What Are Your Reefing Pet Peeves?

Corals that fall, fall, fall! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Sorry dealing with that tonight! LOL!
 
-topping off my tank twice a day in this heat!! I need ATO.
-peeps referring to a two or three inch frag as a mini colony or colony
-newbs who don't do any reading and want everyone to tell them what to do
-all the misinformation given constantly on the forums
-RC mods
-buying used equipment from fellow reefers to only find out later there's something wrong with it
-the same questions and threads being posted over and over (led vs MH, DSB vs BB, Bio pellets ok? on and on and on) on subjects that have been exhaustively covered.
 
1. Rich reef snobs. rich people who think you are not a reefer unless you buy the most expensive equipment.
2. People who buys $100 frags and think they should sell them for $100 as well. Basically selling frags at diver's den prices (as if they have brick and mortar store overhead) without the diver's den guarantee.
3. Reefers who think they are "entitled" and arrogant. you see a lot of those in the other big board, some got banned and moved to you know where.
4. The reefing oxymoron, people who sells micro frags, or even nano frags of corals that grows like weeds, yet asking for an arm and a leg for it. example, red planet.
5. Internet/google reef experts. I have seen people try to answer every single question posted via a google search result, and very little of his answers come from actual experience. The internet has made a lot of instant experts, not just on reefing.
6. I am all for supporting LFS, but not if they are literally robbing you blind with the price they charge.
7. I have been flaked by buyers and sellers. Buyers that flake don't bother me as much, as I think that should be treated as part of selling. what bothers me is seller pm's me at the last moment saying he sold the item to someone else.
8. People who joins the bandwagon for whatever is currently being hyped, then claiming their corals are happy and that they can actually see corals started growing bigger right before their eyes, etc. immediately after pouring in the additive, or installing the equipment. I don't mind the joining the bandwagon part, but let's be realistic with the results.
 
People who ask for help and then get offended when you give them your thoughts. Like they only want help as long as you tell them what they want to hear. This really makes people just not want to help anybody any more. With that said, people who try to keep an 18" fish in 55 gallon tank, its not like there is a run on different types of fish out there pick something else.
 
I hate when people want to buy things, and they want it "CHEAP"(lowballers). When they go to sell somthing its a ridiculous and crazy price, and say "FRIM" on the price!! That kills me!!
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%

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