Come back and tell me how you feel when you have been in the hobby for more than 5 minutes lol. I get so tired of relative noobs trying to teach us old dogs new tricks. If you want to keep on looking for a "argument" then PM me to keep up the debate. Otherwise let's just move on. I mean we all get it. You don't agree with anything I have to say. Cool.
I mean...you are the one that started the thread? You have to realize what it was going to do. Hitchhikers have been a problem for years, crazy amount of posts on the subject. Like saying Water change or not. Creates a huge arguement on both sides.
Here's the thing, you can't make a generalized statement like that and not expect to get an argument. Period. Now if you are talking about Hitchhiker critters, I would generally agree with your statement.
But I"ve been one of the lucky guys to receive brook as a hitchhiker. Lost half of my fish in 3 days flat, tank was going on 2 years old and zero issues. Was I upset, absolutely. I knew it was always a possibility and I didn't Qt. I knew the risks, so I moved on. Rolled the dice so to speak, but this wasn't my first tank, nor would it be my last.
BUT, you do that to a person thats been in the hobby less than a year and most likely you are going to see a for sale thread within a week and never hear from this person again. So in that regard I would say its not overblown whatsoever because I want to see this community of reefers thrive and grow, and posts like that break my heart cause they had that spark of love and it was crushed all because of a simple hitchhiker.
So please don't expect to not get an arguement and get upset over some people disagreeing with you good sir. If you are going to start a thread like that, don't start calling everyone noobs the second people disagree with what you are saying.
