Fishkeeping mistakes I made

[Playsander]

Sadly, I'm not terribly original! But a big fan of Sir Terry Pratchett.

Man, I loved and miss Terry Wogan too, dad listened to him every morning. I don't know who Julian May is!

Pratchett = genius I rate him up there with Douglas Adams.

 

[Fishfaced]

One of my biggest mistakes was thinking that this was ok.

Thats how my aquarium looked when I first joined the forum

How does it look now..

 

[Playsander]

How does it look now..

Arti-FISH-all.

 

[connorlindeman]

How does it look now..

This was it a few months ago. Not too happy with how its looks at the moment.

 

[sharkweek178]

Another rookie mistake. Always put the tank on something designed for and dedicated to that purpose and nothing else. If you have it on a table, desk, or dresser then anything else you are doing with it (like opening and closing drawers or putting something on the table) can stress the fish. Plus, it might not be designed to hold that kind of weight for a long period of time. And whatever material it's made of could become water damaged, possibly to the point of affecting its structural integrity.

 

[biofish]

Another rookie mistake. Always put the tank on something designed for and dedicated to that purpose and nothing else. If you have it on a table, desk, or dresser then anything else you are doing with it (like opening and closing drawers or putting something on the table) can stress the fish. Plus, it might not be designed to hold that kind of weight for a long period of time. And whatever material it's made of could become water damaged, possibly to the point of affecting its structural integrity.

Preach! Had a 20 gallon on a desk that was clearly not meant to hold that much weight because it was literally bowing. Started off fine but a couple weeks later it was very hard to miss. Plus, LOTS of water damage.

Now the desk has a 5 gallon betta tank on it lol and it’s doing fine