What is your reefing pet peeve?

[andrewey]

As I sat there trying to jam the contents of my red sea test kit back into that black box where they only fit in one very specific orientation, I couldn't help but think about all the pieces of equipment/testing kits that always have some design flaw that inevitably irks me. What is the piece of equipment, gear, or general maintenance that's your pet peeve?

 

[Webslinger]

Corals coming off rockwork, knocked off by snails, eels or hand(when cleaning)

 

[Crustaceon]

Phosphate tests where you have to determine the proper shade of crystal clear.

 

[Hydrored]

I agree with @Webslinger Snails are always up to something. My Blenny likes to sit in the zoanthids garden and close them up all day to spite me

 

[4tanks]

Rubbish advice from rubbish lfs

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

man I hate those red sea kit boxes...
Lately the only peeve I have is my damsel knocking off and my frags I've glued to the rockwork. He seems to have a particular problem with my dragon soul torches, like this one

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I know this may sound silly but the general maintenance of cleaning power heads, changing out filter pads and scraping algae off the glass is my pet peeve. I used to hate reading test kits till I got some Hanna checkers.

 

[andrewey]

The second there is an affordable way to digitally check nitrate, I'll be the first in line!

 

[NowGlazeIT]

The second there is an affordable way to digitally check nitrate, I'll be the first in line!

I hear Hanna is in the works for one!

 

[Dragon52]

Test Kits that expire period.

 

[r20crazy]

being red/green colorblind.....and most test kits use these colors

 

[MelReefer]

I hate when the day after I clean the glass there is this light green film that has somehow established itself and it makes it hard to see my corals

 

[Sailfin11]

Salt creep.

 

[andrewey]

When you finish cleaning the glass and get it crystal only to spill a single drop on it later in the day.

 

[SliceGolfer]

Posting a response to a question on the forum only to have someone else say exactly the same thing afterwards

 

[KrisReef]

Posting a response to a question on the forum only to have someone else say exactly the same thing afterwards

 

[Webslinger]

Yeah! i hate when posting a response to a question on the forum only to have someone else say exactly the same thing afterwards

sorry couldn't resist

 

[X-37B]

Scraping coralline off the front and side glass.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Scraping coralline off the front and side glass.

At least yours grows on the front and side glass. It’s covering my powerheads, heaters and overflow box but there’s like 2 tiny specs on the glass. That’s my pet peeve ;Shifty

 

[Fezbearer]

using the little screw legs to get my water box cabinet completely level