Should of...

[roscozman]

I am sure we've all had our "Should of..." moments. Maybe we can post some here to help us think of something BEFORE it happens...

I'll start first...

I should have put my DJ Light strip high enough so my two year old can not turn off the back up pump and overflow the sump!!

[ballardjr2000]

I should have spent the extra time aquascaping so i wouldn't have to go back and rearange things for better flow. And i should have bought enough powerheads the first time so i diddn't have a low flow areas.

[ErikH]

Should have dipped my incoming corals. :(

[Mr Cob]

Should have let my first salt tank cycle before adding fish and corals.

Should have NOT carpeted my stand on my first big boy tank...lol

Should have measured better on my closed loop on my first big boy tank to avoid 20 couplings on the same line

Should have not sold my CSKIM skimmer for $50 because the following week I found a brand new replacement pump in the new house ($90 value) arghhhhh! Go figure. What's the chances on that one?

Should have joined MAAST sooner.

[jrsatx20]

wife said she should of bought me my bulldog instead of the fish tank

[Bill S]

Should have listened to BigBird when he said "you might want to get rid of that little piece of hair algae". The nickel sized piece turned out to be bryopsis, and I bet I harvested 100 lbs of it.

Before I tore down the tank to get rid of the bryopsis, I wish I'd taken a frag of each of my corals and put them in my 55...

I wish I'd tried setting up the Hiatt on the tank to see what it would do to the bryopsis.

How many more?

[roscozman]

We should have dipped those zoas before we gave all our zoas Nudibranchs.

[CoryDude]

Should have dipped too!!!

Should not have used the same syphon hose on my two tanks, because it transferred bryopsis from my 60 gallon to my 90 gallon.

[RayAllen]

I do everyting right the first time!

LOL

[Regric25]

i DON'T HAVE ANY SHOULD HAVES! IM FLAWLESS WITH MY TANK!!

[marcusgonzales210]

I should have thought first before I grabbed that huge bristleworm! Ouch. And I should have started with a bigger tank and a better light.

[RayAllen]

Should have used at least RO when setting up all my tanks.

NOW I use it everytime I do water changes or top-off

[Regric25]

HAHA JK :) I have so many should haves its not even funny. :D
Should have thought twice before putting a reef lobster in my tank!
Should have "JUST SAID NO" instead of giving into peer pressure when Steve (Teeb) introduced my to reef tanks. Now im addicted :D :D
Should have gotten a bigger sump for my tank lol

[jpond83]

should have never got rid of my 28G bowfront
should have never got rid of my biocube
should have kept my old sump and stuck it under my new setup

[ErikH]

hidden the receipts better.
won the lottery.

[cbianco]

Should have kept up with my tank husbandry so my acros don't brown out.

Christopher

[kkiel02]

Should have never put that Kole tang in my 180 without qt first. Had to take all the surviving fish out...Big pain.

[Big_Pun]

shouldnt have let my girlfriend talk me into a box fish, update: still not eating, had to rescue it about an hour ago from the mini carpet anemone, had it by the tail fin, now its hiding and i cant put in a qt tank.....isnt love grand... reminds me of Tators old signature, love is like a booger, you keep picking at it till you get and then you dont know what to do with it

count down till my tank is nuked by dead boxfish

[alton]

Should of told my wife I am adding a 40 gallon tank to my living room? Oh wait a minute I haven't added it yet, maybe I should tell her first. Nope, ain't going to I love watching her get excited whenever I add a new tank to her living room!

[Roo&Lis]

I'm just going to go ahead and jump on the Bryopsis bandwagon. The little patch of grass just looked so cuddly for my fish.

Pre-Should have - Should have blown all my money on the 60 gallon cube instead of reverting back to my Biocube.

[BIGBIRD123]

...shoulda got out of the way of the tractor...and my 280g would still be up...

[Mr Cob]

should have kept my old 8g Macro Tank...I miss it
should have never moved down the street

[Teeb]

Should have bought a bigger tank......

[Firstman]

should have never taken the small frag of hydroids!!!

[Europhyllia]

should have bought that water alarm when Mike wrote about them and I thought 'now that's a really good idea!'

[alton]

I think Steve Wins! Or loses how ever you want to look at it?

[phippsj]

Should have...
1) Dipped ALL coral, EVERY time
2) Gone SLOW with the NP Bio Pellets
3) Spent more money on powerheads

[txav8r]

Should have spent more time on my rockscaping.

Should have never taken those texas trash palys.

[Mr Cob]

should have given more of those texas trash palys to Jack and Erik when they were accepting them...lol, haha

[Europhyllia]

should have given more of those texas trash palys to Jack and Erik when they were accepting them...lol, haha
...an evil side to Mr Cob?

[Mr Cob]

no, a giving side...lol

[FireWater]

no, a giving side...lol

That keeps on giving and giving. Long live the trash palys!

[SAY]

should have done a better job of researching lighting and i wouldn't have had to buy them twice.

[allan]

I think Steve Wins! Or loses how ever you want to look at it?

I vote that he wins, I mean... Who challenges a tractor?!? A man! That's who.

I think most my ails would have been mitigated with another year of research before embarking on this hobby.

[corydrysdale]

I could post up a laundry list of these things. Ill just settle for one of my wifes favorites.

I should have listened when I started in this hobby when she said , and I quote " I know you better than you know yourself, you dont do anything small!"
Currently running close to a 350 gallon system, sump included. Started off with a 29 gallon biocube. Who knew! ......................apparently , she did!

[Big_Pun]

should have given more of those texas trash palys to Jack and Erik when they were accepting them...lol, haha

you gave me some too, but I kept them on the sand in the shell you gave them to me in .... I hate those things they still manage to kill my chalice lol

[ballardjr2000]

told my wife reefing is too addicting and there is no cure for me.