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02/25/2021, 06:48 AM | #1 |
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Break Down Your Tanks - This Hobby Kills
Find some freshwater species which you can support and procreate ( African cichlids) - the end of reef keeping needs to happen sooner rather than later. Broke mine down 10 years ago, have been spreading g the word ever since s your $400 LED light isn’t going to make anything better for the coral.
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02/25/2021, 06:46 PM | #2 |
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Glad you're happy with the choice you made, but you're wrong. This hobby has resulted in most of the advancements in reef fish breeding and coral propagation, things that will become increasingly important as climate change continues to take an increasing toll on the world's wild reefs.
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02/25/2021, 11:52 PM | #3 |
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Ok,.... Now it's turning into an obsession Current Tank Info: Red Sea Reefer 750 XXL, Red Sea 170 |
02/26/2021, 05:57 AM | #4 |
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Really? You came back just to make this thread?
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02/26/2021, 07:19 AM | #5 | |
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02/26/2021, 08:03 AM | #6 |
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I'm supposed to kill animals I've kept and propagated for up to 27 years because you weren't able to keep things alive? I don't think so.
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02/26/2021, 05:42 PM | #7 |
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I supplied most of the Pittsburgh area reefers with RBTA'a a few years back. I think most of us are doing well keeping the hobby going.
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02/27/2021, 05:31 PM | #8 |
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Let’s come back to reality, his mom probably got tired of the higher electric bill and made him get rid of his algae infested tank...what a joke!
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02/28/2021, 06:20 AM | #9 | |
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I fully support your right to make the decision you did, and I'm sure that eventually I will decide to take my tanks down. It's been 32 years since my mom told me that although it was very pretty, my tank was just a phase and I'd certainly be tired of it in short order. I was 27 and had been on my own since I left for Basic/AIT in 1978. Mom's been gone since 2011 - RIP!!!, the tank(s) remain.
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02/28/2021, 03:49 PM | #11 |
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Anything is gravy if you know what you are doing and have the resources to maintain it. I'm 32 and I'm about to get back into the hobby. Of course, I am preparing for a wife and family....
But it's things like a reef tank (which I have financed for decades to come) in that family setting which would tremendously help an individual as myself maintain that inner "hobby" balance and such... Plus... I'm not an idiot and won't shell out a grand to flush a Moorish down the toilet cause PetCo said it can be in a 29gal. Perk up people. Freshwater is neat by the way, and I don't mean to attack Looper at all or seem negative.. and that's what I feel like following that thought train.
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03/12/2021, 07:59 PM | #12 |
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I dont believe that if you are a reefer that put your heart in making your animals grow and thrive, that you could leave the hobby behind just like that. And it's not really true about those new 400$ leds.. If you use them properly they will make the change, but you need to give it time. In reefing that means months and years, because anything that goes fast in a reef is negative, and you can kill or make permanent damage in mere hours. Slow changes are mostly good, but need patience and passion. If you lost the passion you had, its propably due to something other in your life.
I did quit reefing because of divorce that broke my bones and pulverized my mind... it took me 15 years to make the desicion to start a new tank. It was like starting at scratch with all the development and modernizing of everything, and the knowledge and understanding have grown so much during this year. At the same time that made things easier. Just look at the apps we control everything with now.. I hope your reason to brake down your tank will solve itself and you heal like I did, and that you come back. I really do, I want you to actually feel joy over keeping those beautiful creatures, and that it becomes a way for you to heal next time you start up. |
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