Are you happy with your saltwater reef aquarium right now?

[Johniejumbo]

My tank is a frustrating box of difugalty. I have many years of keeping reef tanks and I know to be patient. But this one makes me wish I had left my old tank alone instead of “upgrading”. However, I do feel it is about to turn a corner to the good! In the mean time thanks to all of you who have such beautiful tanks for me to reef vicariously through!

 

[ESH]

Very happy with my tank. It has its challenges, there are certain things I still cant solve with it (red slime in certain parts, nothing seems to work), but overall very happy!

 

[Oberst Oswald]

Everything is doing fine except I'm in a never winning battle with Aptasia.

 

[Edmund Y.]

I’m very happy with my one year old tank so far. Started with a 20 gallon tank 6 years ago and overstocked it and didn’t do any research. It just had a HOB filter and about 12 different fish including a blue tang. Had the tank for about 2 years and most fish and corals died except for two clowns , blue damsel, three striped damsel and the blue tang. Had a house fire due to a water heater install gone wrong.
Last year decided to start again and did a lot of research and going into forums. That’s how I came across R2R and learned a lot from reading the forums.
Now I know better and the tank is so far okay and not overstocked!
I appreciate this forum and all the help I have gotten in the past year! Still learning.
Thanks again!

 

[Dancingmad]

Happiness is a matter of controlling your perception, thoughts and expectations . I am pleased with my tanks: The good, the bad, and the ugly.

 

[webmanny]

I am super happy with mine. I started the Triton method since I started my tank in December 2017 and I have done 2 water changes since. Everything in the tank is happy. I even have some easy SPS corals and a couple of Clams.

My only task is to remove the filter pad, put in a new one, clean the glass and turn on the RODI to refill the ATO reservoir.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

going ok

the early days

 

[Texas Reefer]

I have bad cyano, so no.

 

[sureal00]

Not happy with tanks.Both crashed and lost a a bunch of fish.Planning on starting new tank tomorrow.This time I am keeping it simple and not complicated.

 

[happyhourhero]

Have managed to nuke most of my sps

 

[WVNed]

I am very happy with it. Dreading the move.

 

[4FordFamily]

My 180 reef needs a bit more cheap coral and a few fish.

@HotRocks needs to go ahead and finish my wall tank. It’s like he has a career, family, and a life or something... ridiculous!

 

[Pongo]

I'm pretty happy with my tank right now.
I don't tinker much, I just feed the fish and clean the glass.

 

[HotRocks]

I voted somewhat.

I need more coral, I really want to setup a wrasse and or SPS tank.

My 750 has made progress over the last year. I have a couple fish I still want to add. I'm always too busy QTing @4FordFamily's fish and building his tanks LOL!

 

[Jlahr16]

I'm definitely happy with my main tank right now, just noticed today that coraline algae is starting to take hold, all of the coral seem happy and thriving and very little signs of nuisance algae after fighting Dinos/GHA/Cyano. Don't want to jinx myself but on the other hand my new frag tank is a brand new battle with cyano (ill take that over dinos any day).

 

[Jacked Reefer]

I need a bigger tank. I also need lights more fish coral and a lot more junk

 

[reefisland]

Hi reefers, I can finally say, im feeling happy about my tank (72 bow).. it had crashed back in June, I struggled with a Dino out break and all of the above. I lost some fish and coral..but finally stabilized it without having to reset.. My patience and stress level are back to normal. Now I can sit back and enjoy the view once again..

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[Crimsonphoenix]

My perameters are stable, I am not battling pests, my fish are healthy and happy, and my corals are looking good and growing... for now..

 

[Evan28395950]

I’m in the middle. Algae is on the glass constantly. My trumpet coral isn’t doing too well, other than that, all other corals and fish are happy and healthy

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

3 wee

It could partly be the peppermint mocha latte talking but I sure am excited and happy with my tank right now.

For me everything seems to be thriving but most importantly my sps frags are growing and really coloring up nicely! Some of those colors actually look like saturated photos! HA! A few other things that make me really happy.

1. Corals growing and thriving.
2. No coral loss.
3. Algae is virtually non existent.
4. Coralline algae is dominating.
5. Fish are fat and healthy.
6. Glass needs cleaned about every 5 days.

I'm seriously in a sweet spot like I've never experienced in this hobby before. Not sure what the perfect combination of equipment and maintenance is but I'm not touching a thing right now! One thing I have been consistent with is about a 15% water change every 1-2 weeks, changing carbon every 3-4 weeks and cleaning my skimmer when I perform a water change.

What about you? Are you happy at this moment and why? Are you not happy and why?

1 year to fine tune my DT. No corals till tomorrow, hopefully . Been waiting 3 weeks, straight from the ocean. No LFS,straight from transhipper. Tank seams 110% efficient. Won't know till corals added.
18 dendronephthya, we'll see. ;Nailbiting