What i want to see in this hobby

boxfishpooalot · #1 12/29/2006, 06:41 PM

1) Centrifugal organic seperation(continous)
2) Laser heat sensors on heaters
3) Fiber optic lighting

What do you want to see?

PrivateJoker64 · #2 12/29/2006, 07:05 PM

Valonia selling for $100 per "polyp". I'd retire.

boxfishpooalot · #3 12/29/2006, 07:12 PM

now i see why you have joker in your name

nemonick84 · #4 12/29/2006, 07:32 PM

More captively bred species of fish, inverts etc., better propagation techniques, a coral industry totally reliant on fragmentation and propagation.

Nick

Redstratplayer · #5 12/29/2006, 07:42 PM

The word nemo recognized as the curse word it is.

frazier · #6 12/29/2006, 07:53 PM

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Originally posted by nemonick84
More captively bred species of fish, inverts etc., better propagation techniques, a coral industry totally reliant on fragmentation and propagation.

Nick

very good point!!!!

Gary Majchrzak · #7 12/29/2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally posted by boxfishpooalot
What do you want to see?

Tomorrow's winning lottery numbers.

I can see how this thread can get out of hand, but (seriously) it's a good thread topic.
I'd like to see improved communication. Many reef discussions end up not even talking about the same critter. Proper ID (as specific as possible) would go a long way to improving communications and info sharing.

Misled · #8 12/29/2006, 08:33 PM

People just starting in the hobby being more patient. At that rate people starting new tanks being more patient. More hobbist using QT. Just kinda makes sense.

smmscott · #9 12/29/2006, 08:48 PM

Scratch less tanks, an easy cure for red bugs and flatworms that doesn't harm other tank friends. Lighting that does not produce heat.

Rhodesholar · #10 12/29/2006, 09:42 PM

I would like to see a little more open-minded discussion when some one recommends/tries something non "status quo".

i.e. That kid getting crucified for putting sugar in his tank to cut nitrates....successfully.

kfowler · #11 12/29/2006, 09:48 PM

1.) Lower prices.

2.) More captive bred species.
3.) Cool inexpensive lighting that even the stinjiest SPS will thrive on

bluerug · #12 12/29/2006, 09:58 PM

I want to see more captive bred species and also corals being propagated a lot more than what is going on.

And also when i am talking to people about my tank when they come over and they say " Oh look at that little nemo, he is so cute" Then i go on and on about what kind of fish he truly is. If people understood about the oceans as much as they did about space who knows what we would know today about the things in the oceans that we haveno idea exist. They are now finding cold water reefs off of the coast of Greenland. How cool is that? I just wish we had a better understanding of our oceans and the greatness they have to offer.

SDguy · #13 12/29/2006, 10:01 PM

Frozen/prepared foods that replicate/substitute live coral polyps.

And the end to "designer" corals with stupid prices for barely visible frags.

IanInDC · #14 12/29/2006, 10:02 PM

For more hobbyists to become environmentally aware... they don't have to become tree hugging hippies but people like us who admire the beauty of the oceans have a responsibility to help keep them healthy...

jdieck · #15 12/29/2006, 10:17 PM

I seriously want to see a salt that is advertised at 160 or 200 gal bucket that really brings 160 or 200 gals as advertised when mixed a naturals sea water salinity rather than at 1.020 sg that no one can use.
It will also be helpful if sold for reefs, if it will achieve 10 dkh of Alkalinity, 420 ppm of Calcium and 1300 ppm of Magnesium at 35 ppt with a PH of 8.2 after mixing and aerating.
While at it, Nitrate and Phosphate free and that does not promote algae blooms with every water change.

Well now I am dreaming!

Andrew · #16 12/29/2006, 10:24 PM

What do I want to see? Lower prices on fish and equipment.

boxfishpooalot · #17 12/30/2006, 12:01 AM

I want to see coral reef water available at every fish store as cheap or cheaper than buckets of salt.

boxfishpooalot · #18 12/30/2006, 12:03 AM

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Originally posted by jdieck
I seriously want to see a salt that is advertised at 160 or 200 gal bucket that really brings 160 or 200 gals as advertised when mixed a naturals sea water salinity rather than at 1.020 sg that no one can use.
It will also be helpful if sold for reefs, if it will achieve 10 dkh of Alkalinity, 420 ppm of Calcium and 1300 ppm of Magnesium at 35 ppt with a PH of 8.2 after mixing and aerating.
While at it, Nitrate and Phosphate free and that does not promote algae blooms with every water change.

Well now I am dreaming!

Thats a good point! I noticed they dont last so long....

ERICinFL · #19 12/30/2006, 12:28 AM

I want to see reasonable prices on equipment. A few acrylic tubes with a pump (or without) shouldn't cost $500. A mark up of 200-300% when you slap "reef" or "marine" on the label when you can find the same thing or similar at a "non-fish" store.

More aquacultured corals and fish.

jdieck · #20 12/30/2006, 12:47 AM

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Originally posted by boxfishpooalot
Thats a good point! I noticed they dont last so long....

Yes that is a bunch of cheating, actual price can be 20% higher than advertised.
I feel like buying "watered" milk when they do not specify the concentration in the advertising for proper pricing comparison. Example: Reef Crystals (Supposedly a Reef Salt) can only give you the advertised gallons (160 ) if you mix it at 1.021 Ridiculous!

salty3 · #21 12/30/2006, 12:54 AM

I would like to see a easy, safe, and permanent algae remover.

dwculp · #22 12/30/2006, 01:11 AM

1. More aquacultured fish and corals.
2. More responsible LFS owners and employees.
3. People researching and being more responsible BEFORE and AFTER getting into the hobby.
4. I think you should have to take a test and be licensed in order to keep marine tanks.

Ok, so I was being sarcastic on point #4, but I get frustrated going into my local LFS and seeing the idiots who go in there and buy tanks, equipment and animals on impulse and plunk down lots of money. In the end they probably get frustrated and give up.

I think this hobby has an undeserved reputation of being hard and complex brought about by millions of uninformed people getting into the hobby, killing a bunch of fish, giving up and then probagating the rumor of saltwater fish being hard to keep.

This hobby is not hard if you get in to it with an open and educated mind and you take your time to research and think things through.

Ok, Im done ranting :P

Paliya · #23 12/30/2006, 03:37 AM

I've always wished I could have some bioluminescent critters in my tank. Maybe after the lights go out, they would come out of hiding and give me a light show

-P

_K_E_P_ · #24 12/30/2006, 05:22 AM

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Originally posted by Andrew
What do I want to see? Lower prices on fish and equipment.

I think lower fish prices allows more people to just buy fish without doing the proper research. If they lose it, who cares, they can get another because its cheap. Newbies can end up going through a handful of fish before they open a book.

I would like to see more solid info on fish requirements and disease cures.

greenbean36191 · #25 12/30/2006, 09:51 AM

I'd like to see a shift towards inverts that are actually appropriate for reefs rather than the predatory/specialized/temperate species that dominate the hobby. For almost every species we get in the hobby there is another species that is better suited to the job that we don't get just because it would be a little more expensive to ship or collect.

I'd also like to see a lot more breeding of inverts; ideally more on the collector's end than on the hobbyist's.