3 Embarrassing Fish Keeping Mistakes [I Hope they Helped You to NOT Make the Same Errors] - LIVE!

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A lot of what I know about fish keeping I've learned the hard way. The hard-knocks way. Because I'm on YouTube, and I share both the highs and the lows, some of the errors have been both painful and embarrassing (and in some cases very expensive). In this video we get into the 3 errors that stand out the most. What happened? What did I do wrong and what was the lesson learned, the take away.

What have been your biggest "learning moment"? What happened? What did you learn? Share in the comments since, as you know, we all learn from each other around here!

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