this hobby is ridiculous

[Northern Flicker]

Their website is crazy, BTW. Ah yes, the wild crinoid on the reef definitely is doing so well because of your 200$ piece of calcium. That isn't even a coral. They also have a picture of a mushroom and a vaguely unhappy hammer.

Grow Coral Faster | Novum Coral

Novum Coral developed a coral substrate that will make your stony corals grow faster than you imagined possible. Science-based, high-tech materials developed with amazing purity for the medical market will help you build your best reef aquarium.

www.novumcoral.com

And their "white paper". First of all, the background is black. Misleading. Second, what even is this? They're trying to pass this off as a scientific report, when it's just misleading and self-promotional. I'm sure this was peer-reviewed...

https://www.novumcoral.com/_files/ugd/88c0d2_856cfbd14a064f24bca93c94e10b2e76.pdf

Also is that rampant hair algae?

Why would you use that imagine for marketing a coral plug lol

 

[kyleinpdx]

And their "white paper". First of all, the background is black. Misleading.

ROFL

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Also is that rampant hair algae?

Why would you use that imagine for marketing a coral plug lol

Looks like it. Also, why cespitularia? That's not even remotely stoney. My guess is that some Instagram "entrepreneur" saw how expensive this hobby was, and decided to cash in on it without doing any research.

 

[BZOFIQ]

You guys are such pessimists!

Their FAQs explain everything

FAQ | Novum Coral

Find the most frequently asked questions about Novum Coral's product and technology and the corresponding answers on this page.

www.novumcoral.com

 

[jpnegrete14]

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I love how they're calling themselves the "new gold standard" in reef keeping. Like there's anyone who actually bought this except for that one guy on this thread testing it out and maybe like 4 gullible newbies.

 

[ChiCity]

wowwwwwwww, it’s 50% off now…
what a steal for $99.50!

lol

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

wowwwwwwww, it’s 50% off now…
what a steal for $99.50!

lol

Of course it is. They can't sell it right now, so they've figured that doing a sale will get some off the shelves. Little do they realize that the only sale that will get me to buy it is 99.5% off. It's just a fancy frag plug, I wouldn't buy it for more than $1, especially given the test in this thread.

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

Of course it is. They can't sell it right now, so they've figured that doing a sale will get some off the shelves. Little do they realize that the only sale that will get me to buy it is 99.5% off. It's just a fancy frag plug, I wouldn't buy it for more than $1, especially given the test in this thread.

I think its brilliant, how many businesses that you know that have a breakeven of 1 product sale without being more than a $40 investment for the sqaurespace page/store and some calcium.

Edit: nvm forgot about lemonade stand that sells by the pitcher.

 

[iReefer12]

ripoff merchants, shameful.

 

[Dburr1014]

I love how they're calling themselves the "new gold standard" in reef keeping. Like there's anyone who actually bought this except for that one guy on this thread testing it out and maybe like 4 gullible newbies.

And that one guy didn't even buy it, LOL, I won it in a raffle.

 

[Dburr1014]

Of course it is. They can't sell it right now, so they've figured that doing a sale will get some off the shelves. Little do they realize that the only sale that will get me to buy it is 99.5% off. It's just a fancy frag plug, I wouldn't buy it for more than $1, especially given the test in this thread.

It sucks as a frag plug cuz it's so light and there's no boss at the bottom to stick it in a hole so it ends up blowing around. I wouldn't even buy it for a dollar.

 

[ChiCity]

it’s crazy that you can just declare bankruptcy…
… after a “bone”headed idea like this!
(absolve me of my sins and poor financial decisions)

 

[tdyrkacz]

I’ll see your 2,000 power cable and raise you a $4,500 HDMI cable.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6428743.p?skuId=6428743

LOL I'm into audio and as a result would often spend time on audiophile forums... yeah some people would actually believe that these expensive cables made a difference. I think i remember some guy doing a blind test and one of the cables was his coat hanger... no one could tell the difference between the coat hanger and the $3k cables

 

[Dburr1014]

LOL I'm into audio and as a result would often spend time on audiophile forums... yeah some people would actually believe that these expensive cables made a difference. I think i remember some guy doing a blind test and one of the cables was his coat hanger... no one could tell the difference between the coat hanger and the $3k cables

Was that you that came today and bought the green slimer? (on the normal frag plug)
(It was part of my "test")

 

[tdyrkacz]

Yes that was me. Thanks again. The hammers are already opening up nicely although i may need to reposition a few of them due to too much flow.

 

[CBonito]

"...because my montipora deserves the very best!!!"

 

[thecodingart]

LOL I'm into audio and as a result would often spend time on audiophile forums... yeah some people would actually believe that these expensive cables made a difference. I think i remember some guy doing a blind test and one of the cables was his coat hanger... no one could tell the difference between the coat hanger and the $3k cables

More expensive cables do sometimes make a difference. Blue Jean cables with their welded. Banana ends are actually quite better at making contact and surviving certain conditions.

Mono HDMI cables are also pretty crappy when it comes to full HDMI 2.1 48gig bandwidth and their optical HDMI cables have a ton of handshake issues.

Fairly enough good cables aren’t that much pricier usually… and no one should spend $80 on an 8 foot HDMI cable. That’s silly

There is a line between cheap and quality though

 

[tdyrkacz]

Fair enough there may be some cables that are just built cheap and are unreliable... but it does not cost a lot to get a decent cable. Some of the fairy dust cables are priced at thousands of $$... often more than people spend on their speakers. There are too many blind reviews proving this is all snake oil... and especially with digital signal. Other than perhaps a bandwidth issue ... or an older format cable... you are either receiving the signal or you're not. There is no difference in sound or visual quality. Only perceived quality based on what people spent.

 

[Tahiti]