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10-10-2004, 11:26 AM
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Future reefer (my boy)
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wray, Colorado
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I think I am sick, please help!! (pic)
OK.... people here is my problem. Every couple of days I move stuff around in my tank. Then stand back and say " Man that is perfect I never need to touch this tank again". But then the next day I have my hands in their moving rock, causing all sorts of rockslides, etc, and what all I wanted to do was move a coral two inches after an hour or two I have restructured half the tank, water on the carpet, etc.......Please help what is wrong with me.
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10-10-2004, 11:39 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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It's a common affliction among reefers, but seriously, retrain yourself to not modify the aquascaping for a set time, say a week minimum, and give it time to sink in and see how it looks
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10-10-2004, 12:03 PM
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rrrrrrreefo...suave.....
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Morro Bay CA
Posts: 414
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Mom said it once, and I'll say it again: "If you keep touching it, you'll go blind".
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40 gal, 50 pounds of live rock, seaclone 100 skimmer, emporer 330 filter, 150 w heater, 10 gal sump/refugium with aquaclear 400gph pump, 2 aquaclear 260 gph pumps, current 2x96 watt lights, no money and self esteem issues....
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10-10-2004, 12:53 PM
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Human grounding probe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 1,803
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Get yourself a refugium. Tinker around with that instead of your display. I had to or I would have torn my tank apart by now. Figgit with the fuge, don't dink with the display.
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10-10-2004, 04:43 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
Posts: 3,499
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I do the exact same thing... its a illness.. lol (speaking for myself, of course) constantly in the water messing things up all to find that "perfect" scape or that "perfect" spot for something... carpet soaked, rocks falling and me, never satisfied... And with a 29 you can imagine all the trouble I cause!! I would love to have a deeper tank so at least I could actually move around in there when I do this!! someday...
Jenni
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10-10-2004, 06:19 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
Posts: 5,890
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Repeat after me: "My name is Travis and I'm a reefaholic"
Hello, Travis 
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10-10-2004, 10:53 PM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: panama city beach FL
Posts: 3,431
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Truly for me, the only solution was to get an "experimental" setup I could screw around with to my hearts content. Putting your hands in your main display is not a good idea. The funk on your fingers can cause some real headaches in a tank. Plus the fish don't like it.
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