In reefing what area do you excel in and struggle in?

[revhtree]

In reefing and life some people are good at many different things but not everyone is good at everything! What I may be good at doing may not be an area in which another hobbyist excels in and vise versa. So with that in mind I would like to hear from you by answering the following!

1. What are do you think you excel in when it comes to reefing? DON'T SAY GROWING ALGAE!

2. What area of reefing do you struggle with the most?


image via @Reefer350Lighting

 

[ca1ore]

I excel at reminiscing about the good old days ..... does that count?

 

[rwreef]

Learning from mistakes and making new ones.

 

[Reverend Turtle]

I excel at killing everything. Actually I'm pretty good at DIY electrical components.

 

[FangsAndGames]

I could rave on and on about care of all sorts of animals and what I’d need to take care of them. Just as a kid don’t have the budget to bring my dreams to fruition lol.

 

[Specific Ocean]

Excel at patience but I also struggle with patience

 

[kev.2013]

I excel at starting feeling into my tank, and getting lost looking at it.

I struggle, at patience and monitoring some values.

 

[Lemon]

I could rave on and on about care of all sorts of animals and what I’d need to take care of them. Just as a kid don’t have the budget to bring my dreams to fruition lol.

same if I knew how expensive my tank was going to be I would have gone smaller

 

[burningmime]

I'm very good at Aiptasia husbandry. I can grow it, spread it, feed it, even transfer it between tanks.

 

[Acroalan]

Manual testing. Like OCD levels of testing. I do it a lot since I have been working from home for the last 11 months and my desk is right next to my tank. It gives me an excuse to take a break from my real work during the day.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Over the years I've become very proficient at collecting aquatic animals and getting them home to my tank safe and sound.

I also think I'm pretty knowledgeable about led fixtures and there use over reef tanks.

 

[MohrReefs]

I'm good with LPS corals. Especially favia.
I'm also good at keeping more difficult fish.

I struggle chasing outbreaks of algae and cyano. Its a back and forth battle, nutrient related no doubt.

 

[sp1187]

1. What are do you think you excel in when it comes to reefing? DON'T SAY GROWING ALGAE!

fabricated aquascapes. breaking "the rules"

2. What area of reefing do you struggle with the most?

spending.

 

[SuncrestReef]

I excel at Apex programming and automation as demonstrated in my series of Apex tutorials here on R2R:

Articles by SuncrestReef

www.reef2reef.com

But I struggle with identifying the cause of my recent tank crash which killed about 75% of my corals. All my parameters are within acceptable range and multiple ICP tests did not reveal anything out of the ordinary. The only thing I suspect is higher than normal PO4 and NO3, but they were not as high as those of many other successful reefers, so it’s still a mystery to me.

 

[MichaelReefer]

I'm good at spending money.

I'm bad at patience. lol

 

[tnewell]

I excel in spending money I don’t have, I struggle by spending hours everyday on the for sale forum.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I am pretty good at setting up picos and creating my traveling tanks. I have some really cool outreach programs and love talking reefs. I am good with new reef keepers, at least I enjoy working with them.

Keeping a budget. Soemthing always comes up and I cannot resist. Also testing. Have not done in years. Just ordered new testing materials and this will be the first testing in probably 5+ years.

 

[New&no clue]

I excel at Live Sales, no one is faster than me to click Check Out.

I struggle to remain on a budget

 

[Dark_Knightt]

I could rave on and on about care of all sorts of animals and what I’d need to take care of them. Just as a kid don’t have the budget to bring my dreams to fruition lol.

Same here. 15, i had to get a job just to be able to support this hobby lol. And to buy corals...

 

[Lemon]

Same here. 15, i had to get a job just to be able to support this hobby lol. And to buy corals...

i wish i could get a job