What are your reefing pet peeves?

1. Urchins turning things over
2. Hermits killing snails for shells when I have a 100 other empty ones for them to take.

 

Whenever I do a water change EVERYTHING gets wet....carpet, kitchen floor, kitchen counter, outside of tank, me, my cat.

 

Right now... Asterina stars. they were cute when I had 30-50.... not so much when I have over a 1000.

Probably my only other one is algae on the glass. I hate cleaning it off, and I don't have a algae problem..... but ya, dirty glass is a big one.

 

You aren't supposed to use the cat to mop things up or wipe the tank glass! ;D

 

1) Film algae constantly growing on the glass
2) Finding frags knocked over when I check in the tank in the morning
3) Ich

 

THIS! I see that all the time. "Oh you say my 55 gallon tank is too small for the shark? Well that's ok, I love this hobby and am planning on upgrading in about a year anyway." Pfft! Yea. Right. Whatever.

Also people who ask for advice only to dismiss the good advice they get because it's not what they wanted to hear.

 

Now that is about the best one I have seen in this thread......

 

That is a good one, and then ask for help on whats wrong or how to fix the issue.

I also hate seeing other peoples tanks that dont take care of them, that includes lfs. I dont want to go into a lfs and see algae, cyano, or other lack of maintenece issues. If you are going to be in the fish and coral biz PLEASE take care of your stock.

 

1) Not completing started reef projects
2) Having a living room/patio full of uncompleted reef project equipment($$$)
3) When everyone on the threads waits for the first responder to answer a members question, you submit an answer, then all the "know-it-alls" dive in with their intellect to criticize/ridicule your response.

 

clownfish making it difficult to spot feed corals and other fish.

posting multiple threads with the same question. i hate giving a thought out response to find the exact same poster already has a conversation going...

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