Tell me your BAD DREAMS that YOU have HAD about your REEF tank

[Ocean’s Piece]

After having quite a few of these bad dreams myself, I wanted to see what some of y’all’s bad dreams were. Last night, I dreamed some random person was handing out hand sanitizer to people at my house for some reason and he thought it would be a good idea to give some to my fish. I want to here from you though because I know I’m not the only crazy person out there!

 

[ggNoRe]

My sand sifting goby kept moving sand under my rocks until they cascaded and broke the glass.

 

[Rmckoy]

waking up to 230 gals of water , fish flopping around on the floor and the dog eating my corals .

 

[zalick]

Tank leaking all the water out overnight. About 1000 of those. Such that I got rid of my glass 300g and got acrylic.

another is that I forget to feed the tank or top off for weeks. Then I remember and the tanks are half full and you can’t see in them.

Mystery eel shows up in tank and eats all fish.

the list goes on....

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Tank leaking all the water out overnight. About 1000 of those. Such that I got rid of my glass 300g and got acrylic.

another is that I forget to feed the tank or top off for weeks. Then I remember and the tanks are half full and you can’t see in them.

Mystery eel shows up in tank and eats all fish.

the list goes on....

I have had quite a few of those tank leak dreams.

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

keep it coming!

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Typical leaking tank nightmare but so vivid it woke me up. Once I was awake enough to realize it was only a dream I could still hear the water. My dogs are very noisy when they slurp their water!;Facepalm

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Typical leaking tank nightmare but so vivid it woke me up. Once I was awake enough to realize it was only a dream I could still hear the water. My dogs are very noisy when they slurp their water!;Facepalm

I dont know what it is with everyone dreaming about a leaking tank. So many other issues the could go wrong

 

[Greybeard]

Squish. That about says it.

Good friend of mine spent the last 6 months building a system around a 250DD tank he picked up. Beautiful setup. Nice display quality sump, Kessel + Orphek lighting, Gyres... top of the line. Filled it up a couple of months ago. Migrated his 180 over, and sold off the old tank...

Front / bottom seal gave up.

Early this year, I found a slow leak in an RO/DI connection... How'd I find it? Stepped into the sump closet, carpet is soaked.

Squish.

My nightmares are all about wet socks. No worse feeling for an aquarist.

 

[ying yang]

New to saltwater so no bad dreams as of yet, but buying some coral frag and getting some nasty egg of something like a bobbit worm i think they called which doesnt get killed in dipping or doesnt hatch in qt and then slowly grows larger and larger in dt and start losing fish unexplained then bam whollop shazam you see it launch an attack and grab one your fish into the sand.
As i say not had this dream/ nightmare but i do get concerned that may get some nasty bug or critter in tank as see some real horror stories while researching.
P.s even bristle worms make my skin itch looking at them ha ha.
Only said today in a post if my 3 year old daughter around i act tough and pick spiders/ insects or even earth worms at last weeks bbq in garden but when daughter not around this 42 year old man not so manly lol.

P.p.s note to myself if ever have bobbit worm in tank then make sure my 3 year old is around watching so just get on with it and catch the little bigger ^_^

 

[Greybeard]

I dont know what it is with everyone dreaming about a leaking tank. So many other issues the could go wrong

From your sig line... a 32g biocube.

Unlikely to leak, and if it did... so you've got a mess to clean up.

Several hundred gallons of seawater can do a HUGE amount of damage to your home. In tank disasters, as sad as they may be, just can't compare.

 

[Greybeard]

<snip> bobbit worm </snip>

<snip> bristle worms </snip>

I once siphoned a 3" bristle worm into my mouth...

You get over it. Alcohol helps

 

[fachatga]

If my tank is in my dream my skunk shrimp usually eats me. Not sure how to interpret that

 

[ying yang]

I once siphoned a 3" bristle worm into my mouth...

You get over it. Alcohol helps

Ha ha bet you wasnt expecting that ^_^

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

From your sig line... a 32g biocube.

Unlikely to leak, and if it did... so you've got a mess to clean up.

Several hundred gallons of seawater can do a HUGE amount of damage to your home. In tank disasters, as sad as they may be, just can't compare.

Very thankful for that. I think its just something mental that goes on in our heads where we think glass breaks easily and apply it to our aquariums next

I once siphoned a 3" bristle worm into my mouth...

You get over it. Alcohol helps

Currently gagging over here

 

[Ocean’s Piece]

Bump

 

[Slayyyter]

I once siphoned a 3" bristle worm into my mouth...

You get over it. Alcohol helps

God that's terrifying and now I have the creeps

 

[BeltedCoyote]

If my tank is in my dream my skunk shrimp usually eats me. Not sure how to interpret that

 

[SamMule]

Waking up to mass RTN...
I've actually gotten up in the middle of the night to make sure it wasn't real.
More than once.

 

[Slayyyter]

I think mine is a bobbit crawling out of my tank and draging me to my demise ;Dead