Did something stupid... What have you done?

[SHOmuchFUN]

Last night I noticed that on my porites coral, were a few small white parasitic looking pods that were crawling around on it. I had noticed some tissue loss on the coral and figured this was where it was coming from. I had just finished a water change on the tank and really didn't want to deal much more with the tank... I had heard of doing freshwater dips to rid corals of unwanted parasites, so I decided to run the coral under some warm running tap water briefly to make sure I rid myself of whatever these critters were...

The coral instantly turned brown (it was a beautiful yellow) and when I woke up this morning, I noticed some tissue recession from the tips. I broke the tips off the coral in hopes to stop the recession, but I am fairly confident it's a goner $60 and a beautiful coral down the tubes.

Anybody else do stupid things in your tank? Help cheer me up!

 

[scrmbld33]

not putting locks on the cabinets, my daughter fed the fish peanut butter and jelly in the sump,

hey i saw you occupation is nascar, how bout some free pit passes for dover in june?

 

[SHOmuchFUN]

Peanut butter and jelly huh?
Did you ask her to feed the tank? :lol:

 

[scrmbld33]

no she did it on her own cause "they were hungry"

 

[BLKTANG]

My first tank 8 or so years ago,i upgraded my lights from PC's to MH,& didnt light acclimate when i came home from work i lost all my coral to bleaching.

 

[TheMcs]

No float valve on my RO unit yet, just run a line to a jug and open the valve. I saw water running down my driveway before I remembered turning the RO on that morning. Nothing was ruined (I planned for this), just a lot of mopping in the room in the garage.

 

[techigirl78]

Closing up the tank good and tight when renovating. Well, we closed it up too tight and I lost all my fish.

 

[Teen Aquarist]

Buying a small tank lol. I have spent $700 on the dang thing.

 

[edwing206]

Going to a party right after I turned on my RO/DI. Hours and hours later I come home to a flooded laundry room. I also was cleaning the glass and broke my monti cap that was growing so well.