Why are you a Reefer ?

[inkblue]

...aM sure tHis haS been ask'd severaL times, but what attraCts you to REEFS rangehat iS it the coLors? the sciEnce of iT? tHe challenge? tHe fisH? watChing coraLs groW? tHe wateR or the burBLing sound it maKes...? let us know... :fish::goldfish2

:Thinking:

 

[Rborgia]

I do it because of many reasons.

First off, The process of designing, selection and building... love it.

Secondly... The final product is so relaxing, running water, the movement of the fish.

Thirdly... my son absolutely loves to watch the fish and it makes him laugh... he is only six months old, but sit him on your knee in front of the tank and he just follows the fish and laughs.

now not necessarily in that order, but those are three of my reasons.

Rich

 

[Myopia]

I'd like to become a MArine Biologists when im older and would love to start out like this!

 

[Josh]

Maintaining a healthy tank is like gardening, very therapeutic. I think my favorite part is trimming the frags and glueing them to the rock.

 

[griMReefer]

...aM sure tHis haS been ask'd severaL times, but what attraCts you to REEFS rangehat iS it the coLors? the sciEnce of iT? tHe challenge? tHe fisH? watChing coraLs groW? tHe wateR or the burBLing sound it maKes...? let us know...

yeah, asked several times, and my parents hav told me quite a few times

i'm nuts over "fish" and throwin so much money out da window (at least thousands and nothin 2 show 4 it). :screama:


the funny thing is, this saltwater addiction, it all started as early as 3 yrs

old on vacations back to my parents' countries, my favorite place was the

beach.


hermit crabs, snails, stars, urchins, pipefish, corals, it was always amazing

to sit and wade, swim or snorkel and watch. i used to tell my parents i

hate new york back then. well it is quite gloomy and gray up in here, no?

the beaches up here suck. i used to go all summerlong to rockaway

beach around 95th st when the lifeguards aren't out to swim by myself all

the way out. until a couple times i gut "bumped" by one heavy fish that

freaked me out ever since. so i decided the ny beaches suck and its not

worth it the murky water, jellyfish and sharks nowadays, and when you go

during lifeguard times its too crowded and they don't let you out past

knee deep water anyway so why bother.


so have a reef at home. when ur stressed out drop everything and loose

yourself in your tank(s). check out where all the fishies are hiding behind the rocks and crevices. tune out. the colors, the :grouphug: diversity, the sound of :Thinking: water (the origin of all earthly life);

the beauty of all -Od's creatures.


iNkiE, wHaTs aBoUt U?

be back later, i gotta shovel some freezin rain and messy snow. :givebeer:

 

[alrha]

...aM sure tHis haS been ask'd severaL times, but what attraCts you to REEFS iS it the coLors? the sciEnce of iT? tHe challenge? tHe fisH? watChing coraLs groW? tHe wateR or the burBLing sound it maKes...? let us know...

all of the above less the gurgling water sound...

 

[herman]

I thought this thread was about something else :thrash::sgrin::biggrin:

 

[Josh]

the funny thing is, this saltwater addiction, it all started as early as 3 yrs
old on vacations back to my parents' countries, my favorite place was the beach. hermit crabs, snails, stars, urchins, pipefish, corals, it was always amazing to sit and wade, swim or snorkel and watch.

I second that! No matter what beach, I am down in the rocks looking for hermits (just to catch them, I don't collect). There are almost always cool little critters in the tide pools.

 

[Hotwheels]

Because of the diversity and no two reefs are the same
just one of many attractions...:scratchch

 

[jackson6745]

The colors :flower:

 

[inkblue]

i liKe it cOz it's taKing care of peTs... juSt liKe i loVe my buLLdog, i love tHe fiShies :inlove: i've aLways wanted tHose taBletoP fountaiNs/waterfalls, so tHe burBling is an added pLus :sleeping: maKes me sLeepy...

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

...aM sure tHis haS been ask'd severaL times, but what attraCts you to REEFS rangehat iS it the coLors? the sciEnce of iT? tHe challenge? tHe fisH? watChing coraLs groW? tHe wateR or the burBLing sound it maKes...? let us know... :fish::goldfish2

:Thinking:

All of the above. And because it's cool and relaxing and peaceful and I get to talk with all of you!