Does anyone else have aquarium related fears that stand in your way?

[reefiniteasy]

Does anyone else have fears about things concerning the aquarium to the point where you know you have to do something but you can’t bring yourself to do it?

I know I either have to rehome or frag my bubble coral because it is damaging so many corals but I’m so afraid I’ll kill it in the process that I do nothing.

Or repositioning corals. Like for some reason I’m afraid to touch them.

I think maybe it’s because I’m surprised I’ve gotten this far and fear what could happen because of my actions.

I don’t know. I’m crazy.

 

[zukihara]

I set up a new 80 which is large for me 2 days ago, and I had ordered some sofites/lps before I should have (weather sucks, big tank delayed) and I am storing them in a small 13.5 until the big tank is ready. The 13.5 was purchased from a fellow reefer and it is FULL of nitrates.

I'm petrified to rock the boat and take down those nitrates via cleaning too much while knowing I have to in order to help them live until the main tank is ready (currently on a quick cycle bacteria program). Yeah, I get weird about it, but I'm doing the best I can and nothing has died yet.

 

[mdb_talon]

My fear is always climbing out of bed and my feet get wet.

 

[fish farmer]

I always worry that I'm going to break the tank. I've done it before so the fear is real. Tweaked the plumbing on a 20 gallon that was side drilled and cracked it.

I'm currently doing some outside adjustments with the sump and plumbing to the sump so... fingers crossed.

 

[zukihara]

I always worry that I'm going to break the tank. I've done it before so the fear is real. Tweaked the plumbing on a 20 gallon that was side drilled and cracked it.

I'm currently doing some outside adjustments with the sump and plumbing to the sump so... fingers crossed.

Oh great, now I can add this anxiety along with palyotoxin and electrocuting myself getting out of bed...

 

[fish farmer]

Oh great, now I can add this anxiety along with palyotoxin and electrocuting myself getting out of bed...

I worry less about palys and I have the ugly green texas trash palys.

 

[MasonK24]

My fear is always climbing out of bed and my feet get wet.

being in an apartment, i have this fear BIG time.

ive even tried to get multiple insurance companies to cover my place with my tank included. they wont even give me a quote.

 

[JumboShrimp]

I’m always worried that the “next addition” will be the thing introducing Ich or Flukes. :mad:

 

[JosephM]

My fear is leaving anywhere for more then a night. I haven’t ‘trained’ any of my family how to take care of it and what to do with stuff that may happen other then if you hear weird noises coming from my room call me

 

[fish farmer]

being in an apartment, i have this fear BIG time.

ive even tried to get multiple insurance companies to cover my place with my tank included. they wont even give me a quote.

I've sent water down to the neighbors on three occasions.

First was overflow of RODI, second was a vat of sanitizing water for beer brewing, third was an ATO malfunction.

Thankfully I own a house now, so the only person I annoy is myself.

 

[MasonK24]

I've sent water down to the neighbors on three occasions.

First was overflow of RODI, second was a vat of sanitizing water for beer brewing, third was an ATO malfunction.

Thankfully I own a house now, so the only person I annoy is myself.

worst one ive had so far is 10 hours worth of RODI on the floor. fell asleep with it on. thankfully, i live on the ground floor. my feet were pretty wet that morning.

 

[MasonK24]

ive actually trained myself to wake up out of a dead sleep to the sound of water trickling. saved me quite a few times.

 

[CoralScape123]

Cat jumping into the tank and eating all the zoas because they look like flower.

 

[reefiniteasy]

My fear is leaving anywhere for more then a night. I haven’t ‘trained’ any of my family how to take care of it and what to do with stuff that may happen other then if you hear weird noises coming from my room call me

My wife asked me the other day if we’ll be able to go away for a couple nights this summer and I’m like sure... really nervous about that. I fear it’ll be the end of the tank.

 

[jesspal]

Always afraid everything is gonna melt for no obvious reason. It doesn’t stop me from cramming more corals in the tank though.

 

[Valum]

My fear is always climbing out of bed and my feet get wet.

Bring a whole new meaning to the phase getting your feet wet

 

[Valum]

Cat jumping into the tank and eating all the zoas because they look like flower.

This but my fear is the cat drowning

 

[Valum]

ive actually trained myself to wake up out of a dead sleep to the sound of water trickling. saved me quite a few times.

This but normally it's the cat water fountain running low on water

 

[Valum]

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[Valum]

I've sent water down to the neighbors on three occasions.

First was overflow of RODI, second was a vat of sanitizing water for beer brewing, third was an ATO malfunction.

Thankfully I own a house now, so the only person I annoy is myself.

Did you manage to patch this up with the neighbor by taking beer to them no one can stay mad at someone that supply's them beer