Would you give the Hobby up ...

[sigster500]

If you couldnt obtain SPS for any reason and had to go back to soft coral keeping (nothing wrong with that) would you stop keeping Marines altogether

[MAthU]

ooo though question, my answer is!!
my answer is not valid i have no tanks atm, :(
but im getting one soon and ...

well i would stay in the hobby ither way, just be more about fish for me :)

btw why would you say such a scary thing! i dont even want to think about not having sps in my systems.

[mpoletti]

If I could not keep SPS, I would not have a tank :(

[sigster500]

I know its blasphemy asking such a Question but I'm intrigued to know peoples honest responses :0)

[mpoletti]

But if I was in England, I would sure be going to more Liverpool matches than I am now :)

[oldreefer76]

I would stay in the hobby softies would be better than nothing

[sigster500]

Nooo dont mention Liverpool we lost Today :0(

[mpoletti]

I know, but I will always support the boys from Anfield ;)

[sigster500]

Damn right been my team sinse 1979 glad we have overseas supporters or do you originate from the area?

[Ian]

theres some nice lps out there... Or I would do a FOWLR angel butterfly tank...

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14505322#post14505322 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
If I could not keep SPS, I would not have a tank :(
I might keep a small tank with LPS an anemones but would sell most of my stuff if I coulden't have sps.

Oh and go Chelsea.

[mpoletti]

I have been a fan since the days early days of Ian Rush. Half of my mother's family still lives right outside of Leicester.

[sigster500]

One of my best mates comes from Hinkley (Leicester) A long way from the Pool non the less ...

[glennr1978]

I wouldn't throw in the towel, but I wouldn't be nearly as captivated by a softie tank.

[JustinReef]

Yeah I would be happy to only keep softies although I prefer a mixed reef. Long as I get to keep fish though, I am happy. Corals are just decoration to me :)

[mrpenguin]

If I could not have SPS I would not have a salt water tank, would go back to fresh water.

[graveyardworm]

There's a place in my heart for all corals. I would forge ahead with softies. Things certainly would be easier, and power bills reduced.

[ihooklow]

The only reason I am currently keeping SW is for the SPS. Had an LPS / Softie reef 20 years ago. Liked it, but not enough to keep it. I would stick with my planted FW.

[snorvich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14505322#post14505322 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
If I could not keep SPS, I would not have a tank :(

Same here.

[JazzZero]

Simple answer I'll only quit this hobby if i had no other choice....



besides there still LPS those are pretty kill corals too.

[cwegescheide]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14505626#post14505626 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by justinpsmith
Yeah I would be happy to only keep softies although I prefer a mixed reef. Long as I get to keep fish though, I am happy. Corals are just decoration to me :)

Thats funny! I'm the opposite... I think fish are just janitors in my tank. I just want wrasses for the AEFW and Tangs for the algae..

Some of my favorite corals are softies in fact. I've got a very large Tyree green sarco that I love. I know I could frag it and make a few bux but its just soo pretty I can't bring myself to do it. I've also got a few others that I really like and can't bring myself to get rid of them..

I also like the Dendronephthea's as well but I don't have any. There are a lot of BEAUTIFUL softies out there. I'd have to say I'd keep on!!

Chris

[Reefer Steve]

can you say freshwater planted tank

[cwegescheide]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14506280#post14506280 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefer Steve
can you say freshwater planted tank

Hydroponics??? :)

[jd474]

guess i'd have to go back to buying fairy wrasses and acans......ouch!

[bwest]

If I couldn't keep SPS, I probably wouldn't have started up again after I broke down and sold everything from the first one during a move.

[trido]

For me, its about having a tank. I have one on my leg for that matter. ;) Doesnt have to be SPS, just has to be wet.

[sfsuphysics]

I could deal with softies and lps no problem.. but wouldn't need such a large tank :D

[gasman059]

no sps=no tank

U give it up but its like women and money they always lure you back.
U try to start a simple softie tank and unequivocally end up with the typical suspects SPS!

[madadi]

i have an sps dominated tank, but my favorite coral will always be ricordea yumas, :D

[Capt_Cully]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14505477#post14505477 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
I might keep a small tank with LPS an anemones but would sell most of my stuff if I coulden't have sps.

I'm with the Green Bastard on this one. I'd definitely scale my reef back big time. Perhaps a low energy 75. But I'm sure my interest would trail off significantly. Fish-shmish :thumbdown

[kev apsley]

If i couldn't keep SPS anymore I wouldn't care since my interest have shifted to LPS anyway so to answer your question, NO Way!!!

[60Cubed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14505322#post14505322 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
If I could not keep SPS, I would not have a tank :(

Is there anything else?

Kinda like saying if you love vodka and couldn't drink vodka would drink something else. Some would but most would simply quit drinking. I quit drinking to keep SPS and I'm still broke........:beer:

[orangekush4]

That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. To say I would never have a tank if I can't have SPS.

