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I love the sound of water, and growing plant/corals. Unique ecosystem that i could never observe otherwise.
*** Tank Talk with Top Lids & Avast Marine Giveaway!! WIN a Plank Autofeeder and Custom Lid for Your Tank!! ***
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GuppyHJD
Valuable Member
It's as close to living on an island and scuba diving every day as I can get.
tbrown
Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
True... It was 1 sentence and then two run on sentences to explain?1 to 2 sentences
tbrown
Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
Not sure about this one but usually the giveaways are free shipping to the US (maybe continental US?) and outside that winner pays shipping I believe.
@Daniel@R2R ?
tbrown
Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
This is from the giveaway rules thread.
tbrown
Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
Or an utter success! Started the right way and kept going?
I have always loved what lived in the ocean. The tech and ability to have a small slice of the great barrier reef,fiji, indonesia etc in the middle of my living room in the middle of Indiana is just cool. Regardless of how good or bad its going.
taytay_1119
Active Member
This hobby gives me an escape from reality and gives me something to look forward to when I get off. We just started but I am soooo looking forward to seeing my corals grow and what I can create!
Started with an air driven corner floss filter in a metal rimmed 15 gallon tank (late 60s). Now it's a 250 gallon system. Changes driven by hobby evolution.
Always wanted to be able to keep what I saw in the ocean everyday in my home. It's in my salty blood.
Frank61
New Member
The Plank autofeeder would allow me to take a holiday without burdening family to come over to feed (over feed) my tank daily!
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
tbrown
Nominated Cronie Intern - Might be failing?
It's on the main giveaway rules page.
Giveaway Disclaimer for Winners
We like to give away stuff here at Reef2Reef and I know you like to win it! We have learned a few things over the years and to help improve on what we are learning I wanted to create a thread as we go along. So keep an eye out for updates. 1. Winners outside the US will be required to pay for...
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ctenophore
Active Member
TANK TALK: Manual feeding is an important activity by which to observe and evaluate all the animals in your care. Tell us about your feeding routine. Did you know the Plank mixing chamber is a convenient means to manually feed frozen food? What are your thoughts or questions concerning the balance between manual and automatic feeding?
LeDart
Well-Known Member
I have never used an automatic feeder, however, I am open to using one, as for manual feeding, I only feed frozen PE Mysis, with garlic extract added in, and a small piece of nori for my algae eaters. I firmly believe that manual feeding is required so that you can observe your fish for potential health issues. My feeding routine consists of getting home, dosing phyto, and ESV B-Ionic 2 part, then feeding my fish after dosing. I feed again at around 8:00pm, however if I win the Plank, I will only feed frozen once a day at around 6:00pm, and have the plank automate to feeding at 3:00pm and then 9:00pm.
taytay_1119
Active Member
I love feeding my fish manually! I work long hours so my boyfriend feeds the fish when I can’t. I’m always asking him if he fed them yet because I look forward to it when I get home. I just love how lively it makes the tank look when they’re all swimming around for food and I get to observe them during the feeding. Usually we feed 2x day, how ever much they can eat in like 2-3 min. If I notice they’re hungry between feedings I’ll put a small pinch of flakes (my chromis and gobies love it, cardinal not so much). We feed frozen brine shrimp and want to try mysis and some algae. We also dose phyto/copepods for our bar goby- he goes crazy for that. They don’t seem to like the seaweed/nori clips…my neon goby kinda does, he “surfs” it. I would like to try an automatic feeder just for those days when I’m not home or we have a trip planned. The only thing I’m worried about is not being able to watch them eat an over feeding. I’m sure it’ll take some tinkering to get the right amount out.
At about 5x feedings per day, I rely on automatic feeding but on most days incorporate one or more manual feedings. This may be two doses of hatched baby brine shrimp, or target feeding the corals + firefish + yasha goby (they don't get as much automatic food). I think the manual feeding helps establish a type of relationship with the fish--they know you bring food and get excited when you start mixing up their manual dose.
Typical routine Mon through Fri:
7am - liquid autofeed
10am - liquid autofeed + eheim TDO
*10am-12pm - manual feed baby brine
1pm - liquid autofeed+ eheim TDO
*2pm-4pm - manual feed baby brine
4pm - liquid autofeed + eheim TDO
*5-6pm - manual target feed corals and fish with mysis feast/TDO medium/krill(for nems)/other stuff
*Random feedings through the day: freeze dried calanus + mysis
I enjoy feeding my fish manually, though it can be a pain to stay on a consistent schedule because of many factors. I routinely feed frozen food, with some pellets mixed in to vary the diets of my fish. I always put a fresh sheet of nori for my omnivores to enjoy on a daily. I always heard the plank could feed frozen food, which I think is amazing! How long can frozen food be inside of the plank feeder? Does it keep things cold so it doesn't spoil?
LadyMac
Freshwater sage fish whisperer
I’m gone from 6am to around 4pm, so I’m only able to feed once a day. I would love to up it and having an auto feeder would help with that. I feel I could not only house slightly more needy species, but it would be better for the current fish as well. My only concern is over feeding, or offering more food than they’re used to, causing uneaten food going into the system.
