay for.
4. Just because you have kept a damsel alive for 2 weeks, does not mean your tank is ready for advanced corals.
5. Jebo is......well........you know.

And now some funny ones

6. When skimmate is spilled into a load of white laundry, you are in trouble......especially when it is your fiancee's "unmentionables"
7. Dogs like the smell of spilled skimmate.
8. Dogs like to taste and then eat perviously said skimmate.
9. Dogs who eat said skimmate get sick.
10. Said sick dog will vomit twice it's body weight on any and every available carpeted surface.
11. When above dog decides to vomit, by the time you hear the "urp", it's too late.
12. Regurgitated skimmate smells even worse than regular skimmate.
13. When your fiancee comes home to find that her perviously clean white unmentionables covered in skimmate, and the house now has wall-to-wall vomit-covered carpeting, and the fish tank is still not clean........you finally realize how painful this hobby can be!


im still laughing:rollface: :rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

[cowboyswife]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11156710#post11156710 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TheGrog
Oh man, where to begin.

Lessons learned as a newbie.

1. Petco is not the authority on salt water fish & corals.
2. Seaclone skimmers are not worth their weight in plastic.
3. Cheap equipment is not worth it, you get what you pay for.
4. Just because you have kept a damsel alive for 2 weeks, does not mean your tank is ready for advanced corals.
5. Jebo is......well........you know.

And now some funny ones

6. When skimmate is spilled into a load of white laundry, you are in trouble......especially when it is your fiancee's "unmentionables"
7. Dogs like the smell of spilled skimmate.
8. Dogs like to taste and then eat perviously said skimmate.
9. Dogs who eat said skimmate get sick.
10. Said sick dog will vomit twice it's body weight on any and every available carpeted surface.
11. When above dog decides to vomit, by the time you hear the "urp", it's too late.
12. Regurgitated skimmate smells even worse than regular skimmate.
13. When your fiancee comes home to find that her perviously clean white unmentionables covered in skimmate, and the house now has wall-to-wall vomit-covered carpeting, and the fish tank is still not clean........you finally realize how painful this hobby can be!


Absolutely hilarious!!!!!!!!

[killagoby]

Awsome run down on skimmate and the dog!

[Famous]

I thought I could just by an eclipse hood....I mean it has "everthing" in it already and I would be saving a ton of money!