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I've been doing this hobby for a while now. One thing that I've noted is that most new people entering the hobby thinks that no one else has been this stupid before. Well, you are wrong, wrong, wrong.
I don't even know where to start....I've done so many stupid things.
BTW.....this is just a condensed list.
I didn't install drip loops (If you don't know what that is, find out now)
I wanted a moonlight and thought I could make one with a cheap party light bulb. Blue bulbs were out of stock but they had red. So I thought that would be fine. People older in the hobby will understand this completely.....Let's all say it now.....Sie...Ann...Oh...Bac...Tere....E...Uh.
I wanted to feed enough so that the flora and fauna in my sandbed didn't starve
I bought several things that looked pretty before learning their care needs
I researched and found what I needed, decided it was too expensive, then after 3 or 4 months, went and bought what I knew I should have purchased in the first place, thereby making an expensive hobby even more expensive.
I darn near burned down my house with myself and my dogs in it
The truth is, I could go on and on and on.....but it's good to ask questions of people who've been around a while. Sara is quite bright but I'm sure she has some "School of Hard Knocks" stories as well. I'm sure she would rather have you ask her rather than have you learn it the hard way too.
I don't even know where to start....I've done so many stupid things.
BTW.....this is just a condensed list.
I didn't install drip loops (If you don't know what that is, find out now)
I wanted a moonlight and thought I could make one with a cheap party light bulb. Blue bulbs were out of stock but they had red. So I thought that would be fine. People older in the hobby will understand this completely.....Let's all say it now.....Sie...Ann...Oh...Bac...Tere....E...Uh.
I wanted to feed enough so that the flora and fauna in my sandbed didn't starve
I bought several things that looked pretty before learning their care needs
I researched and found what I needed, decided it was too expensive, then after 3 or 4 months, went and bought what I knew I should have purchased in the first place, thereby making an expensive hobby even more expensive.
I darn near burned down my house with myself and my dogs in it
The truth is, I could go on and on and on.....but it's good to ask questions of people who've been around a while. Sara is quite bright but I'm sure she has some "School of Hard Knocks" stories as well. I'm sure she would rather have you ask her rather than have you learn it the hard way too.