I appreciate those of you who have problems, concerns or need help with your marine fish. I know that when one of my fishes is 'off' I get a little sick in my own stomach followed by anxiety. ;)

I receive many personal messages by e-mail through Reefland -- these are PMs -- seeking information and/or help with regards to marine fishes with problems. Sometimes I get up to 12 in one day. To be blunt, I can't handle them all in any kind of timely manner.

From my posts I think you can see that I try to be thorough. So a 'short reply' isn't my style.

If I replied to each PM I would be spending much more time giving private information then public information; and I would end up repeating myself over and over again, since many of the PMs seem to be cyclic with fish concerns.

I encourage all who would PM me for information or help with fish and/or marine aquarium problems, to consider their PM may go unanswered and that, to some extent, you would be wasting your time and effort in doing so. Instead, post your questions or situation or what you need here in the appropriate Forum where others may help and where others with similar questions or needs can also learn.

The exception to the above is to PM me to look at a post in another Forum on Reefland, or when I invite a PM. I don't ever go outside of the forums I moderate because of time constraints.

Unfortunately my e-mail account is stuffed with PMs. A few are from Reefland and they may go unanswered. Please understand it isn't that I want to be rude, but I have reached my limit.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.