Reef2Reef

[lynn.reef.nerd]

I learned about my local club WAMAS and also R2R from Inappropriatereefer youtube channel. Found out he's local to me. Love his channel.

R2R was definitely daunting when you first get in but if you look for information, generally you will receive it. Also a lot of good people and a lot of people you should avoid

 

[shwareefer]

BRS videos. Ryan mentions R2R quite often.

 

[Tcook]

Started with RC in 2000 and finally left when most of the threads were about which clothes to put on your dog.

 

[C4ctus99]

I was struggling to find good info online and finally clicked on an R2R link and figured out I would learn way more here than probably anywhere else. Also, I’ve seen several guys said they found R2R from BRS… for me it was the other way around!

 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Started with RC in 2000 and finally left when most of the threads were about which clothes to put on your dog.

I would have stayed for that .... what was the verdict? bandana? tutu?

 

[MoshJosh]

I was previously active on FishLore (mostly FW) and needed a more reef focused forum. . . so I googled "best reef aquarium forum". . . the rest is history.

Name comes from my FishLore name that came from my guitar forum name from back in the day.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I searched "looking for reef friends" and found R2R.
Actually I just came across the site during a YouTube video and took a look. I've loved it since.

 

[Fort Salty]

I was reading some articles related to beginning a tank and basic husbandry, and I came across one article (I think from the ReefBuilders? I read from several sources) that mentioned Humblefish and Paul B as if they were famous (infamous?). I did some Googleing to find out more about them and their tanks, coming across this and the Humblefish forum.

After poking around on here, I liked the varied opinions and vast wealth of experience. So I tried signing up, and found it as fun to post and chat on here as it was to research!

FS

 

[Erikinsac]

I was google searching nano tanks. This place is awesome, so much shared knowledge and everyone I have interacted with on here has been super cool. I also like all of the vendors that I hadn't seen before

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Had people tell me about it, saying this is the website to go to for reef related questions.

 

[ScubaFish802]

How did everyone discover Reef2Reef? What was the one thing that surprised you once you joined?

I believe I was seeking reef groups and came across the name.

I was surprised how many topics were available. I have seen these topics more than double over the last decade

Similarly to you I was looking for online reefing based groups. This hobby is an easy one to pick forum-wise for me though. Reef2Reef is seemingly the only reef forum that is not stuck in 2001 for website design and functionality (no offense to anyone ).

 

[vetteguy53081]

Similarly to you I was looking for online reefing based groups. This hobby is an easy one to pick forum-wise for me though. Reef2Reef is seemingly the only reef forum that is not stuck in 2001 for website design and functionality (no offense to anyone ).

Stuck in 2001 is so true

 

[Lebowski_]

R2R has excellent search optimization on Google. Always a top result for reef questions.

 

[Wolf8895]

I Googled "Spending too much money on reef tanks" and found it.

Seriously though, as i researched getting back into reefing, all my searches led here. Great knowledge here.

 

[fish farmer]

I was a member of Reefs.org and RC back early 2000. A few years later we had a local reef forum initially based off RC then our club got active until 2015 and dissolved. Reefs.org was just active in The Sump and I didn't seek out online forums for several years. I just happened to find this new to me forum and joined.

 

[penguinexdeus]

Initially just googling questions I had with answers popping up on R2R. I finally joined/ made an account after going to Reefapalooza and getting a bunch of swag... Who says advertising doesn't work?

 

[shakacuz]

my GF's step father had a reef tank set up by the LFS. i caught the bug and immediately started researching.

first website that came up was this one. the rest is history.

 

[iamacat]

When I started a decade ago I found ReefCentral to be pretty brutal to inexperienced reefers. Therefore I resorted to books and YouTube.

when starting my new tank in 2020 I found myself googling specific topics and R2R was always a top result that was exactly what I was looking for. Never considered posting tho untill I realized I was gathering info just based off others sharing their experiences.

you can find any topic imaginable on here and get multiple view points that will likely match your situation.

for me specifically, Apex programming was completely achieved through multiple threads on R2R

 

[vetteguy53081]

When I started a decade ago I found ReefCentral to be pretty brutal to inexperienced reefers. Therefore I resorted to books and YouTube.

when starting my new tank in 2020 I found myself googling specific topics and R2R was always a top result that was exactly what I was looking for. Never considered posting tho untill I realized I was gathering info just based off others sharing their experiences.

you can find any topic imaginable on here and get multiple view points that will likely match your situation.

for me specifically, Apex programming was completely achieved through multiple threads on R2R

Not to get into politics but i have heard many negative experiences on RC and the lack of answers as examples

 

[iamacat]

Not to get into politics but i have heard many negative experiences on RC and the lack of answers as examples

There is definitely information to be gathered from RC. I found there to be a lack of questioning to help and more of a ridicule only to share how great their system is in comparison.