What piques your interest, the most, in the hobby?

[Gumbies R Us]

There are a lot of different aspects to this hobby that I personally find interesting. From how fish interact with others, to how you can turn a glass cube into a tank beaming with life. I am wondering what interest you the most in the hobby?

 

[TX_REEF]

Refugiums, can't get enough! Most people just toss in some chaeto and call it a day, but there's so much opportunity to make it into a functional little display for your enjoyment and benefit.

 

[Morgan Rodgers]

My absolute favorite thing in the hobby has to be the interaction between pistol shrimp and prawn gobies. It is genuinely the coolest interaction I have ever seen in the hobby lol.

 

[REEFRIED!]

Mine is getting frags to grow into mini colonies or colonies. Also getting sps colors to pop

 

[Danny99]

Corals growing, also the fact that in small butt cube there’s so much life and so many things happen inside of it just near my bed

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Mine is getting frags to grow into mini colonies or colonies. Also getting sps colors to pop

Also cool seeing frags grow like that!

 

[PeterC99]

The amazing colors and shapes of the corals

 

[Cincyreefer513]

For me it's definitely the corals. The crazy colors, shapes, movement, ways they feed etc I had no idea before getting into the hobby just how cool coral is.
Aside from that, the crazy diversity of life in a reef tank. You really have no idea what might be lurking in your system day or night and it's usually fun to discover something new (unless it's a bad pest, but still).

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

There are a lot of different aspects to this hobby that I personally find interesting. From how fish interact with others, to how you can turn a glass cube into a tank beaming with life. I am wondering what interest you the most in the hobby?

My favorite things are watching the symbiotic relationships from the wild displayed in the tank - and also feeding corals. It's absolutely fascinating to me.

 

[vlangel]

For me, it's the serenity that a tank imparts.

 

[CasperOe]

The colours! Nothing beats it for me, I can stare at my tank in the evening for hours!

That, and the toys! Almost ashamed to say so..

 

[Boehmtown]

Creating habitats for my fish, especially growing SPS tree's and caves to separate areas and create hides. It's ever evolving and changing

 

[cjtabares]

Planning and building the tank has always interested me, love all the different ways you can do something, love researching the different equipment, and finding what will be best for what I am trying to accomplish. I can also be a bit of a gearhead.

I also love thinking about all the life and chemistry that is involved in the tank.

 

[Dom]

Inhabitant behavior.

 

[MariahP]

I love researching and finding critters to do certain “jobs” in the tank. It’s like creating a whole little ecosystem.

I also really love spotting hitchhikers or surprise guests, especially when setting up a new tank. Obviously, don’t love the bad ones, but even then it’s kind of fascinating to be like “where did you come from??”

 

[Gumbies R Us]

The colours! Nothing beats it for me, I can stare at my tank in the evening for hours!

That, and the toys! Almost ashamed to say so..

It's always fun for me when I get new equipment or some new thing to use on my tank. It's fun seeing how it works and how it might improve my tank in the long run.

 

[CoastalTownLayabout]

The ‘tempo’ of a reef tank. It’s like assembling and conducting an orchestra.