*** Tank Talk with Top Lids & Avast Marine Giveaway!! WIN a Plank Autofeeder and Custom Lid for Your Tank!! ***

[tbrown]

Is there a Neptune contest?

SaltwaterAquarium.com is doing their Tanksgiving giveaway and one of the prizes this week is a Neptune I believe.

 

[Mschmidt]

TANK TALK: What’s the coolest surprise you’ve discovered in or about your aquarium?

Any time I see life o didn't put in the tank I'm excited. Even the aiptasia kicking around. The spaghetti worms were cool. Biggest high though was first setting up my first tank. I was putting some dragons breath in and brittle stars came pouring out.

I forget who it was... @Projects with Sam I believe. Someone on here had a fish jump from his DT into his QT if I remember correctly. It wasn't a small jump either!

What becky said.

 

[tbrown]

Is there a Neptune contest?

Enter To Win!

woobox.com

 

[ESABOE]

SaltwaterAquarium.com is doing their Tanksgiving giveaway and one of the prizes this week is a Neptune I believe.

I can’t keep up with all these contests

 

[RJT]

Bonus talk. Technology is helpful and I use it after a short while. Having a reefmat is some of the best technology when you compare it to using filter socks.

 

[Fish Styx]

BONUS TANK TALK: Our hobby can be very technically challenging for many. How do you approach the technical side of the hobby? Is it something to be feared or reveled in?

As with most aspects of my life, I jump right in! I devour information and ask questions if I'm stumped. Then, I pass the knowledge on. The old PA mantra, if you will, of "see one, do one, teach one". It helps to reinforce and retain the info.

 

[Reef Wizard]

BONUS TANK TALK: Our hobby can be very technically challenging for many. How do you approach the technical side of the hobby? Is it something to be feared or reveled in?

Technical side is my expertise I am in Cyber and I love computers and everything in the guts that make them tick. Doing Forensics for work is my happy time.

If you love your Job you will never work a day in your life.

 

[NaCl addict]

Avast Marine and Top Lids are teaming up to bring you an awesome and fun giveaway with a bit of a different spin!! Welcome to the "Tank Talk with Top Lids & Avast Marine Giveaway!!" Both Avast Marine and Top Lids have established themselves with a reputation for quality and innovation that leads to epic excellence! We're proud to have both of these great companies as sponsors of our community, and super excited about seeing them come together for this event!

Now, I said this giveaway has a bit of a different spin to it, and here's what I mean... One of the things we love about having a community like Reef2Reef is that we can come together over our passion for all things marine and celebrate the wonderful parts of the reef hobby, we enjoy showing off tanks, talking through complications, finding solutions, and celebrating progress toward those thriving beautiful reef aquariums, and we do all of that together in community! Well, in this event, you guys are going to get to talk through all of these different aspects of the hobby with the guys behind these 2 awesome brands.

Each day, you will be given a discussion prompt (or sometimes maybe more than one), and your response to that prompt is your entry to the giveaway! It really is that simple! Engaging in conversation about reefing topics with @Avast Justin and @Top_Lids is how you participate and WIN in this contest!!

The grand prize for this giveaway is a Plank Autofeeder and a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months) from Avast Marine and a custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids w/ Food Regulator!

Also, in addition to that grand prize, the great folks at Avast Marine and Top Lids have said that they will be monitoring the giveaway with the plan to award bonus prizes to people they see who are completely engaged with the contest and the ongoing conversations in here! So keep your participation up, and you could win cool bonus prizes!

Ready to get started? Here ya go!

HOW TO ENTER

OFFICIAL ENTRY (Required): Make a post in this thread telling us about your tank and how you would use this prize if you win!

DAILY ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES: Here's how to get additional entries each day... Each day, one (or both) of the contest sponsors will post a discussion prompt. You get an entry to the contest by interacting with that prompt! (If there are multiple prompts, then multiple entries are possible for that day). Also, be sure to make ONE post in THIS thread for each entry. (Combined entries in a single post only counts as one entry.)

The goal is to keep the conversation going, learn and enjoy community, and win great prizes!!

BONUS ENTRY FOR R2R SUPPORTING & PARTNER MEMBERS: This is an entry option that is only available if you are a Reef2Reef Supporting or Partner Member. If you are a supporting/partner member please make a post in this thread stating that you are a R2R supporter/partner. Our partner member drive is currently open! Get more info HERE!!

