i see where you are coming from, and it was in NO WAY meant to scorn anyone for anything. i was just preaching RESEARCH BEFORE YOU BUY !! i know that a lot of times it is a newbie mistake, BUT
IMHO, impulse buys happen by people who know better, but they do it anyway. they go out and buy something because they think it is cool and unusual but have no idea what kind of care that it needs, or their wife will go out and buy them something crazy for the tank knowing nothing about it. i have seen someone go out and see a seahorse (for the first time) and buy it. they take it home to an SPS reef with 30-40x turnover and wonder why it dies. seahorses can not survive in that kind of flow. if they would have researched it ... they would have found that out. THAT is waht my "rant" was about. sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way, but that is my opinion. you would not believe the posts that i answer about angels in reefs too. they buy them because they are awsome looking fish, but wonder where their polyps are disappearing to.
