has R2R saved your bacon??

[smitten with ocean life]

id love to hear from some more of you!

 

[Moxiecoal]

I inherited a 75 gallon reef tank and reading articles on R2R has saved me from making a lot of wrong steps

 

[smitten with ocean life]

what about some of the heavy hitters? im curious what r2r has done for you. or do you just only come on to give help? @vetteguy53081 , @VintageReefer , @tbrown, to name a few!

 

[vetteguy53081]

what about some of the heavy hitters? im curious what r2r has done for you. or do you just only come on to give help? @vetteguy53081 , @VintageReefer , @tbrown, to name a few!

45 years of doing this, I like Paul B and some of the veterans can at this point offer insight. This is a hobby where we never stop learning and owning a pet store in the past, I remain up to date with new products, industry news, legislature and attend yet many seminars and friends with some of the big boys in the industry

 

[BeanAnimal]

You would think that somebody that has been around since the copper age would make a guy a copper fish… maybe even barter it for some homemade bacon.

 

[rhitee93]

Sorry to dissent, but it is quite the opposite really.

I can no longer afford bacon because this community has done such a good job enabling my reefing addiction.

 

[landlubber]

its assisted by giving advice but fortunately nothing emergent for me so no bacon saved... it has however given more that enough ideas to spend my cabbage on.

 

[tbrown]

I've definitely grabbed a lot of information from Reef2Reef and have done my best to help others struggling with some of what I do/have struggled with.

 

[VintageReefer]

what about some of the heavy hitters? im curious what r2r has done for you. or do you just only come on to give help? @vetteguy53081 , @VintageReefer , @tbrown, to name a few!

I would say the most impactful thing R2R has done for me is provide me with feelings of inspiration and connection.

I’ve been Reefing a long time and I feel I have my methods and system pretty much perfected and they go against the norm.

One day I decided to join because I wanted to share my knowledge, experiences, and methods, and show that reef tanks don’t have to be a full time job and you can be successful without the stress

I came to inspire others, but met some incredible people and constantly see incredible tanks, and ended up being inspired myself and motivated to push on and improve wherever I can.

 

[Üter]

please don't put "bacon" in the title. I too came here thinking food was being offered

 

[smitten with ocean life]

bump! these are putting a smile on my face!

 

[tbrown]

I've made a ton of people I consider friends here in Reef2Reef. Also, I've learned and had many questions answered.

I try to work through unanswered and new questions and answer the ones I can because that's what's been done for me.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

i know there are many of you that i often see jumping in with helpful advice.

 

[John Neuzil]

No

 

[brandon429]

The person who has likely saved the most reef tanks (preemptively) is Randy Holmes-Farley in my opinion. By knowing what to chemically rule in + out in any scenario he's stopped a million bad calculations and unplanned errors and left a legacy of objective material that applies to future reef tanks. Over 25 yrs. Plus currently available for consult, that's a big deal.

I for sure thought ammonia from a dang cat box might be killing my reef in 2023. After discussions with R and unfortunately keeping the cat, I was able to find the real culprit and the bleaching stopped.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

wow! thats great!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

No

can you elaborate? youve never found anything helpful here?

 

[StartingATank]

It really helped me from not putting a humongous Tang in my aquarium, and not to get a $4,500 fish, and to save my clownfish from death

 

[backbayreef]

Yes - @Jay Hemdal and all the #fishmedics here saved my fish and my sanity many times! I’m very grateful.

What’s more important — when I wife questioned my addiction and spend, I always referred her to R2R; highlighted that we have 10 THOUSAND+ active addicts like myself, esp those TOTM tank builds and massive systems. "See honey, I’m not that crazy — look at all these guys! ". She would leave me alone for a few months after that…

 

[Anna K]

Spent 4 days on the forum... bought a 40 gallon aio :face-with-tears-of-joy: