How have your tastes changed?

[Chessmanmark]

I started this hobby with damsels and moved up to clownfish. My first tang was a yellow, then I moved up to a Powder Blue. While browsing for fish or coral my interest has changed over the years. Today, one of my favorite fish is a filefish, a colorless fish that I would have walked right past when I started this obsession.

How have you evolved in the hobby?

 

[albano]

I have filefish in 3 of my tanks… I really have to search for them, and often they were inches from me… but motionless!

 

[Blumy]

Loved the movement of softies. Then in 3 years the tank was an overgrown mess. Traded all the rocks for new live rock and went SPS only. Don’t really miss the movement anymore.

 

[WVNed]

I don't know if I have changed so much as what the systems I have can keep in them.
My 20L wouldn't hold a trigger or large angle but my 240 will now.
I have gone from I wish I could to let's do this.

 

[Jbell370]

Only kept softies, like the movement, this time around all torches, hammers and frog spawn....miss the $20 leathers.

 

[Miami Reef]

I only had softies and very little lps. Now I only keep LPS, SPS, and Clams. I love stony animals the most because they have brighter colors, more personality (they eat), and allow me to develop my skills of keeping my tank stable which is definitely a balancing act.

 

[PowerLineman01]

Well since I got Covid last year I still have a loss of smell and taste maybe one day I will get them back. But since it’s aquarium we are talking about nothing has changed.

 

[Miami Reef]

Well since I got Covid last year I still have a loss of smell and taste maybe one day I will get them back. But since it’s aquarium we are talking about nothing has changed.

Haha

 

[JCM]

10-15 years ago I wanted multiple tanks, and wanted to keep multiple specific species/variants of fish, coral, and inverts. Things looked like a science experiment but I enjoyed it.

Now my main priority is having one good looking tank. An appropriate sized tank that fits in with the style of our home. Filled with colorful interesting inhabitants. Not too picky on specific species anymore.

 

[S2G]

I haven't changed just worked until I could afford a tank big enough to hold what I wanted.

 

[Waynerock]

I started back in 2002 and loved LPS and softy’s mostly cause that’s what we could get. Then I got the SPS bug or it was more like the challenge of SPS. I enjoyed that till I grew all these colony’s and kinda proved to myself I could do it and missed a tank full of brightly colored flowing LPS. I recently redid my tank and got rid of most of the sticks I had except for a few tiny frags to start over and aqua scaped with an LPS dominate system in mind. Now I am getting hooked on high end shrooms but my wallet is keeping me on a short leash. With age I have kinda gotten more lazy on my testing and I don’t have time to stress about $100+ frags dying all the time. I have gone back to my roots and could not be happier with my tank

 

[desagon]

That’s the best part of this hobby; all of the changes. I used to love sand and soft corals. Not I have bare bottom and only Sps. I used to love all of the gadgets, and now I like the minimalistic approach I’ve taken. It keeps it interesting.

 

[Kellie in CA]

I’m over chasing things that don’t do well in my tank. I’m going to stick to what does well. No more zoa’s! Those moody buggers will flourish and then one day turn on you and be dead in a week!

 

[P-Dub]

Since starting reefing years and years ago, watching my tangs, I have come to very much enjoy Brussel Sprouts baked with an olive oil drizzle and garlic with a touch of salt. Before I could not stand them. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[rusty hannon]

WE got into the salt hobby and evolved into a lifestyle. The meaning of that to us is we try harder to not just have a certain critter ( weve had horses to snakes, and parrots to raccoons , all were super cool) but to have their mates and instead of them being part of our family we r trieing to become part of theirs. We have a pair of seahorses and a pair of dragonets and watching them dance , play, protect, as well as exist w other critters is amazeing. Curious how many of their trates or actions towards each other can translate across to us. Just cant wait till they start haveing n dealing w their young so hopefully we can find an easier way to deal w/ age gaps,LOL

 

[Tabbers920]

Well since I got Covid last year I still have a loss of smell and taste maybe one day I will get them back. But since it’s aquarium we are talking about nothing has changed.

Take lots of zinc

 

[Ef4life]

I’m still cheap

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

What's the big deal with wrasses?

I have two now!

 

[ZoWhat]

How have my tastes changed?

It use to bother my eating a fish sandwich while sitting in front of the tank wondering if Tangs tasted like Cod.

Now it doesn't bother me

.

 

[AllanPritchard]

Yes my tastes have changed. !
I use to like nice restaurants, expensive wine and over seas holidays. Now I can't afford any of those tastes.