Ever wonder

EmilyB · #1 07-26-2007, 06:14 AM

My first tank was a FO eight years ago. No help locally and I sought out the internet on rec.aquaria newsgroups , I think I went under Deb Hadford then, and it was before EB.

Chaloupa · #2 07-26-2007, 06:28 AM

Goodness....I think I would have given up COMPLETELY! I'd have been completely tankless now, and never would have looked back...I still rely soooo heavily on other peoples experiences.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #3 07-26-2007, 09:08 AM

I too have several books with out-of-date info that's quite amusing to read. Yeah, I would not even bother with doing a reef tank without the internet. Life for me would be completely different without the internet since I depend on it for much of my work related research, emailing, & fish research. I would have a handful of students & be doing mainly fw & fowlrs.

Anthony

fishoholic · #4 07-26-2007, 04:50 PM

Wow were do I begin? I rely so heavily on the internet and exspecially this form I think I would be very lost without it. I remember when we got our first few pieces of LR and after a week of curing the "coolist" things started to grow on it. We were so excited to see something growing on our rock, we thought we had the best LR ever! Unfortuatly that cool thing was apatisia

Something we still are trying to rid our tanks of to this day!

Scavenger · #5 07-26-2007, 05:21 PM

I'd probably be thinking, Boy my goldfish look healthy. Too bad I can't keep some of that cool looking stuff I saw on Jacques Crousteau the other night instead.

digital-audiophile · #6 07-26-2007, 05:25 PM

The internet is great for all kinds of information when it comes to hobbies. My other hobby is collecting WWI militaria, and the internet helps me keep up with the newest information and helps me find items I am looking for. Since these items are worth big money these days the fakers are getting better and better and producing almost 100% accurate reproductions and I would have ended up spending thousands of dollars on fakes if I didn't keep up with it.

michika · #7 07-26-2007, 05:45 PM

I defnitely agree with everyone here! Without the internet I probably would have bought a pile of products from a less the reputable LFS, and would be paying crazy amounts for SPS, if I could even keep SPS!

Aside from reefkeeping, how would I entertain myself in class?

bv_reefer · #8 07-27-2007, 03:34 AM

-it's true like the sugar dosing thread, u can read all u want but until u get a taste of other ppl's experiences, u never really understand. -mind u until u live
and learn off your own mistakes u still won't understand.