Most irritating job in reefkeeping? - Page 2

jhoff · 03/04/2012, 03:35 PM

Media changeing,and makeing new water for a water change.I live in a small studio apt. and have to keep my RODI unit under my sink have to lug it out and hook it up every time.And then while playing playstation remember that i am makeing water forgot a few times....

Peter T · 03/04/2012, 03:39 PM

I guess the most irritating thing for me in reef keeping is explaining to my friends that all the "plants" in my tanks are actually corals. The only thing they recognize as non plant is my "anemone" (frogspawn). I have to explain to them why my "retarded Nemo" is staying in the "weird plant" (bubble tip anemone) instead of the "anemone" (frogspawn). Thirty year old adults referring to fish as "Nemo"

For actual husbandry, I think the job I dislike the most is vacuuming the sand bed. It is a pain to get under some of the rocks with a siphon. I also dislike having to remember my RO/DI unit is on when refilling the ATO. I have had too many accidents to count now.

fishandreef2 · 03/04/2012, 03:42 PM

I hate changing GFO also.

MrLeemr · 03/04/2012, 04:46 PM

Being that i always have to be tinkering with something doing regular maintenance doesn't bother me one bit. As far as water changes and RO/DI, i have storage that feeds my sump automatically and my ro unit is controlled by a solenoid on a timer that keeps it from running away. I guess what i could actually say is the most annoying thing to me is putting back all the corals that the snails and hermits knock over in the night.

Dugless · 03/04/2012, 08:52 PM

Changing media and siphoning detritus from the sump.

The Escaped Ape · 03/05/2012, 04:48 AM

That protein skimmer is still going crazy. It's 3 days now.

mwilliams62 · 03/05/2012, 09:48 AM

Plus you can't use hand lotion.

ganjero · 03/05/2012, 12:10 PM

Cleaning the return pump, heater, pumps, anything where calcium precipitates...

ChadTheSpike · 03/05/2012, 12:31 PM

Cleaning salt creep, cleaning dustly and sticky salt creep, and cleaning the precipitate out of my salt water make-up tank.

It used to be water changes because I hate lugging full 5 gallon buckets around, but then I found my single best aquarium related purchase ever... an LM3 set up as a continuous water changer.

rpjaws74 · 03/05/2012, 12:38 PM

replacing the socks will do it for me!!!

03/04/2012, 04:46 PM	#29
MrLeemr Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mass Posts: 54	Being that i always have to be tinkering with something doing regular maintenance doesn't bother me one bit. As far as water changes and RO/DI, i have storage that feeds my sump automatically and my ro unit is controlled by a solenoid on a timer that keeps it from running away. I guess what i could actually say is the most annoying thing to me is putting back all the corals that the snails and hermits knock over in the night. __________________ 33 long, 40b, 30b, 150 in the works.

03/05/2012, 04:48 AM	#31
The Escaped Ape In The Canopy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Taiwan Posts: 1,098	That protein skimmer is still going crazy. It's 3 days now. __________________ Tom Victoria Concordia Crescit Current Tank Info: Currently tankless

03/05/2012, 12:31 PM	#34
ChadTheSpike Reef Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Washington DC Posts: 1,526 Blog Entries: 1	Cleaning salt creep, cleaning dustly and sticky salt creep, and cleaning the precipitate out of my salt water make-up tank. It used to be water changes because I hate lugging full 5 gallon buckets around, but then I found my single best aquarium related purchase ever... an LM3 set up as a continuous water changer. __________________ ~Chad "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Current Tank Info: 195 gallons of fun

03/05/2012, 12:38 PM	#35
rpjaws74 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 1,340	replacing the socks will do it for me!!! __________________ rpjaws Current Tank Info: 500 glln system/ Reef

03/04/2012, 03:35 PM	#26
jhoff Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Edison New Jersey Posts: 1,082	Media changeing,and makeing new water for a water change.I live in a small studio apt. and have to keep my RODI unit under my sink have to lug it out and hook it up every time.And then while playing playstation remember that i am makeing water forgot a few times....

03/04/2012, 03:39 PM	#27
Peter T Gallantly Forward Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 563	I guess the most irritating thing for me in reef keeping is explaining to my friends that all the "plants" in my tanks are actually corals. The only thing they recognize as non plant is my "anemone" (frogspawn). I have to explain to them why my "retarded Nemo" is staying in the "weird plant" (bubble tip anemone) instead of the "anemone" (frogspawn). Thirty year old adults referring to fish as "Nemo" For actual husbandry, I think the job I dislike the most is vacuuming the sand bed. It is a pain to get under some of the rocks with a siphon. I also dislike having to remember my RO/DI unit is on when refilling the ATO. I have had too many accidents to count now.

03/04/2012, 03:42 PM	#28
fishandreef2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 12	I hate changing GFO also.

03/04/2012, 08:52 PM	#30
Dugless Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 416	Changing media and siphoning detritus from the sump.

03/05/2012, 09:48 AM	#32
mwilliams62 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,056	Plus you can't use hand lotion.

03/05/2012, 12:10 PM	#33
ganjero saiperchémibatteilcorazon Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 4,027	Cleaning the return pump, heater, pumps, anything where calcium precipitates...