Underrated Stuff in the hobby JohnnyReef13 x keepingfishwithnoidea

[JohnnyReef13]

Hey! I messaged with @keepingfishwithnoidea. His recent post, underrated stuff in the hobby sparked an idea- What's overrated and underrated in the hobby?
What are your ideas?
To me, live rock!
Thanks again @keepingfishwithnoidea! Check out his thread!

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

thnx

 

[JohnnyReef13]

thnx

No Problem! What's underrated to you?

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

No Problem! What's underrated to you?

Crested sabertooth blennys

water bears of the hobby. 50ppm salinity for a week = alive

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

never saw for sale, but common in seaweed raft in my country

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

mushroom corals are so underrated, one of the best corals

 

[Tamberav]

Diatoms filters, very few make use of them although its difficult to buy/find one because the "innovators" of the hobby would rather create a new led that is slightly different than the last LED than bring something useful. They could probably make one much easier to use and better built these days if they just bothered to do it.

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

hmm

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

halides are soo underrated, more shimmer than LED

 

[1guydude]

Yellow.polyps lol.
Mohawks too.
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[Cichlid Dad]

Bread and butter old school coral. The basic coral of yesterday have been in the hobby for generations and are proven. They can handle more nutrients.My acro are all old school, I run a mixed reef and .03-.1 phosphate 10-25 nitrates. All of the acro are healthy happy and colored up, along with happy zoa, hammer's and frogs. Lots of coral in-between. For New reefers T5 lights, running reefs with just the basics not dosing all the stuff available today. Relying on water changes and two part only

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

yeah old school is easier than now

 

[AydenLincoln]

Puffers not enough people have them to appreciate them! As most people have reef tanks over fowlr tanks.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

halides are soo underrated, more shimmer than LED

I feel like I see halides being used all the time, despite them not being made anymore

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

I feel like I see halides being used all the time, despite them not being made anymore

same

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Puffers not enough people have them to appreciate them! As most people have reef tanks over fowlr tanks.

erm i have a puffer in my reef, benetts puffer/toby

 

[AydenLincoln]

erm i have a puffer in my reef, benetts puffer/toby

Which is not common as they aren’t really considered reef safe at least porcupine puffers aren’t. I know some people can have success especially with smaller puffers. But still they aren’t the most commonly kept fish in the hobby.

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

Which is not common as they aren’t really considered reef safe at least porcupine puffers aren’t. I know some people can have success especially with smaller puffers. But still they aren’t the most commonly kept fish in the hobby.

just did research, its not reef safe lol

 

[AydenLincoln]

just did research, its not reef safe lol

And it’s mind boggling to me just how many people put them in reef tanks lol.

 

[keepingfishwithnoidea]

how are my corals alive???!!!!