The BIGGEST challenges to keeping a coral reef in your house!

[tweeter]

Red slime!!! And spending to much money, lastly motivation. But I love my tank, so when the corals are saying, I need some attention, that motivates me

 

[Jacked Reefer]

The only real challenge for me is money. There is not much I can do at my age to earn the cash I need to chase what I really want with my tanks. The rest is taken care of. I have space, time, energy, motivation and this endless resource of r2r. Just none of them green paper things.

 

[Brew12]

Biggest challenge? My addiction to R2R. ;Sorry

If I spent half as much time on my tank each night as I do on R2R I wouldn't have a single coral survive due to all the tinkering. It's just so hard to stay away from R2R with all the constantly updated FTS's being posted by @revhtree and @mdbannister !

 

[Blackice615]

Money and temptation to tinker with the tank. The amount of time I invest into this hobby, the tank, and research, I could have a small business.

 

[ZoWhat]

My biggest challenge is my wife managing the finances

 

[rogersb]

After ten years, one of the biggest challenges for me is finding quality sellers. I have put plenty of sponsors on the 'Never buy from again" list.

 

[Hemmdog]

Money and temptation to tinker with the tank. The amount of time I invest into this hobby, the tank, and research, I could have a small business.

Open a sole prop and write off aquarium expenses as business expenses, sell a few frags a year. Boom.

 

[ca1ore]

For me it is falling behind on regular maintenance. Technology helps, but does not fully replace, proper husbandry.

 

[Auquanut]

For me, it's time. I consider myself a pretty organized guy. I work long hours through the week, so I plan my tank maintenance on the weekends. All too often, someone in my large extended family needs something, or some household emergency arises and I wind up doing my weekend maintenance after work when I'm exhausted and just want a beer and to enjoy my tanks. Doing that tonight.

 

[Greg Gdowski]

My biggest challenge is finding space in my tank for new corals. I want to try new things all the time.
I really wish I had gone bigger. My spouse is pretty good about my "addiction".

My biggest frustration is the "named coral" next generation of coral supply companies. I also feel that many suppliers over frag many corals. The challenge is not succumbing to this frenzy.

 

[Sandbox]

My husband hahaha. Second, we live in the woods out in the country so I would say power outages.

 

[Blackice615]

Open a sole prop and write off aquarium expenses as business expenses, sell a few frags a year. Boom.

Too bad I'm done with all the expenses for this tank. Perhaps when I upgrade to the 750xxl

 

[fish farmer]

The biggest challenge is my cats...I would really like an open top tank or sump with mangroves and pendant lighting...nope...gotta keep everything away from the paws.

 

[CindyKz]

Space. We downsized to a house half the size of the old one this year, but I kept both tanks. The sump is in the stand underneath and the older my knees get, the harder time I have.

Happily, our basement reno begins in Feb - and it includes a tank upgrade and lots of work/sump space for me

 

[goodtimes]

I live in a smaller home without a basement or much storage. This is my biggest challenge, keeping a healthy reef while making it blend in with the rest of the house and keep everything tidy.
Someday I’ll have a fish room and this won’t be a concern!

 

[Specs]

I live in a smaller home without a basement or much storage. This is my biggest challenge, keeping a healthy reef while making it blend in with the rest of the house and keep everything tidy.
Someday I’ll have a fish room and this won’t be a concern!

Right there with you. Can’t wait for the day we move to a big house and can have a fish room. But that’s a few years down the road still.

 

[stacksoner]

 

[Galaxy reefer]

Having the patience to learn and duplicate what mother nature has done.

 

[Galaxy reefer]

My biggest problem is I never get anything else done cause I'm to busy playing with my aquarium as my wife puts it.

So agreed on that one. I may not get anything done but at least my tank looks awesome.

 

[RussiReef]

For me it is not knowing why one of 100 acros in my tank all of a sudden goes south.