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I work at a LFS and I was pulling algae out of the 350g clown display, unaware that anemones could sting humans. I handle the small BTAs every day without a problem so I figured it didn’t effect people. I thought it was just the salt irritating my left arm because it’s not as conditioned to it...

Seems like there's always a bunch of posts on R2R about people who are 'ready to give up' because 'x' coral or fish died... But I think that some amount of failure goes hand in hand with this hobby. Lets talk about our expen$ive fails and the lessons we learned from them...

Hi, I found this site when looking for places to get help with reef-pi. I'm actually using reef-pi for my outdoor pond, so I may be blaspheming by being a member here. Is that a thing? A pond is certainly not a reef, but it is a mini-ecosystem of its own. Plus, it keeps the mosquitos at bay! The...

Hi all! I am working on my Master’s in Service Design and currently doing research about customer behavior for a Finnish entrepreneur who is in the reefing retail and service business. Our team's aim is to better understand the hobbyist and the reasons why you have started reefing...

So I went to a local fish store (not pet store) and I have ad issues with there freshwater fish so I swore not to buy them again. Until yesterday...I went in with the intention of looking at Saltwater. And I went ina me so many fish that I wanted clowns lions pistol shrimp anonmes etc. so I told...