To be honest, being new to the hobby, it’s fairly a cut throat business. People, dealers and traders are just not nice. I’ve never once asked anything for free nor am I doing now. My experiences in this hobby with people are below average...let’s just say I’m convinced that most people are on their own. And if you want someone to go a little extra for you, you better pay up.
I got into this hobby completely by accident and not knowing anything about it or anyone in it. I was at the hospital where my wife was giving birth to our baby and they had a salt water tank in the lobby probably around 400 gal or so. It mesmerized me and made me go to the lobby to drink lots of coffee. After months of YouTubing, I started one myself. Reef2reef, marine depot and brs are the only “friends” I would say in this hobby. Attempted to find some local reefing clubs on Facebook but it’s like stated in previous posts...everyone wants to sell you things at 5x or more than LFS
I got into this hobby completely by accident and not knowing anything about it or anyone in it. I was at the hospital where my wife was giving birth to our baby and they had a salt water tank in the lobby probably around 400 gal or so. It mesmerized me and made me go to the lobby to drink lots of coffee. After months of YouTubing, I started one myself. Reef2reef, marine depot and brs are the only “friends” I would say in this hobby. Attempted to find some local reefing clubs on Facebook but it’s like stated in previous posts...everyone wants to sell you things at 5x or more than LFS