View Full Version : Tank of the month - March 2010 - where are they now?
MaidstoneMarine
01-03-10, 12:08
We've got something slightly different for you this month. There isn't an outright winner for the March TOTM... there are eleven! We've been running Tank Of The Month for several years now and we thought it was about time we took a look back and visited some of those past winners to see how their tanks are doing and to see how they've faired since taking the TOTM spotlight.
Congratulations, and thanks, to all of the previous Tank of the Month winners who are in the UltimateReefs 'Where are they now?' feature.
Where are they now? March 2010
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2010_march/ (http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2010_march/)
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2010_march/images/topImage.jpg (http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2010_march/)
If you have any questions or comments then please post them in this thread.
Great idea imo...
i reckon martin lakins should be TOTM again...chuff me, its awesome - not that the otheres arent like..
Dave Welton's for me :wub:
Everything a healthy marine system should be :thumbsup:
Wow Mr Lakins is something special:wub: good to see that again, never get bored of it !
Really enjoyed reading those. FWIW Dave Welton's or Jason Stamp's for me, but all are fantastic tanks and I love Tony Rogers' new 'scape.
Well done everyone.
samkiller42
04-03-10, 23:54
Some incredible tanks in their, although i'm new, it looks to me like a great idea.
Sam
Reefer Madness
06-03-10, 18:28
Great tanks, great inspiration:applause:
An amazing collection of aquariums. The clam in Jim and Christine's (Mr-Jimbo) aquarium is, well, I want it!
Really interesting read and good idea for a retrospective. Was a bit sadened by Simon Scott's account of neglecting a tank for 2 years and hoping for the best. I do think we have a responsibilty to maintian these living systems and if we're not up to the job (and life stuff does happen) then we should pass the responsibilty onto someone else.
oliverwrest
29-03-10, 21:05
very nice
Really enjoyed reading the updates, fantastic tanks all of them. I live and dream.....
Really interesting read and good idea for a retrospective. Was a bit sadened by Simon Scott's account of neglecting a tank for 2 years and hoping for the best. I do think we have a responsibilty to maintian these living systems and if we're not up to the job (and life stuff does happen) then we should pass the responsibilty onto someone else.
Agree with you. I hope this does not give some people reassurance that's ok to neglect their tanks...
That's a bit unfair guys. You have no idea what has gone on in this guy's life to be making comments like that.
Yes, our tanks are important, as is the livestock in them, but they're not as important as a marriage or the break up of a family.
I read that write up simply as - What a shame I've HAD to neglect the tank somewhat but thankfully it's okay. Maybe there's a lesson for us in that some people actually tinker too much.
Personally Simon's tank stands out the most .. It shows you can keep a tank alive and well despite unwanted obsticles forseen or not.
Hats off to the guy his responsibility is his own and it shows doesnt it, To pawn off corals and fish to somebody else on the internet after a year in the hobby is irresponsible and it happens 50 fold per day in the country.
Id rather sell my corals than pass them on to a complete novice, Good on the guy and the rest
You dont see the owner asking questions to why my fish is dead ... why is my coral dying , Again hats off to him mush respect
Please dont knock somebody who has done this its ''newbie talk'' ...really it is
Thanks for the comments of understanding from Koi and Kennasaw :thumbup:
Not so nice to be named and shamed on the basis of "hoping for the best and not maintaining these living systems" Is this what its like being outed in the Sun?:fear:
My alleged moral weakness aside, I think the interesting outcome was that so much survived almost minimal intervention. This is maybe an illustration for new comers to reefing on the importance of some aspects of tank set up and the relative resilience of an established ecosystem compared with a relatively young tank.
Its worth reminding critics that while some things died others thrived, fish included. Infact I gave a few salt buckets full of SPS and LPS to a friend the other weekend, and still have buckets left for the relocation of the tank. This excludes the LR and LS. The system is 'living'.:friends::friends:
True, its not lived up to its potential if I had had the time and energy to focus of taking it to where it would have been had I not been focusing on the sea of human emotion that was my priority during the changes.
What is the moral boundary we have when we look after aquariums and reefs? Well clearly it is not to place creatures in circumstances where they may experience protracted discomfort and an premature mortality. The fish who died during the last couple of years may just have been old or had a disease, as the environment was good enough for the others to live.
I'm not so sure about other reef creatures that exist without a brain, and therefor without the ability to perceive or remember discomfort. If one coral stings another and the other retracts, that is an autonomous nervous response to the stimulant, and not a scream into the existential night. If one were expected not to witness captive corals dying on the grounds that they are of the animal kingdom rather than plant kingdom, then please also take care of the flies on the windscreen as one drives, and don't take the antibiotics, not to mention if one shops for free range meat.
Enough sucking on ones' pipe in ones' slippers:peace:
The things that made this tank a sustainable ecosystem in my opinion were:
1) Age: - Many years of careful husbandry to see it through its original immaturity;
2) Light;
3) Natural filtration in the LR and LS with adequate flow in the tank.
4) Aragonite sand to buffer the water with ca/alk/mg/str.;
5) Good luck(?)
2) 3) and 4) are all basic advice for people starting out and here is the proof of that advice. 1) is also often offered advice ( and often hard to follow) to newcomers in the form of patience and change things slowly slowly.
Interested to hear others' views.
Anyway, this reef is now almost dissembled and waiting a move. I'm hatching plans for a new one in the new house, different theme but in the same tank. Exciting times again.:thumbsup:
Anyway, this reef is now almost dissembled and waiting a move. I'm hatching plans for a new one in the new house, different theme but in the same tank. Exciting times again.:thumbsup:
Great news. I for one look forward to seeing the Phoenix rise from the ashes!:worship:
Good luck with everything in your new venture.
This time try to plan your life more carefully so the poor fish don't suffer.:whistling:
Is this what its like being outed in the Sun?
Beware your fishy sins UR is always watching!! :dontknow:
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