Info on your reef aquarium needed - Please Help

[Mike King]

Please lend a hand and provide some answers to the following survey as best as possible. Results will be posted here and used in the development of a program that will help bring the reef keeping hobby into a better beneficial use of the world’s coral reefs.

Please do this for each reef aquarium you have or maintain.

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc)
4. How many are soft corals are in it?
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.)
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums)
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present)
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning?
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end?
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
11. How many people see your aquarium every year?
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs?
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?
14. Do you visit public aquariums?
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects?
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project?
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs?


Surveys can be sent to [email protected] or posted. I will add them all up and post results when done.

Thanks for your time and input.

Mike King

Reefs.org has also provided a form that members can fill out instead of posting results to this thread and it can be found here: http://www.reefs.org/survey/mike_survey.html . The results will be emailed directly to Mike to help streamline the submitting process.

- Reefs.org Staff

 

[jamesw]

Mike,

If you need help posting your poll, then PM me please. We want to help.

Cheers
James

 

[npaden]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons 122"X28"X28" = 414 gallons
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? > 50
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) >30
4. How many are soft corals are in it? >20
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 10
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) >40
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 1 year 3 months
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? yes
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end? 2 years
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down? upgrade
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? Approximately 100
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? incessantly
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? Many ask how much work it takes. After explaining the effort I put into it just 2 or 3 actually seriously consider it. I've helped 3 people get started on their own reef tank.
14. Do you visit public aquariums? Not very often
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects? Yes
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? Yes
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? Yes

 

[Mac1]

1. 90 US gallons
2. Ugh..... 70-or so, at last count
3. 50-60
4. Dozen or so
5. 6
6. 45-50
7. this one? 2.5 years
8. yes, 1 (55 US Gallons)
9. 2 years
10. Got a Bigger one
11. In person? 30-40 unique visitors
12. Invariably
13. none seriously, some anecdotally.
14. Occasionally
15. I do now (that's a yes)
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) Certainly. Island, Depth grown at, etc., would be most useful
b) Hell, I'd pay 2-3 bucks more!

Great idea's guys, I'm looking forward to seeing where this one goes! My only concern is, I think it would be hard to convince novices, and/or more experienced people, that you are in fact planting 4 new frags for the buck-fifty extra I paid... Like I said, I'd be willing to pay a few dollars more, if I knew it was going to put 4 frags back in the ocean, the hard part is convincing me it's happening. Sure, you can enlist whatever reputable source/dealer/scientist, etc., that you can, but I'm a distrusting person by nature, and I just think it would be hard to convince the populous in general, nevermind all the pessimistic SOB's like me. If you regularly pumped out newsletters and such showing pictures, kept up to date w/ the reefs re-built from year to year to year... then I might have an easier time swallowing things.
I dunno if it's just my attitude, or the way things have been in the news lately, but I find it hard to trust operation's more and more... who's to say that money isn't going into some distributor's pocket, or it's not getting skimmed (and only half the proceed's go towards corals). I don't give to a lot of charity organizations as it is right now, because I have a hard time with the fact that a portion of the contribution I make, is going to some CEO's 6-figure salary to run the organization! Don't mean to get off topic, it's just a good example of the nature of my feeling's of distrust. A spokesperson to a degree can combat this, but I think the events of recent past, have proven it's not possible to blindly trust anyone.
Regardless, I do wish you the best of luck in this endeavour, and hope you will keep us updated.

- Mac

 

[ReefMon]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? 1= 180 gal, 2 = 90, 3 = 50
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? 1= 50+/-, 2=30+/-, 3=0 (it's a anemone tank
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) 1=40, 2=24
4. How many are soft corals are in it? 1=5, 2=6, 3=9 (if anemones are considered soft)
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 1=3, 2=0, 3=0
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) 1=30+/-, 2=30, 3=8
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 1=1.25 years, 2=4 years, 3=2.5 years
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? nope
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? 100 or so
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? yep, it's mandatory
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? only a few are crazy enough!
14. Do you visit public aquariums? when ever I can
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects? YES!!!
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? Yep!, depth, current conditions and a picture of the parent coral would be great too!
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? Don't sell yourself short. I'd pay $5.00 or more especially if they were as good as the old Solomon Island frags!

