Do you remember reefing when...
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william Lutman
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Do you remember reefing when...Fill in the blank!
Only filters were under gravel and hang on back filters with chambers were new to hobby
Gumbies R Us
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when I didn’t even have a tank, and was always confused at how reed tanks even worked
Paul B
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I remember reefing when there was no such thing as reefing. When the only fish available were blue devils and Sargent Majors and they were very expensive. No corals of any type.
I remember removing my dead coral skeletons that we decorated our tanks with and bleached them every week and maybe added a little acid to make them whiter.
I remember when there was no ASW, (we had to collect water) no test kits, no salt water lights, or filters. When there were no protein skimmers or salt water gravel.
No Powerheads.
I remember when this was the only salt water magazine,
No all glass tanks, and no copper medications.
No credit cards and no LFSs. Only pet shops. No cell phones, computers or color TV.
(black and white TV was invented the year before I was born)
I remember when fish were sold as "toy fish" in toy stores.
I remember when PODS were so plentiful, they came like this.
I remember Ed Sullivan and when at 10:00 PM TV went off and turned black with nothing on on any of the 6 channels that were in existence.
I remember when we used to try to get Majanos and Aiptasia to live in our tanks and we fed them.
I remember reefing when I had hair.
I remember removing my dead coral skeletons that we decorated our tanks with and bleached them every week and maybe added a little acid to make them whiter.
I remember when there was no ASW, (we had to collect water) no test kits, no salt water lights, or filters. When there were no protein skimmers or salt water gravel.
No Powerheads.
I remember when this was the only salt water magazine,
No all glass tanks, and no copper medications.
No credit cards and no LFSs. Only pet shops. No cell phones, computers or color TV.
(black and white TV was invented the year before I was born)
I remember when fish were sold as "toy fish" in toy stores.
I remember when PODS were so plentiful, they came like this.
I remember Ed Sullivan and when at 10:00 PM TV went off and turned black with nothing on on any of the 6 channels that were in existence.
I remember when we used to try to get Majanos and Aiptasia to live in our tanks and we fed them.
I remember reefing when I had hair.
ta88brian
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Metal holes power compact vhoJust remembered DLS Wet Dry although soon replaced by Berlin Method and all Wet Dry labeled nitrate factories as if everything else processing inorganic somehow wasn't yet apparently clueless to the fact nitrates were reduced only because skimmer extracting waste before decomposing. Now we still call canisters nitrate factories even after discovering carbon dosing solving that and making it a moot issue plus don't get me started on simply solving everything with algae
Gumbies R Us
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I miss those days when yellow tangs were that cheap. I told my dad how expensive they are now (he used to have a tang 20ish years ago), and he couldn't believe how expensive they had gotten.
GARRIGA
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For the longest tried affording VHO in the 80s and when that day came had to exit the hobby due to working too many hours which was why I could then afford them
GARRIGA
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Loved the look but never practical for me to hand them. Plus first tank next to my bed and those bulb would have given me suntan
GARRIGA
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For some public aquariums. Still is today.
56longroof
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The whole hobby is getting pretty expensive.
Gumbies R Us
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How many are in the area now?
