What is something every reefer should experience once?

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Let's have a discussion on something every reefer should experience at least once in their lives!
 
Watching a small frag grow up to be a nice colony.

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Building a tank from scratch, Meaning select a tank, then drill it then plumb it to the sump that you also designed yourself.
I was forced to go that route as my Tank Was Originally a Fresh Water Tank. Then like An organism It formed a Life of its own. I originally wanted to show how affordable it can be to build a Tank . It was a ridiculous endeavor as I was not paying attention to the market ie Nano Tanks . No one cared . I figured out how to squeeze a 40 breeder under neath my original stand designed and built with no sump in mind. With help from uncommon sense I achieved the yet to be completed journey. Yes I did make my own sump . My real goal now is to make it impervious to salt creep, and I think I will achieve that as well again with the help of Un common sense as how to position drain lines , but I am siliconing plexi to trap any creep right to the bottom top interior of the stand. Now to connect an excellent overflow so on and so on . I may go bare bottom yet to be decided. As I said I am not at the rock stage but kind of excited to use live rock , not sure
 
Watching and handling the shipping boxes and bags of livestock and liverock when a shipment clears customs.
I used to work for Fedex Express, all of my ex coworkers, myself included used to get really excited over our fish and coral deliveries hoping the people would let us take a peek. We really did take extra care if we knew it was fish or corals! I cant tell you how many times I've been in strangers homes to look at their tanks, everyone was always excited to share too! I miss delivering some times
 
Free hitchhiker that is not a pest, like a torch or a plate coral that grows up and thrives in the tank!

@Eric Cohen got me a few plate corals on his Aussie Rock, and I once found a crazy torch that came in on a maricultured frag plug, it was just a green dot when I first saw what grew into the torch! (My buddy took it home when I wasn't looking. I forgave him! Reefer's Code.)
 
See fish and corals in the wild.

Seeing Achilles tangs in Hawaii puts “is may tank large enough and have enough flow for an Achilles” into perspective. I am sure this is true for almost any species.
I’ve always wanted to go snorkeling somewhere, or go to a tropical island to go see a real reef!
 
Watching a small frag grow up to be a nice colony.

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That’s always something that I love seeing! It’s fun watching for example a Zoa frag go from a few polyps to it being a center point of your tank
 
A Clownfish pair laying eggs and the care for them they take.
 

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