[tommy patton]

If I could have no sps, I would shut mine down. I didnt start a 500 gallon system to do zoos and mushrooms

[surfnvb7]

i'm currently going through a similar situation.

all of my acros are dead/dying slowly over the last year. no clue as to the cause....seems like I have looked for everything and tried everything........very disheartening to say the least to watch these things die off that I grew out from small frags.

I would be lying if I said I hadn't thought about tearing my tank down due to not having any acros.

But realistically, my tank is at the point where I'm not doing any work on it or spending much on it anyways. I think I'm content to letting all my acros die, and then just having a very simple tank full monti's, stylo's and birdsnests.

Once this disease has run its course, I will probably go with only 1 or 2 stags and thats it. and just a few other sps colonies, as well as lps and softies.

I just want to keep a simple tank, with a few large colonies rather than have a tank full of tiny frags for years while trying to start all over again.

Who knows....maybe this is a good thing. lol

[Goodwood]

I would keep a small LPS/Soft nano and a LARGE FO with angels.

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14510613#post14510613 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by orangekush4
That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. To say I would never have a tank if I can't have SPS.

Buy some bad pot today?:smokin:

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14508218#post14508218 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Capt_Cully
I'm with the Green Bastard on this one. I'd definitely scale my reef back big time. Perhaps a low energy 75. But I'm sure my interest would trail off significantly. Fish-shmish :thumbdown

I hardly have fish anymore, a few cardinals and my clowns, "I Pity the fool that don't keep SPS"

[Lunchbucket]

If I could not have SPS I would do a way larger FOWLR. There are so many fish that I want to keep but that pick on (or potentially pick on ) SPS so I'd do the fish I've always wanted

Lunchbucket

[MACH5]

I would redirect my interest to mostly LPS and some softies. I'm starting to love those chalices!!

My life would be so much simpler : )

[jackson6745]

No SPS?

I would get the biggest tank I could fit with the best skimmer I could afford and do a FOWLR.

[SALT WATER CRAZ]

I would have to down grade to a smaller tank. I sure would miss my sticks though. :(

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14509675#post14509675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 60Cubed

Kinda like saying if you love vodka and couldn't drink vodka would drink something else. Some would but most would simply quit drinking. I quit drinking to keep SPS and I'm still broke........:beer:

Yep, I gave up the whiskey before I got into SPS and I am an all or nothing kind of guy. No SPS, no tank ;)

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14511615#post14511615 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
"I Pity the fool that don't keep SPS"

Thats why LPS is so big right now, some people just can't keep SPS :lol2:

[Unarce]

Too funny, Mark! That gets repeated a lot, but feel there's much more to it than that.

I feel the perception of SPS being difficult and the AEFW affliction are the two biggest reasons. This day and age, all the tools are available to keep SPS. The pioneers have laid the groundwork.

I know a lot of people kid themselves that LPS are better looking than SPS, but come on, really? Let's be honest. The only way to fully appreciate the hot LPS right now is in pics. Super macro shots blasted under actinic. If I had mesoscopic vision, I'd be good to go, but I stare at my tank with just my eyes:p

SPS = Unapproachable Women

Most will wine and dine the regular singles circuit, but would never consider talking to the super model. You just gotta MAN up.

The only thing that'll stop me from keeping SPS is an all out ban on domestic keeping. Other than that...no one's taking my card!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c255/unarcephotos/video/man-card.jpg

[JustinReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14506234#post14506234 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cwegescheide
Thats funny! I'm the opposite... I think fish are just janitors in my tank. I just want wrasses for the AEFW and Tangs for the algae..



We certainly are opposite when it comes to this! ;)

To be honest, I don't care too much if a coral dies compared to loosing a fish. I try very hard not to kill them of course and to actually keep them looking good but I just don't connect with corals like I do with fish. I mean I think they are super cool but they just lack the personality fish have.

I think this is also why I refuse to buy expensive corals but will drop good money on a beautiful fish.

[60Cubed]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14515101#post14515101 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by justinpsmith
I think this is also why I refuse to buy expensive corals but will drop good money on a beautiful fish.

You don't count here. You have to be addicted to qualify for an influential response. And you are not my friend, you are not!:fun2:

[SDguy]

Meh....I'd only have to give up a third of the corals in my tank...not a huge deal.

But I'd only do it for a pair of those LE Pink Crocs.

[ct_vol]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14514981#post14514981 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce


SPS = Unapproachable Women

Most will wine and dine the regular singles circuit, but would never consider talking to the super model. You just gotta MAN up.



LMAO... :lolspin:




I agree that the reef aquariums are not the same w/o SPS... However, I don't know that I'd give up the hobby, but I would not love it as intensely as I do now... :inlove:

[GSMguy]

Pink crocs are feirce

Karl that post made me ROFLMAO. :)

[Unarce]

:) Always willing to entertain!:p