How many of you have MTS (Multiple Tank Syndrome)?

[Daniel@R2R]

It's ok. This is a safe space. you can talk about your MTS here. How many of you are keeping multiple tanks?

 

[Ennvi]

I did for years lol! I still have to stop myself sometimes, but i try to just stick to my big reef and my small freshwater plant tank

 

[HarleyMan]

hello my name is Justin and I'm an abdicate lol. between my business amd home i have 5 tanks and working on a 6th
home= 75g, 3g pico, 20L frag tank possibly starting a duaL 20L and working on a 90g
work= 75g, 24g

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Is 11 tanks, 3 large tubs and a 800 gallon macro grow out a problem. I don’t think it is........... if I was raising pods again and had the 40x 55 gallon barrels going for pods, then maybe it would be. Right now, I say it isn’t lol.

 

[JayStro81]

Guilty... currently running 2 innovative marine AIO's. A 20g and a 40g

 

[jeffrey750750]

60 cube and a 180 gallon

 

[Brady4000]

I started with two tanks right off the bat... never even had a freshwater tank to start with.

60g corner tank and 32 Biocube. Cycled them both at the same time lol.

 

[dennis romano]

I have a 50 gallon NPS tank, a 40 gallon reef tank, a 125 with wild discus and a 70 with wild angels. Yep, I have a sickness.

 

[Chessmanmark]

MTS is a necessity if you want optimal growth and to minimize coral aggression.

Having softies, LPS and SPS in different biotopes offers advantages.

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

I have 4 tanks 3 freshwater and 1 saltwater

 

[gentlefish]

Not me! Only one freshwater tank (160), Just 2 small saltwater tanks 160 and 200g). It would not be fair to count the 2 tanks I have in standby, nor do I count the 2 tanks of my kids.

 

[Asl4all]

I have :
1) 180G South American
2) 180G FOWLR Saltwater
3) 90G Reef
4) 65G Anemone Tank

That's 4 tanks and MTS

 

[Gtinnel]

I was beginning to show symptoms of possibly having MTS but my wife was quick to remind me that I did not have it.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Hi, my name is Britta and I have MTS.
I have 4 nano reefs and just got my new Proclear Prostar 150 wet today... it’s not a problem if no one else is really objecting, right?

 

[Brit’s Fish]

MTS is a necessity if you want optimal growth and to minimize coral aggression.

Having softies, LPS and SPS in different biotopes offers advantages.

I have to remember this reasoning.

 

[OneSockERock]

Guilty!

Started with 20L reef. For 6 years that was enough until this past christmas when I decided to set up a 40B.

In her wisdom, my SO saw the writing on the wall and was like "soo how many tanks before it's time for an intervention??" Seven was my number.

4.5 months later, and a rude awakening into quarantining I have running... 20L, 40B, 29g, 10g and a new 5g to accommodate the soon to be babies from a pregnant molly currently in the 29g. There's also another 10g still dry with all the equipment ready to go for a hospital if necessary.

Looks like I got another tank left before it's intervention time. Gonna try to push the whole "...but honey if I get a larger Red Sea/Waterbox tank I could roll the other tanks into one" (I won't). Something tells me she'll see right through that in a heartbeat.

 

[Daniel]

Oh man ... went down this path many years ago, with progressively increasing volume too.

At some point the scales tip to where it becomes a job and no longer "fun" or a "hobby" ... that's when things start going downhill and you decide to sell everything and leave the hobby because nothing is fun or exciting anymore. I think with everything I've learned through the hobby, the dream one day is to have a system with 4 components built in. My dream system -all plumbed together- would consist of (1) A large display, (2) a decent sized frag tank, (3) a thriving refugium, and (4) a sump with all the bells and whistles. If anything, a hospital or QT tank to the side would be the only other functioning tank besides the main system.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Hi guys my name is karl and i too suffer from MTS.

265g mixed reef
75g predator tank with corals (230g upgrade should be here in 6 weeks lol)
40g freshwater
45g qt tank
45g frag tank/coral invert qt in the works
And 11g mantis shrimp tank

Send help lol

 

[Ef4life]

Guilty. I have 3 systems totaling 4 tanks. Dual 40b setup, 29g biocube, 5.5g pico aio.

the pico was set up as part of a contest. I’m actually planning on taking it down, because I’m going to upgrade it to a 16g cube tank.

2 40breeders are going on 7 years old. Silicone seen better days And I’ve outgrown this system . I’m planning on going to an sca 150 this year. So this will have the 40g frag tank, sump, and 150 tank, so welll over 200g when done.

then the biocube, it’s fine but getting old, I’ve never liked the curved glass. I’m dreaming of doing an upgrade to this tank after the 150. I’ve been planning out this system a lot instead of working on the new nano I already Am setting up.

 

[Phycodurus]

guilty as charged! ;Hilarious

1 X 180G mixed reef tank
3 X 10G support tanks for quarantine or isolation (SW) as needed

1 X 20G tank for my lionhead goldfish

1 dinky 1G SW tank just because
1 dinky 2G SW tank just because part II

1 X 1G betta tank at the office
(used to be a 5G sized tank)

1 spare 40G tank ‘temporarily’ (ahem) brought out of garage retirement to quarantine/house 2 gem tangs, 2 yellow tangs & 2 purple tangs (all small)

—wait—was anyone keeping count??


oh look! another petco $1 per gallon per tank sale!