What do you HATE about Reefing (IN PICS)

[polyppal]

Just for fun...
What is it that you HATE about this hobby?
Post answer with a pic/gif!


Ill get it started ;Dead:

 

[trevorhiller]

For me it’s got to be the prices… I’m fortunate enough to be able to setup a small tank, but this hobby really excludes a lot of people due to the setup costs. I must have $2000 into a modest 15 gal aquarium. I had a small nano tank years back and a similar frag was $5 or basically free with a purchase of other corals. This is just an example, but I think things have gotten out of hand while I was away. WWC has a coral for $3500 currently. Don’t even get me started on the equipment costs.

 

[MaxTremors]

I didn’t take a pic this evening (lights were off), but around two hours after lights out, I noticed my ‘lobo’ (Acanthestrea Pachysepta) doing exactly this to my dragon soul ‘favia’ (Goniastrea) and Yuma:

I had moved a few corals on the sand bed around to make some room for a new Cynarina and it apparently didn’t like it’s new spot (really only moved it an inch or so). It looked like Spider-Man shooting out webs in two opposite directions. The dragon soul is done for I think, but I think the Yuma will be okay.

This also is a good example of another problem, he constant misidentification of corals. Reclassifications don’t help, but I think vendors should prioritize proper ID over using common names to make searching easier.

 

[fish farmer]

Unreliable shipping.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

EMERGENCY: threads that are not emergencies or id threads of obvious things. or asking if you should upgrade your lighting even though all your corals are well.

 

[polyppal]

I didn’t take a pic this evening (lights were off), but around two hours after lights out, I noticed my ‘lobo’ (Acanthestrea Pachysepta) doing exactly this to my dragon soul ‘favia’ (Goniastrea) and Yuma:

I had moved a few corals on the sand bed around to make some room for a new Cynarina and it apparently didn’t like it’s new spot (really only moved it an inch or so). It looked like Spider-Man shooting out webs in two opposite directions. The dragon soul is done for I think, but I think the Yuma will be okay.

This also is a good example of another problem, he constant misidentification of corals. Reclassifications don’t help, but I think vendors should prioritize proper ID over using common names to make searching easier.

War!

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Watching people buy fish/coral without knowing anything about what they purchased

 

[polyppal]

Watching people buy fish/coral without knowing anything about what they purchased

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

pretty much lol

 

[polyppal]

Also hate having to euthanize

 

[rtparty]

The marketing and Instagram effect of ultra blue lighting

 

[polyppal]

The marketing and Instagram effect of ultra blue lighting

 

[rtparty]

Like my new Ultra Unicorn fart horn?

 

[ProxyAquarist]

Algae !

 

[BrianAnthony]

The totally unexpected...

 

[Midrats]

I don't hate it but my wife does. Me walking around the house in my cozy pants with an aquarium towel hanging out of my pocket.

 

[G Santana]

Cleaning my glass every 3 days
My urchin taking my $60 frag for a drive at night, he has no license.
Fighting off the Nitrate monster, daily.

Everything else is cool!!!

 

[polyppal]

fish parasites/disease

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

the skimmer hum
water trickle
ATO pump
pistol shrimp clicking
and worst of all, the mysterious noises that machines sometimes make for no apparent reason.

 

[Dad2Wyatt]

Reclassifications don’t help, but I think vendors should prioritize proper ID over using common names to make searching easier.

I’ve been thinking this since getting into the reef game! At first it was cool looking at all the wild names and color patterns. Started getting real confusing when two vendors would claim to have the same coral (chili pepper Monti for example) but one described it as encrusting and another as plating.