Rate your reef

gparr · Mar 23, 2009

Look at your reef tank or, if you have more than one, the one that is in the best shape. Rate it from 1 to 10, with 10 being perfect. What is your rating and what needs to happen to get it to a 10? Time? Better equipment? Kill off some algae? Get some corals in a new tank? Grow out some frags?
Gary

Viva'sReef · Mar 23, 2009

I've just started my Sump overhaul and will be adding a new 110g sump within the next 2 wks. Not until then can I rate my tank anything over a 2 since I've been staring at an IDLE brand new BK Mini 200(too big for current sump) for the last 5 months because it wouldnt fit

john hill · Mar 23, 2009

i am at a 3 but with time and more money than i want to talk about it will be perfect

Leishman · Mar 23, 2009

6.5/10

downsize
grow-in
lose big fish
add little fish (lots and lots of them)
test water more than once every 2 months
clean glass more than once every 4 or 5 weeks
add more flow
clean up frags on sand bed
the list goes on and on.....

ahayes13 · Mar 23, 2009

i guess i would rate mine at ..... 5.5 / 6 ???

--less frags on sandbed would be better, lots of zoa frag on sand right now
--have a nice selection of corals but are frags right now will be better once grown in
--only have 5 small fish, need to add some more fish for some diversity and interest
--add more corals to the left side of the tank (the rockwork was finished on that side recently so i dont have many corals on that side
--catch and get rid of the small hitchiker crab in my tank (that came in my new liverock) errrgggghhhh!

revhtree · Mar 23, 2009

Hey Rik I will take those angels off your hands for you.

Spiderwoman · Mar 23, 2009

Max 3

I need to learn how to keep SPS. This picture is a few months old. Frag racks are no longer there, frags are now in their own frag tank in my upstairs office. I've also added a 3rd tunze 6101 to the system.

This tank is still very young, started in May 08.

Leishman · Mar 23, 2009

The butterflies? They are going to the LFS that ordered the new tank for me.

revhtree · Mar 23, 2009

Um yea thats what I meant...LOL!

anomie · Mar 23, 2009

I'd rate mine a 6 out of 10. I need to decide what kinds of corals I want to keep instead of everything that catches my eye. My sandbed is too cluttered, plus I think I really just need time to grow everything out into huge colonies.

In all honesty, I think few people would rate their tank higher than an 8 or 9 due to the fact that as hobbyists we always feel like we could do something better be it equipment, corals, supplements, etc.

tj51 · Mar 23, 2009

rmt

7 - 7.5 it has been a learning experience, and my tank isn't all that big (42) but I have it pretty much where I want it. Been vodka dosing for a few months now and nitrates are under 5 ppm and between that and carbon, the water looks great. Been buying some neat zoas, and my RBTA is large, healthy, and loves to show off. My clowns are laying eggs (well the female) and all is good. If someone were to look, it may appear a bit crowded, but that's ok.

gparr · Mar 24, 2009

I'll rate my 65 a 7. It's almost a year old and is settling in well. I need to cure my acan problem and eliminate a minor problem with algae growing on the sand. Then it's a matter of getting the many small pieces glued to rock and growing out. The goal is a mature tank with most of the rock covered with corals.
Gary

I-K@ndY · Mar 24, 2009

I rate mine 6.. and that is not a joke.. I need to learn more about this hobby...

rebecca · Mar 24, 2009

Love the tank, and the growth. I would say a 8 till it grows out more.

Sikryd · Mar 24, 2009

4

...grow out
...learn more
...focus on coloration
...read read read learn learn learn ohhhh I already said that

The tank setup is a corvette with some volkswagens inside

meisen · Mar 31, 2009

120 display. 1 out of 10. I have to tear down and move everything by June 1

I let this tank (with some new rock) cycle for 6 months with no light, then have been lighting it for 3 months, weathered a algae outbreak and so right now nothing looks like it should. There are tons of frags everywhere and it was just starting to look like a real tank two weeks ago.

I think I am going to do things a little differently though when it goes back up ie SSB, lower sump-tank flow and maybe open up the rockwork a little more. I do like setting tanks up so at least I have that going for me