Luckily, they're fine, no thanks to the fact I was doing FW water changes, cleaning my reef tanks, talking on the net, answering a Hotline & selling corals to a fellow who stopped by. Just a little distracted...
One thing you don't want to hear...
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
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- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
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One thing you don't want to hear...
... when doing water changes: "Honey, your fish are flopping!"
Luckily, they're fine, no thanks to the fact I was doing FW water changes, cleaning my reef tanks, talking on the net, answering a Hotline & selling corals to a fellow who stopped by. Just a little distracted...
Luckily, they're fine, no thanks to the fact I was doing FW water changes, cleaning my reef tanks, talking on the net, answering a Hotline & selling corals to a fellow who stopped by. Just a little distracted...
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32776
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
Yeah, he also lets me know when they're overflowing. How come he can't tell me about these things before they happen???
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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PolishPuff
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 1212
- Joined: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:20 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: ________
Also cared for;
Fahaka------------------- Had to give it away
Auriglobus modestus-----Traded
Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport.
Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
South American Puffers -Traded
Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :( - Location (country): USA-Chicago, IL
- Location: Chicago, IL
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
Multitasking
yeah I need to learn that quick having five tanks
yeah I need to learn that quick having five tanks
"Lost time is never found again" Benjamin Franklin
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Brandon8521
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 824
- Joined: Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:41 pm
- Location (country): Usa
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
PP it seems that most of your mishaps happen dureing water changes. lol Im sure once i get more tanks alot will start to happen to me i think i am the most easily distracted person on the planet. You have no idea how many times i have let the sink overflow when makeing dishwater or burning bread in the oven lol.
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jdak
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 408
- Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:25 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Stars & stripes
- Location (country): USA
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
Funny... i've walked away from a syphoning hose but only resulted in flooded carpet.
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LilGreenPuffer
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 5301
- Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:26 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Dwarf puffer - Thumbelina (only mine in my heart now; she lives in CT with my friend)
RIP Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, and Vizinni.
RIP James Bond. - Location (country): United States
- Location: Kentucky
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
I almost did that once. Thankfully, the fish had all found nice little pockets in the gravel with enough water to stay submerged. Now, overflowing buckets - that's another story. Lots of stories.
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
Found among the papers of Mohatma Gandhi
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Found among the papers of Mohatma Gandhi
Come and visit http://www.thetriopsforum.com!
I AM A DUDETTE!
NEED NITRIFYING BACTERIA FOR YOUR NEW TANK? PM ME!
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Dadof4
- Tech Team
- Posts: 2862
- Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:50 am
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: 1 GSP (Microfiche) RIP, 1 Monotrete Turgidus (Leon) in a 30gal. 1 Monotrete suvattii in a 40 gal FW. 120 gallon BW with 3 juvenile Dragon Gobies (so cool). 55 gal with a 2" GSP named Hank. 180 gallon being set up for a Fahaka in the next few months!
- Location (country): United States
- Location: North Wisconsin
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
I've over flowed a tank or two, never sucked one dry though. Around my big tanks I've went so far as to put up a barier, seal the floor with polyurthane, and drill drain holes around them. I'm always terrified of them flooding the whole house.
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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Troender
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 1842
- Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:04 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1x GSP (Bolla), 1x m. something. Bought as a leiurus, maybe a turgidus (Tiger), 1x c. irrubesco (Tott(a) aka Houdini) 1x c. salivator (Jack the Ripper), 1x m. cochinchinensis (Hufflepuff - R.I.P.), 2x c. lorteti (Tommy and Tigern = Calvin and Hubbes), 1x m. suvatti (Koseklumpen), 1x m. palembangensis (Dragonfly), 2x t. biocellatus (Koken and Fiken).
- Location: Askim, Norway
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
I've drained a tank a few times. But I've flooded the floor lots of times. I am also multitasking a lot when doing water changes. Or rather, I was multitasking a lot. After I stopped doing everything else at the same time as my water changes, I've almost stopped flooding the house - but only almost...
Inger Anne
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin
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L!$A
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 1045
- Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:30 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Fahaka - Nala
Congo - Baloo
Arrowhead - Yzma
R.I.P
Kaleeko - Mbu Puffer
Milly - Fangs Puffer - Location (country): CANADA
- Location: Pitt Meadows, BC
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
I haven't flooded anything - yet. Almost a few times, but seemed to catch it before it made too much of a mess!
My bf flooded the laundry sink one time while using the python, filled up the sink and we wondered why would couldn't hear water draining anymore... lol
My bf flooded the laundry sink one time while using the python, filled up the sink and we wondered why would couldn't hear water draining anymore... lol
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Pufftastic
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 430
- Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 2:02 pm
- My Puffers: 1 x C travancoricus
Have also kept:
T biocellatus - Location (country): California USA
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
I confess that I've done the idiotic "Hey, This Canister Filter Isn't Flowing Right, I Should Take the Top Off and Look at the Impeller" thing more than once. Without unplugging it. SIGH.
Yo ho, yo ho, a puffer's life for me.
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J-P
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 5626
- Joined: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:21 am
- Gender: Male
- Location (country): Japan
- Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
At least he's attentive.
I came home the other day to a floating skimmer and my pump making the most disgusting grinding noise from running dry. No, the wife didn't notice, or didn't know what to do, and didn't tell me.
I came home the other day to a floating skimmer and my pump making the most disgusting grinding noise from running dry. No, the wife didn't notice, or didn't know what to do, and didn't tell me.
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32776
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
Attentive would be, "Honey, you're water's getting low."
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Savvy
- Dwarf Puffer
- Posts: 53
- Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:55 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffs and Others:
10G - 4 Dwarf Puffers - Prince, Pickles, Peaches, Peanut
40G - 1 Ceylon - Teka
25G - 2 Jewel Cichlids - Nikki and Knox
10G - snails (want to move 2 DPs here, but need another snail tank first
Keira (my daughter)
Ziggy (our dog)
Roxie (our cat)
Jeff (SO) - Location (country): Alberta, Canada
- Location: Edmonton, AB
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
Don't you love how everything needs to be done all at the exact same moment?
So far the worst I've done is dump water down my shirt as I was doing a water change and trying to get my daughter to stop doing something she wasn't supposed to and wasn't paying enough attention to where I was aiming the water.
So far the worst I've done is dump water down my shirt as I was doing a water change and trying to get my daughter to stop doing something she wasn't supposed to and wasn't paying enough attention to where I was aiming the water.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the judgement that the outcome is far more important than the fear itself
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L!$A
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 1045
- Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:30 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Fahaka - Nala
Congo - Baloo
Arrowhead - Yzma
R.I.P
Kaleeko - Mbu Puffer
Milly - Fangs Puffer - Location (country): CANADA
- Location: Pitt Meadows, BC
Re: One thing you don't want to hear...
haha.. speaking of pouring water all over yourself...
My bf and I went to pick-up some free crayfish yesterday, and as we turned a corner I noticed that one of the containers had been tipped over and all the water had leaked out, so I frantically grabbed the other container to get the poor little guy in some water, and low and behold I pour half the container of water all over my lap.. causing it to look like I've pee'd myself. lmao.. needless to say I did not go into the groccery store!
My bf and I went to pick-up some free crayfish yesterday, and as we turned a corner I noticed that one of the containers had been tipped over and all the water had leaked out, so I frantically grabbed the other container to get the poor little guy in some water, and low and behold I pour half the container of water all over my lap.. causing it to look like I've pee'd myself. lmao.. needless to say I did not go into the groccery store!