@meir, I have just spent a little time going through your clownfish thread and your coral ID thread. From your profile, you look like you are 15 years old. Let me give you some advice; take it or leave it.
I was just a little older than you when I started posting on forums. I thought I knew it all. I was just like you arguing about everything thinking I knew. I once told an entamologyst that a mayfly he identified was not a mayfly but some sort of midge mayfly hybrid. Sound familiar?
I failed in much of what I did. I lost a reef full of fish. I got into legal and financial trouble. Heck, I lost a beautiful daughter because I wouldn't pull my head out of the sand and consider what others were telling me.
Fast forward a few years, and after learning to listen and consider what others are telling me, I became much more knowledgeable and much more liked. I am proud of my tank, my house, and my wife and son.
I have some run of the mill fish and coral. One of the most beautiful creatures I own is a pair of humble occ. clowns. I have some pretty spectacular stuff too.
I am successful in life now not because I know all the answers or because I follow all the advice I'm givin, but because I k ow that I don't know all the answers and consider what others are telling me.
My advice is to learn from my mistakes and know that there are other much more knowledgeable people out there than you. Treat everyone with respect. If you disagree don't call everyone haters, just let it go.
Good luck my friend.
