What Is Something That Is Overrated In The Hobby?

[Reefkeepers Archive]

They kind of look like tumors to me.

Interesting fact, they actually are tumors

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Forgot to add....I don't test my water after its cycled, on any system. Testing on a stable system is a waste of time/money to me. The only exception to that is if there is an extra algae build up and I think the GFO is expelled, then I run a phosphate test. I like to believe that my eyes and nose are far better indicators of what is going on than droplets in a mini beaker. Been keeping fish for 25 years from small tanks to my 2000g koi pond...my nose knows.

How do you know how much alk and calcium do dose?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Algae scrubbers. No one has yet been able to demonstrate to me how these are superior to having a refugium other than it makes your sump "look clean." And hundreds of dollars is a long way to go to make the sump less cluttered, especially when it's the reef tank I care about, not your stupid sump.

I don't know how to feel abt this one, they work well but are definitely expensive, and there are sumps out there that don't have much of a refeugium compartment. Though overall I do agree, refeugiums are superior, cant have a copepod population in a algae scrubber...

 

[rtparty]

Just to ruffle some feathers....

Refugiums are overrated. I can't stand mine and would gladly give it up for an algae scrubber. Refugiums are messy, light up your whole sump for stuff to grow, need constant maintenance to keep hair algae away, don't really boost your pod population (your display should be able to handle pod population by itself), and chaeto doesn't hold a candle to hair algae in nutrient removal.

Sadly, both Clearwater and Santa Monica have some of the worst business owners I have ever dealt with. I can't support either company so long as they treat customers the way they do

 

[7of9]

Interesting fact, they actually are tumors

In my experience, tumors are bad. Why would I pay extra for a mushroom with a tumor?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

In my experience, tumors are bad. Why would I pay extra for a mushroom with a tumor?

Mainly for looks, as far as I know it is cosmetic, though now I want to know what happens if a coral gets cancer..

Also if you see any other "bounce" corals that aren't mushrooms it's also tumors...

 

[BobTheBlenney]

Protien skimmers, reactors, scrubbers, and any other extra piece of filter equipment. My filtration consists of live rock, a coarse sponge for mechanical filtration, and a fox face and a blenny to eat the algae. Fresh air from the front door keeps the ph at 8.2. (I may change my mind if it all crashes one day, but my tank looks great at the moment.)

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

1: bounce mushrooms.I JUST.DONT.GET.IT
2:crazy expensive wavemakers.yes it's wireless.yes it has an app but my sicce xstream & a smart plug works for me
3:any "chad speak" in coral description e.g "fire torches brah" or "sick colours fam"

It's code for "I'm going to rip you off & you will abide":

 

[jkcoral]

Might as well let it rip.

Overrated:

All of the $500-$1000 tic-tac sized frags of whatever UV hammered, unicorn-puke-colored tenuis of the day being framed as a “super exclusive new release.”

 

[jimfish98]

How do you know how much alk and calcium do dose?

My levels are replenished with water changes. Beyond food, I only add copepods and some microbacter7 occasionally. I don't dose calcium, alk, etc to my tanks. At some point I may have to increase the frequency or amount of water changes, but I have no plans to dump funds into dosing and testing.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

My levels are replenished with water changes. Beyond food, I only add copepods and some microbacter7 occasionally. I don't dose calcium, alk, etc to my tanks. At some point I may have to increase the frequency or amount of water changes, but I have no plans to dump funds into dosing and testing.

It's not that expensive, water changes probably cost more, all you need is a red sea test kit and seachem fusion 1 and 2 and you're good to go

 

[afrokobe]

Acans grow skeleton first and won't encrust on rockwork, plus they only really come in red/orange and are just not my thing, favias are superior.

You definitely have not seen enough acans

Santa Monica Algae Scrubbers (sorry not sorry) $100+ for a basic nano tank algae scrubber and $400+ for bigger tanks is ridiculous. Especially when the nano scrubbers look to be made of 2 lunch meat containers….. I just can’t justify the price.

lol I completely agree on this. I have no experience with them, but thats all I see too

 

[jimfish98]

It's not that expensive, water changes probably cost more, all you need is a red sea test kit and seachem fusion 1 and 2 and you're good to go

$75 test kit, $30 additives, and a dosing pump of $260 before you start adding in my time or replenishing the additives or the test kit. My water bill is minimal as I am on septic with no sewage charges. House of 4, two tanks, a pool, irrigation, and 1000g a week pond changes and my bill averages $50/m. For the cost of adding another 20g water change biweekly, it would be roughly 40 extra water changes spanning across almost a 2 year period before I hit the initial costs of the dosing.

 

[ReefDreamz]

The difficulty level of keeping SPS. SPS are easier to keep than LPS.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

$75 test kit, $30 additives, and a dosing pump of $260 before you start adding in my time or replenishing the additives or the test kit. My water bill is minimal as I am on septic with no sewage charges. House of 4, two tanks, a pool, irrigation, and 1000g a week pond changes and my bill averages $50/m. For the cost of adding another 20g water change biweekly, it would be roughly 40 extra water changes spanning across almost a 2 year period before I hit the initial costs of the dosing.

Who needs a dosing pump. Been doing it manually on my LPS dominant system for months, maybe eventually but not required

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

The difficulty level of keeping SPS. SPS are easier to keep than LPS.

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[Reefkeepers Archive]

You definitely have not seen enough acans




lol I completely agree on this. I have no experience with them, but thats all I see too

Not saying acans aren't beautiful, but favias...

AND they encrust

 

[Raptor777]

The most expensive equipment

 

[IntrinsicReef]

Haha. A $1500 fish that comes with permeant ich dots.

For real. To me it's just a Scopas Tang with good branding. I'm going to find a common fish and get Gucci to license it. Then I'll be in here with my 10k gallon build.

 

[MDAquatics]

Acans grow skeleton first and won't encrust on rockwork, plus they only really come in red/orange and are just not my thing, favias are superior.

Gunna go ahead and disagree with you on this one. They come in red, green, blue, orange, purple etc. They also will encrust over rock work and they have much softer tissue which makes them fun to watch, especially when feeding. I like favias too though.