THE PRIZE

- 1 Plank Autofeeder from Avast Marine + a large bag of Reef Jerky (feeds an average size tank for 5-6 months)

- 1 completely custom Luxury Lid from Top Lids (max size of 72" x 26") + 1 Food Regulator with your choice of color

THE DRAWING

Entries will be accepted through December 22, 2023. We will choose the winner via a random number generator. The winner will be announced by Avast Marine and Top Lids in a special live stream on December 23rd. So be sure to join in for that drawing! (We will also tage the winner in this thread.)

Thanks again to Avast Marine and Top Lids for this awesome giveaway!

#r2rgiveaway

A custom top would be awesome as I have an AIO 65gal from waterbox. I added a small hang on skimmer, so my screen top doesn't fit any more! I am struggling with phosphates, so an auto feeder would help me control the food contributing factor to the phosphates.
Cool

 

[Fish Styx]

A custom top would be awesome as I have an AIO 65gal from waterbox. I added a small hang on skimmer, so my screen top doesn't fit any more! I am struggling with phosphates, so an auto feeder would help me control the food contributing factor to the phosphates.
Cool

What are you feeding? I ask, because in addition to frozen (Rods and the Hikari line) I was also feeding pellets in the AM and periodically throughout the day for my anthias. My PO4 was super elevated. I switched over to Benepets Reef for the pellets and it has come down drastically. You may want to give it a try.

 

[NaCl addict]

As with most aspects of my life, I jump right in! I devour information and ask questions if I'm stumped. Then, I pass the knowledge on. The old PA mantra, if you will, of "see one, do one, teach one". It helps to reinforce and retain the info.

What specific tech do you mean? Many aspects and "success" can be done "low tech." It just depends on your specific goals, wants and needs.

 

[Fish Styx]

What specific tech do you mean? Many aspects and "success" can be done "low tech." It just depends on your specific goals, wants and needs.

Are you asking me about my reaponse, or looking for clarification on today's topic?

 

[NaCl addict]

What are you feeding? I ask, because in addition to frozen (Rods and the Hikari line) I was also feeding pellets in the AM and periodically throughout the day for my anthias. My PO4 was super elevated. I switched over to Benepets Reef for the pellets and it has come down drastically. You may want to give it a try.

Thanks! I feed pellets, frozen, rehydrated dehydrated food, and just started Nori as I have a Sailfin Tang. I also feed crab quisine. Not all at one of course!

 

[malacoda]

BONUS TANK TALK: Our hobby can be very technically challenging for many. How do you approach the technical side of the hobby? Is it something to be feared or reveled in?

First and foremost, with patience.

Most things can be figured out ... and done, modified, or corrected ... in a simple way if you keep cool ... take time to think a problem through ... and also take time to re-think your solution through before you actually implement it (to make sure it help rather than exacerbate things).

Good things rarely happen fast ... even when trying to fix a technical problem.

That's why reef keeping great patience builder.

 

[NaCl addict]

Are you asking me about my reaponse, or looking for clarification on today's topic?

Clarification please

 

[Fish Styx]

Thanks! I feed pellets, frozen, rehydrated dehydrated food, and just started Nori as I have a Sailfin Tang. I also feed crab quisine. Not all at one of course!

Yeah, variety is key. I forgot to mention the nori for my Tangs, but you get the idea. I found that the pellets were the culprit in my case. Like I said, worth a shot.

 

[NaCl addict]

Thanks! I feed pellets, frozen, rehydrated dehydrated food, and just started Nori as I have a Sailfin Tang. I also feed crab quisine. Not all at one of course!

*Once

 

[NaCl addict]

Yeah, variety is key. I forgot to mention a nori for my Tangs, but you get the idea. I found that the pellets were the culprit in my case. Like I said, worth a shot.

Really appreciate this, thanks!

 

[Fish Styx]

Clarification please

You can view this as just technology, and the technical aspects of that (i.e. writing Apex scripts). Or, you can view it as I did, which is more broad and inclusive of that, plus the overarching knowledge base needed to be successful in this hobby. Areas such as technology (already mentioned), chemistry, biology, water purification, carpentry, electrical, etc. I suppose it's up to you and your interpretation. I don't think there are any wrong answers here, bud.

 

[Fish Styx]

Really appreciate this, thanks!

My pleasure.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

TANK TALK: What’s the coolest surprise you’ve discovered in or about your aquarium?

A lizard! I don't know how, I don't know why.