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Van down by the river wrote:

Now for the pot stirring part of my post.......
I find it disappointing that this was purchased by a senior member (FTOTM Committee) of Canreef.
The post and purchase demonstrate classic beginner blunders of Buy/Try/Die/Replace or "buy now, figure out if I can keep it later". Many aquarist and beginners look to this site for advice and model after the more experienced aquarists.
How are they supposed to become conscious and successful aquarists when this is the examples laid before them?

Well I guess LFS's should demonstrate the same practices when they order there fish and corals. I heard that a LFS here in the lower mainland was ordering, stocking, and selling corals that were loosing all color pigments (except brown) due to poor housekeeping. I thought I heard it was in regards to not replacing a few old metal halide bulbs on some of there holding tanks.

So maybe we need to not only think about what livestock we purchase, but also who we purchase it from.