Epic fail?

[Tannin Aquatics]

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."- Winston Churchill

After a lifetime in the hobby, I can occasionally reflect back on some of the great successes that I’ve had...and on some of the many, many failures that I’ve been involved with! Failures aren’t that bad, really. In fact, their pretty darned helpful...As the sayings goes, “Nothing is ever wasted- it can always serve as an example of what NOT to do!”

Really.



I was thinking about my worst-ever aquarium disasters, and, fortunately, there have not been all that many...However, the ones I havehad have been notable...and educational!

My biggest mistakes came out of my own arrogance, really.

Usually, they were "created" when I tried to do something that disregarded simple logic (and a century of aquarium common sense), like trying mixes of fishes that were absurd, overstocking tanks...stuff like that. (click to read more)