Isaac Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Let's get a list going of reasons to love this hobby. That shouldn't be to hard. (dancing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 I love this hobby because of the amazing and beautiful animals I observe and care for daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Not to mention it can be very calming and almost therapeutic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 im amazed at the diversity of life and the range of colors is extrodinary. Its wonderful having a piece of one of the most amazing ecosystems sitting in the livingroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCG CWO Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Not to mention it can be very calming and almost therapeutic. Someone else doing the mantinence on your tank Isaac? I never get more frustrated then when I am having to scrape, scape, and de-nitrate. Drives me nuts! But where else can you play with testing kits and pretend your a mad scientist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJenchild Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I love this hobby because watching my fish tank is more entertaining than staring at a TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 I guess the maintenance seems like a small price to pay for the enjoyment I get. Someone else doing the mantinence on your tank Isaac? I never get more frustrated then when I am having to scrape, scape, and de-nitrate. Drives me nuts! But where else can you play with testing kits and pretend your a mad scientist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I love to look at everything with a magnifying glass.. especially while they're eating.. spectacular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Not to mention it can be very calming and almost therapeutic. I come home from work & the first thing I do is grab a chair & sit at the tank & just stare and kind of decompress if you will.Also the beauty of the fish & corals & you kind of get attached to everything like all pets. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finch6013 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I like watching sps grow. its really cool to see new growth from such a fragile and slow growing coral. Also I think making frags and starting a new coral for furture owners to enjoy and even frag. Its cool to think that one strain of coral can be all over the U.S. over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefer Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I love this hobby because I don't like to have money weighing me down...I mean, come on...cash in a billfold? Who needs that full feeling in your back pocket? DrMerle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancecobb1 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yeah I love this hobby for the empty pocket effect too. Also for all the cool people I meet in this addiction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBoy Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Im just starting but im really enjoying the learning process and all the different possibilities of systems you could build. I have to also agree that fragging is really fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 My main reason is the growth...I love watching the corals grow. Then it would be the people who are also in the hobby. They seem to be one of a kind. Also the fact that if all goes well your tank can actually support itself. OH, and how you never know what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJenchild Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 My main reason is the growth...I love watching the corals grow. Then it would be the people who are also in the hobby. They seem to be one of a kind. Also the fact that if all goes well your tank can actually support itself. OH' date=' and how you never know what to expect.[/quote'] I hear that! Its always a surprise. Just yesterday I got to spend an hour fishing a false perc out of one of the compartments in the back of my tank. I thought he died like a week ago and the CUC ate him. Happened to spot a flash of orange when I was topping off the tank. Yay for nice tank surprises! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonH Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I like the challenge of keeping the most delicate ecosystem on the planet alive in a 30"x12"x18" box... and the pretty colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 I love the smell of the saltwater. It reminds me of being at the beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I love the taste of skim-mate. The smell of a well soaked carpet in the morning. The coral that looked fantastic yesterday, yea that was yesterday. Popped out fish eye on 2 of them. I guess I have to love it as I keep pushing forward. i love the fish eating out of my hands. Never had any neg. reactions to zoo's or the like. Wish i hadn't added some live rock that was buggy.............................. . Hard to give it all up when you have an excessive case of Reefer Madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteRock Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 The god complex boost. (you know its sort of true I love having the tank to stare at and get lost in. Checking out what shell this hermit is wearing today, or the hole that guy lives in now. Oh wow, what is that? Never seen that before...It's a bit of gardening, biology, chemistry, art, animal husbandry, miniature scaling and dedication. All good things for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I