What's your favorite aspect of the hobby? - Page 2

agreeive?fish · 09/03/2008, 12:48 AM

watching my fish interact whil searching for and researching my next fish

pledosophy · 09/03/2008, 12:51 AM

Watching the fish play and the corals grow.

I stare at my tank at least an hour to two a day.

StinkinTuna · 09/03/2008, 01:39 AM

The Joy of bringing home a new fish you've always wanted , having it eat during its first feeding and it getting along with its tank mates with no problems!

pex · 09/03/2008, 05:37 AM

First it is the set-up and build process. I like to incorporate all the new things I have learned, and to come up with a few new ideas. Customizing a system to your needs make this hobby a lot easier. Second would be the coral. Watching it grow and the intense colors amaze me. In an aggressive FOWLR tank it is by far the feedings. There is nothing like watching a triggerfish rip a crayfish to shreds, or groupers and lions swallowing meals whole. Generally though, it is the relaxation of laying on the couch and staring at the tank.

LulusMoogle · 09/03/2008, 10:48 AM

Right now, my list is...

Fish/Inverts
Corals
Equipment

I'm more into creating that perfect little ecosystem than fiddling with the technology behind it.

DidYouSayReefer · 09/03/2008, 04:48 PM

I like the research as well as everything else. Finding a new coral or fish to learn about and planning a system to incorporate it. Learning how everything in my little ecosystem works together is fun to me. It is amazing how much more life is in a marine tank versus fresh water. I like not just corals, not just fish, not just inverts, but how they all interact with each other. Clown fish are a blast to watch with their host. Crabs living in there corals, shrimp gobies with their shrimp. I never thought of this until now, but maybe I should make a tank with nothing but creatures that have symbolic relationships with others.

Elliott · 09/03/2008, 05:47 PM

I grew up by the ocean, learned to scuba dive as a teenager (still dive but infrequently) but now live in Arizona, so my tank brings back fond memories and is the closest thing I can do short of going to the ocean

corals b 4 bills · 09/03/2008, 09:05 PM

I'm a technology junkie if it blinks I want it, the better the equipment the easier my maintainence will be (So say I), my new up in coming 225 tank build will be my tech crown jewel. I am getting into SPS and I want this to be the next TOTM.

1. Equipment
2. Corals
3.Fish

Coheed · 09/03/2008, 09:11 PM

I like the system. The idea that if I make my system a bit better it could be alot better. I guess that equates to the equipment. I also enjoy the science of it as well as the growth.

crabbejoe · 09/03/2008, 09:46 PM

I like watching everything grow and change. The whole reef changes! The tank you have today will not be the same a year from now.

09/03/2008, 12:51 AM	#27
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	Watching the fish play and the corals grow. I stare at my tank at least an hour to two a day. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

09/03/2008, 05:37 AM	#29
pex Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 167	First it is the set-up and build process. I like to incorporate all the new things I have learned, and to come up with a few new ideas. Customizing a system to your needs make this hobby a lot easier. Second would be the coral. Watching it grow and the intense colors amaze me. In an aggressive FOWLR tank it is by far the feedings. There is nothing like watching a triggerfish rip a crayfish to shreds, or groupers and lions swallowing meals whole. Generally though, it is the relaxation of laying on the couch and staring at the tank. __________________ Money can't buy happiness, but it's a damn good down payment! Current Tank Info: 92 display, 54 Fuge , 45 sump, 36 frag, 2 x 400w 14,000K MH, 1 x 150w 10,000k MH, 6 x 18w T5...in the works

09/03/2008, 04:48 PM	#31
DidYouSayReefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 159	I like the research as well as everything else. Finding a new coral or fish to learn about and planning a system to incorporate it. Learning how everything in my little ecosystem works together is fun to me. It is amazing how much more life is in a marine tank versus fresh water. I like not just corals, not just fish, not just inverts, but how they all interact with each other. Clown fish are a blast to watch with their host. Crabs living in there corals, shrimp gobies with their shrimp. I never thought of this until now, but maybe I should make a tank with nothing but creatures that have symbolic relationships with others. __________________ Hair algae is your tank hitting puberty. You can't stop it. Just let it happen. In time, this too will pass. Current Tank Info: 110 gal w/ 55 gal sump mixed reef

09/03/2008, 05:47 PM	#32
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	I grew up by the ocean, learned to scuba dive as a teenager (still dive but infrequently) but now live in Arizona, so my tank brings back fond memories and is the closest thing I can do short of going to the ocean __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

09/03/2008, 09:05 PM	#33
corals b 4 bills Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Belmont). Posts: 2,381	I'm a technology junkie if it blinks I want it, the better the equipment the easier my maintainence will be (So say I), my new up in coming 225 tank build will be my tech crown jewel. I am getting into SPS and I want this to be the next TOTM. 1. Equipment 2. Corals 3.Fish __________________ Reefkeeper - (ref-ke-per) n: Individual obsessed with placing disturbing amounts of electricity and seawater in close proximity for the purpose of maintaining live coral reef organisms. Current Tank Info: 29 gallon Bio Cube, HQI 150 watt Nanotuner~Vortech MP10W ES~Arctica Chiller~AC II~Tunze Osmolator ATO~ Tunze 9002 skimmer W/In Tank Cup~ Korallin Reactor W/PH Monitor~ Korallin Denitrator~APC Back-up~Phosban/Carbon Reactor.

09/03/2008, 12:48 AM	#26
agreeive?fish Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,803	watching my fish interact whil searching for and researching my next fish

09/03/2008, 01:39 AM	#28
StinkinTuna Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: LA, CA Posts: 616	The Joy of bringing home a new fish you've always wanted , having it eat during its first feeding and it getting along with its tank mates with no problems!

09/03/2008, 10:48 AM	#30
LulusMoogle Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 370	Right now, my list is... Fish/Inverts Corals Equipment I'm more into creating that perfect little ecosystem than fiddling with the technology behind it.

09/03/2008, 09:11 PM	#34
Coheed Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central MN Posts: 33	I like the system. The idea that if I make my system a bit better it could be alot better. I guess that equates to the equipment. I also enjoy the science of it as well as the growth. __________________ The best things in life might be free but the best things in my tank sure aren't... Current Tank Info: 29g Clarkii Reef-250w HQI,40x turnover,AC500 Fuge

09/03/2008, 09:46 PM	#35
crabbejoe Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Little Chute, WI Posts: 707	I like watching everything grow and change. The whole reef changes! The tank you have today will not be the same a year from now. __________________ Joe Current Tank Info: 20 gallon reef, 75 gallon FOWLR