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I posted about this in another thread a while ago. Back in the early 00s I was traveling overseas for a couple of weeks when my HOB overflow got blocked and water spilled all over the ballasts stored in the stand below (big no no). My wife logged into my BostonReefers account and sent up an SOS. A couple of guys leapt into action, came over and fixed the plumbing and rigged some new lights. I lost a few fish and some coral, but it could have been infinitely worse without my fellow reefers leaping into action.
I didn't know anything had gone wrong until I logged into my account hours after everything had been fixed!
In more general terms, when I was still in the steepest part of the learning curve for reefing, local club members and online forums helped out multiple times when I had an emergency question when something was going wrong or didn't look right. And to this day the forums are a deep source of info from fellow reef keepers when I need info. Trustworthy information is probably the most valuable thing I've gotten from others over the years.
I didn't know anything had gone wrong until I logged into my account hours after everything had been fixed!
In more general terms, when I was still in the steepest part of the learning curve for reefing, local club members and online forums helped out multiple times when I had an emergency question when something was going wrong or didn't look right. And to this day the forums are a deep source of info from fellow reef keepers when I need info. Trustworthy information is probably the most valuable thing I've gotten from others over the years.