What does your reefing dream look like?

[Schraufabagel]

I’m curious to hear what everyone else’s goals are. Currently I have a nano mixed reef and a high tech planted freshwater tank. My work area is getting crowded, and next year I’d like to have a room for all my hobbies.

Eventually I want my main tank to be a peninsula. I would also have a seahorse tank, macroalgae lagoon, betta fish tank, and a pond/river tank. Other dreams (but more impractical) would be a predator tank and an XL tank for a puffer fish.

 

[90's reefer]

Im living my sps dream.
I could go for a 72x36x22 peninsula though.

 

[Schraufabagel]

Im living my sps dream.
I could go for a 72x36x22 peninsula though.
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Honestly, the 6ft peninsula really is the perfect size. Lots of room for livestock and a good room divider to view from all sides

 

[HB AL]

Here's my reefing dream, 4 months since filling up my new 180g with water and now that all the fish I wanted are stocked its time to add alot of different corals and watch em fill in the tank.

 

[Schraufabagel]

Here's my reefing dream, 4 months since filling up my new 180g with water and now that all the fish I wanted are stocked its time to add alot of different corals and watch em fill in the tank.

I love the diverse group of fish you have!

 

[HB AL]

I love the diverse group of fish you have!

Ya thanks, I have all my favorite fish in there thus the mixture of all the different fish. Only fish missing is 1 or a pair of Crosshatch Triggers but they are now nearly impossible to get.

 

[Anthony Scholfield]

My reefing dream is to eventually break down my tanks, go live where real coral reefs are and dive them at my leisure.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

My dream tank is a 500 gallon indoor pond, not a tank with sharks, fish and sting rays.

 

[LordofCinder]

my dream is for a company to invent a device that I can just put in the water and it will tell me all my water parameters, and in my dream it cost less than $250. For me, testing parameters is the the most boring and frustrating part of this hobby.

 

[Floyd-]

My dream is to have happy fish and coral. Sadly things are still out of whack and its disappointing at the moment.

 

[Schraufabagel]

My dream is to have happy fish and coral. Sadly things are still out of whack and its disappointing at the moment.

Been there. I’ve been on and off with cyano lately

 

[MONTANTK]

My dream is two tanks. A smaller SPS (2-3ft) tank with a 5ft+ tank with mainly soft corals that is more focused on fish.

 

[Schraufabagel]

My dream is two tanks. A smaller SPS (2-3ft) tank with a 5ft+ tank with mainly soft corals that is more focused on fish.

I think that’s a perfect idea! You can also have some fish that are reef safe with caution too in the 5ft+. Since it seems most tend to nip at sps rather than softies

 

[Floyd-]

Been there. I’ve been on and off with cyano lately

Id rather have Cyano than the algae crud im going through.

 

[PandorasChalk]

A sizable tank (50 gallons or bigger, under 125 though) that I have the tools and knowledge to keep looking great with as minimal effort as possible thanks to the knowledge and tools. This would include a RODI system hard lined into the plumbing that fills a container for me, so mixing salt is easier on the fly.

For tank itself plenty of corals and some beautiful fish. A pair of clowns in an anemone, some banggais, maybe a few PJs, and plenty of snails and an urchin. Dragonet if I have a refugium.

 

[Schraufabagel]

Id rather have Cyano than the algae crud im going through.

I struggled with bryopsis for a while, but was able to get rid of it. Eventually it all works out

 

[Schraufabagel]

A sizable tank (50 gallons or bigger, under 125 though) that I have the tools and knowledge to keep looking great with as minimal effort as possible thanks to the knowledge and tools. This would include a RODI system hard lined into the plumbing that fills a container for me, so mixing salt is easier on the fly.

For tank itself plenty of corals and some beautiful fish. A pair of clowns in an anemone, some banggais, maybe a few PJs, and plenty of snails and an urchin. Dragonet if I have a refugium.

I 100% agree on the hard plumbing for RODI! I’m in an apartment for the next few years, and running the RODI can be tricky. Especially since I get 550 TDS from city water here

 

[kzenoni]

I’ve got my dreams now I’m just waiting for corals to fill in. 350 gallon reef and a 200 fowlr.

 

[PandorasChalk]

I 100% agree on the hard plumbing for RODI! I’m in an apartment for the next few years, and running the RODI can be tricky. Especially since I get 550 TDS from city water here

That is how our water is, almost 400ish! Right now it's hook RODI water up, fill a bucket, go upstairs, and go from there. Rather just grab an already filled bucket and mix.