What is something you should never do in reefing?

[LPS Bum]

Don’t tell your wife how much that new Acanthophyllia really costs. Yikes!

 

[Should I]

Buy a fish that will outgrow your tank that you are "upgrading" in 1 years time to a 237646 trillion gallon tank

 

[Finn450]

Don't clean your skimmer cup with a full arm cast. You may accidentally spill skimmate down your cast.

 

[Mels_Reef]

Don’t tell your wife how much that new Acanthophyllia really costs. Yikes!

Or husband

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

mouth siphon your water out for too long

 

[alindell]

Dosing iron is dangerous to certain fish... Especially yellow tangs and blue hippo tangs. It will kill them unfortunately. I found out the hard way

 

[Should I]

Dosing iron is dangerous to certain fish... Especially yellow tangs and blue hippo tangs. It will kill them unfortunately. I found out the hard way

good info

 

[exnisstech]

Never expect to find success in a bottle.

 

[Fenral]

Never expect to find success in a bottle.

That depends on your objective - after my last tank crash circa 2007 …i found finding the bottom of a bottle very helpful in stalling the greif…

 

[Dburr1014]

(Keep this within TOS). We usually talk about what we should do regarding our tank, but what about something we shouldn't do? I want to hear from you; what is something we should never do in reefing? Photo Credit: @Faco_reef

Never swing nunchucks around the tank.

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Never start working in the water without stopping and thinking about what could be on your skin. Some times we have to do things in our lives that if contaminates are on our skin could harm our systems. Spraying weed killer, or pest control, doing vehicle maintenance, lotion etc. sometimes our profession could cause issues.

 

[edsbeaker]

And the opposite scenario from the above is also something to keep in mind.

Never do work in your tank that exposes a wound on your skin to the tank water. Years ago, I spent 3 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics because my small little cut became infected.

 

[flashsmith]

Seek an intervention. I probably lost 2-3 off my retirement.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

mouth siphon your water out for too long

Haha, we did a water change last week; this is one thing that I always fear I'll end up doing

 

[Gumbies R Us]

And the opposite scenario from the above is also something to keep in mind.

Never do work in your tank that exposes a wound on your skin to the tank water. Years ago, I spent 3 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics because my small little cut became infected.

I am always cautious about sticking fresh cuts or wounds into my tank. That is probably just the prior nursing school experience in me coming out haha.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Never start working in the water without stopping and thinking about what could be on your skin. Some times we have to do things in our lives that if contaminates are on our skin could harm our systems. Spraying weed killer, or pest control, doing vehicle maintenance, lotion etc. sometimes our profession could cause issues.

I always think about this. Incredibly dangerous to have oxybenzone based sunscreen on your hands/arms. one reason to switch to Zinc based sunscreen.

 

[Joe31415]

what is something we should never do in reefing?

 

[X-37B]

Never start a system without a plan.

 

[Derrick0580]

I am always cautious about sticking fresh cuts or wounds into my tank. That is probably just the prior nursing school experience in me coming out haha.

I’ve discovered small cuts on my hand I didn’t know I had due to this!

 

[CanadaKong]

Don’t tell your wife how much that new Acanthophyllia really costs. Yikes!

Don’t tell your wife how much ANYTHING costs…. My LFS puts a price on the bags missing a 0.