Just a rant nothing major....

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Dearth

I just met a guy in Grande Prairie last week at Petsmart he found out I was a SW hobbyist so we started talking he has a 190 gallon tank and when I told him I ran a33 gallon tank he outright told me "I wasn't a real hobbyist and said it was guys like me that were ruining the hobby" and promptly walked away not saying another word to me

Hilarious, if he said that to me I would have got him fired. Realistically I wouldn't take anything that comes from a Petsmart employee seriously.

[Dearth]

He wasn't a Petsmart employee just a customer there

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Dearth

He wasn't a Petsmart employee just a customer there

IC, meh still lives in GP

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Dearth

He wasn't a Petsmart employee just a customer there

Now I am very curious what he would say when he hears about my system. He might sue me

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by sphelps

I've not aware of anyone that discriminates against nano tanks. That makes zero sense, who are these people?

I too have never heard this before. I ran nano for years and can't count those who helped out.

Are you sure it's not a personality conflict ?

[lockrookie]

It can be frustrating I agree but most mean well. I think everyone's Experiance in the hobby carries so much that in itself is hard to give straight answers. Not all systems are the same. I'm sorry you have had a tough time of it. I've been in the hobby 3 years now and by no means follow the rule book as some lay out infront of me. But it works for me and I seem to keep thing's alive for the most part save for some corals.

It would be cool to have a FAQ page but even that will come under scrutiny and most new ppl wouldn't even know its there unless pointed to it. My advice my friend is breath relax its your tank take everything wih a grain of salt but don't write off all the advice most is good and has worked for the one whom posted it. Personally I take ppls advise and try to achieve something in between. Try everything once and the fun things twice sort of speak. Also I try to avoid public posting of my answers of how I do things. Keeps me out of the furring squad lol

[Coralgurl]

I've been on different forums as well, some I posted on, others I just created an account so that I could read the posts. I don't care for some of the US based sites, whether its SW or cars or whatever, I just find Americans have a completely different mindset on numerous things and I'm not very tolerant. These sites are full of useful information however so I just ignore the useless chatter.

I do find the crowd here for the most part to be quite awesome. I'm not sure what issues you are finding because you run a nano tank, I think they are amazing little systems, challenging for different reasons, but do the same thing any other size tank does and that's bring a bit of the ocean to your home for YOUR enjoyment, regardless of size.

Everyone here has different experiences in this hobby, therefore will have different opinions. Put those opinions on the internet, behind a computer screen and personalities will clash. Take what you want and leave the rest. If it doesn't work, move on to the next.

Hopefully you find your groove, your tank is still young and will likely continue to have its quirks for a bit. Hang in there!

[spit.fire]

Quick question

What sizes are considered a nano?

I've got a 2g macro algae tank with all my hitchhiker crabs

I'd that a nano? Or a pico?

Is my 29 biocube a nano?

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

Quick question

What sizes are considered a nano?

I've got a 2g macro algae tank with all my hitchhiker crabs

I'd that a nano? Or a pico?

Is my 29 biocube a nano?

Generally anything under a 45 gallon is considered nano not a hard rule but generally accepted as such.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

Quick question

What sizes are considered a nano?

I've got a 2g macro algae tank with all my hitchhiker crabs

I'd that a nano? Or a pico?

Is my 29 biocube a nano?

2g macro algae tank?! PHUFFF! The OP ruins the hobby and you are just wasting good salts for keeping macros! MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!