hear that! Its always a surprise. Just yesterday I got to spend an hour fishing a false perc out of one of the compartments in the back of my tank. I thought he died like a week ago and the CUC ate him. Happened to spot a flash of orange when I was topping off the tank. Yay for nice tank surprises! I had the same thing happen with my six line wrasse last week. I was ready to take my Emerald Crab out and make crab cakes out of it. I had looked in the rear sump of my bio cube for it & not seen him in 3 days, then when I was topping off my water I looked in & there he was swimming around having the time of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm in aw of all of it! Even what I'm unable to learn/ understand but it's alive any way. I'm amazed every time I see what I was able to create. Getting lost in the view! What's not to love? Oh ya not being able to vacation, retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I'm in aw of all of it! Even what I'm unable to learn/ understand but it's alive any way. I'm amazed every time I see what I was able to create. Getting lost in the view! What's not to love? Oh ya not being able to vacation' date=' retire.[/quote'] Hmm.... I like, trading, fragging, watching corals grow over months/years, watching brown or white corals turn glorious glowing colors, fish jumping tank only to land in the tank next to it, cryptic critters, macro forests, live rock that is so alive and full of sponges that there is no place to mount a coral without killing something else, watching euphylia fill a corner of the tank in just a few months, clowns hosting in anything with polyp extension, the strange blue glow coming from the windows, the prying police officers and neighbors, the sparkle of blue xenia and pavona, the orange glow of sunset montipora, quality tap water, new bulbs , the once in a life time deals that seem to come by more than once in a life time, the hidden pistol shrimp, the con artist gorilla crab that I just couldn't kill, engineering gobies that really love to make a mess, watching arrow crabs pull bristle worms apart, watching bristleworms clean up a mess so that I don't have too, buying chocolate chip stars every couple of weeks to feed to the most evil and beautiful little creature out there, finding two heads of coral when you are sure that the last time you looked there was only one, medusa worms, codium, special sea floor grade sand, grumpy damsels, shy purple tangs, pipefish pecking at the eggcrate and rubble, wrasses hiding under the sand for a few days, spooking fish with mirrors , purple rocks, purple corals, purple fish, not so much a bag of purple water with a coral skeleton floating, small mouthed lion fish, large mouthed sea horses, 2000w heaters, old maxi jets, Oregon tort, poker star monti, etc. Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancecobb1 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Thats all? Just kidding! Great description of your setup! Hmm.... I like, trading, fragging, watching corals grow over months/years, watching brown or white corals turn glorious glowing colors, fish jumping tank only to land in the tank next to it, cryptic critters, macro forests, live rock that is so alive and full of sponges that there is no place to mount a coral without killing something else, watching euphylia fill a corner of the tank in just a few months, clowns hosting in anything with polyp extension, the strange blue glow coming from the windows, the prying police officers and neighbors, the sparkle of blue xenia and pavona, the orange glow of sunset montipora, quality tap water, new bulbs , the once in a life time deals that seem to come by more than once in a life time, the hidden pistol shrimp, the con artist gorilla crab that I just couldn't kill, engineering gobies that really love to make a mess, watching arrow crabs pull bristle worms apart, watching bristleworms clean up a mess so that I don't have too, buying chocolate chip stars every couple of weeks to feed to the most evil and beautiful little creature out there, finding two heads of coral when you are sure that the last time you looked there was only one, medusa worms, codium, special sea floor grade sand, grumpy damsels, shy purple tangs, pipefish pecking at the eggcrate and rubble, wrasses hiding under the sand for a few days, spooking fish with mirrors , purple rocks, purple corals, purple fish, not so much a bag of purple water with a coral skeleton floating, small mouthed lion fish, large mouthed sea horses, 2000w heaters, old maxi jets, Oregon tort, poker star monti, etc. Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 My tank is right where I sit at the kitchen bar, with my laptop and watching tv, but I watch my tank more.My fish know me and I know them, I love to watch my coral thrive. But I have to say I am a Tinkerer ( To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle) I know that this tank or the next will never be finished or couldn't be improved, changed, altered,added to, etc,etc. I've always had a shop but now my blades are for acrylic, I have bins of pvc pipe, boxes of maxi and other pump parts, fittings, hose of all lenths and size. I love this hobby (rock2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 ok...so I do agree with the God complex boost. Gotta love the taste of skimmate...(puke), the smell of xenia, glue on your finger tips, hair, face, arm....actually I do really like all of this. Let's me know I have a hobby worth doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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