Reefing Fears: What are you afraid of most when it comes to reefing?

[Jubei2006]

the thing I fear most is what if your ammonia kit says there is some, what do we do/ it's scary.

Dude we know you got us covered!

 

[ZoWhat]

Drowning in my sump

 

[Daniel@R2R]

...forgetting to turn off the RODI system...

 

[Greybeard]

...forgetting to turn off the RODI system...

That's what float valves and switches are for

 

[Dburr1014]

...forgetting to turn off the RODI system...

I did that last week. Only a few gallons in the basement.

 

[Dburr1014]

That's what float valves and switches are for

Unless you turn the slider to on...

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I did that last week. Only a few gallons in the basement.

I've done it so...many...times...

 

[Gumbies R Us]

...forgetting to turn off the RODI system...

No lie forgot to turn mine off last week and randomly thought an hour later "oh yeah, I'm making water" and ran downstairs to see my bucket was almost overflowing haha

 

[cdemoss01]

It's not as fun to talk about or to consider bad things that can happen to our tanks or because of our tanks. But still if we can talk about them, maybe we can learn to be less afraid of them. Most fears or worse case scenarios will never come true. Maybe it will help to hear from others who have been in the hobby longer that your worst nightmare isn't probably going to happen. Let's talk about it!

What are some of your biggest concerns or fears when it comes to owning a saltwater reef aquarium?

What about you old salts, what have you been afraid of that has never happened?

For me its seam fails/busts. I'm always afraid my tanks seams will fail given its a marineland and its been up for 4 years... Should I be worried?

 

[Fish Styx]

Tank crash.

 

[Evil1]

ATO malfunction. Got the loss of power thing all covered

 

[Fishy888]

Leaks and catastrophic failures. I’ve got plans in place though so I’m not super worried.