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I'm looking to put a team together that will target the main issues that saltwater aquarium hobbyists face on a day to day basis maintaining a reef tank. What I need from you is to help me put a specific list together of subjects that we need to really target. I would like for you to be as specific as possible please! So in your opinion...
What are the biggest issues that saltwater aquarium hobbyists face maintaining a reef tank?
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Hey family of reefers.
This is just a mastiffsrule perspective.
We already hit on dosing, flow, chemicals, etc in 3 pages. I think we really need to hit basics first. We have to address the daily issues like disease, dominance, water quality, diet, environment, etc.
As an old school aquarist (no chuckles please) i learned water quality, environment, feeding, husbandry. I would like to see that being taught again. Folk should know how to keep a tank going for a year on basic test kits, salt, buffers and lights before going all out. They should also learn to stock appropriately.
Fish and coral have pretty colors, but they have a purpose in nature. A panther grouper has no business as CuC in a 29 gallon just like 20 camel shrimp don’t belong in a trigger and puffer tank. There is a learning curve in the hobby like anything else, but the curve is much steeper if you start the curve trying to learn with an apex and a gem tang versus a wet dry filte and blue damsel
All the tool and help for everything are here though, so anything can be done. So go do it