Mike,
This sounds like a great program!, keep us updated & good luck!

Glenn R

 

[fishlips]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length 48" x width (18") x height (30") ) / 231 = 110Gallons 2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? ~120lbs Walt Smith FIJI
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? Frags of Acroppora,Caulastrea Furcata,Stylophora Pistillata,ricordea,Blastomussa,
Green Star polyp, yellow star polyp, stick polyp,
7. What is the age of your reef tank (6 months)
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? No
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end?
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? 20-50
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? yes
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? ~2
14. Do you visit public aquariums? infreguently
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects? yes
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? Not as concerned about the cert as I am about the of the of what it states.
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? The cost is not the issue rather if it is truely going to this effort what impact this effort has and the % of $ which is actually supporting the effort are my concerns.

 

[rBeOeBf]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = 29 Gallons
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? 12
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) 3
4. How many are soft corals are in it? 6
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 3
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) At least 7, the others I don't know
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 2 years
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? No
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end? N/A
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down? N/A
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? 30
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? No
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? 2 or 3
14. Do you visit public aquariums? Once in a great while
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects? Yes
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? Yes
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? Yes

 

[Chucker]

:idea: Just a thought folks... since the questions are already listed above, I'm sure just the number of the question you're answering would suffice before your reply.

 

[jcalheiroslobo]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = 100 gal
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? 20
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) 5
4. How many are soft corals are in it? 7
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 8
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) 2
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 3 years
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? yes
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end? 8 years
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down? upgrading to a bigger
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? 60
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? yes
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? 3 or 4
14. Do you visit public aquariums? Once in a while
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects? Yes
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? Yes
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? Yes

 

[Anonymous]

1. 48x24x24, 120 gal
2. approx 12 colonies
3. approx 9
4. 1 colony
5. 2
6. 10 colonies
7. 1 yr
8. no
9. n/a
10. n/a
11. approx 20
12. yes
13. 2-3
14. yes
15. yes
16.
a) yes
b) yes

 

[RicardoMiozzo]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons
360 litres - 105 cm x 55 cm x 60 cm

2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?
45

3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc)
14

4. How many are soft corals are in it?
22

5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.)
19

6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums)
32

7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present)
3 years

8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning?
Yes

9. What was the length of their life from start up to end?
5 years

10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
Relative moving to the aquarium room

11. How many people see your aquarium every year?
Thousands - it's in my store

12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs?
Yep

13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?
Many, like 40%

14. Do you visit public aquariums?
Yep

15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects?
Y

16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project?
Y
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs?
Why ?

 

[kipreefer]

1. 90 GALLONS
2. 21
3. 18 (3 MONTIPORA, 1 SERIATIPORA, 1 PORITES, 1 TUBINARIA, 12 ACROPORA)
4. 1 GREEN STAR POLYPS
5. 3 ASSORTED BRAINS
6. 15 CAPTIVE RAISED
7. 1 1/3 YEARS
8. NOPE
9. ----
10. ----
11. 50 PEOPLE
12. A LITTLE BIT (USUALLY THEY ARE OVERWHELMED)
13. A FEW 2 OR 3
14. YES
15. YES
16. A) YES I WOULD
B) I WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY $3 DOLLARS

 

[beerbaron]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) 75 gallons (aga)
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? ~10
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? 0
4. How many are soft corals are in it? 6
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 4
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) 0
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 3 years
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? no
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end? na
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down? na
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? prob. about 70 for 1st time
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? yes
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? they all do but they dont really have the pacience/passion
14. Do you visit public aquariums Not very often
15. Would you be more willing to buy a coral if it was from a island coral farm and its purchase would help in coral reef restoration projects? absolutly
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? absolutly
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? anyone who can afford a reef tank should be able to afford 1.50 (yes)

 

[tomheo]

1. 120g - 48"x24"x24"
2. ~20 (and counting)
3. ~16
4. 0 (not yet)
5. 0 (not yet)
6. 100%
7. 3 mos. since it crashed, 3 years total
8. yes
9. 4 years, but also had a nano that had been running for 8 years before giving it to a friend, who still has it running
10. always the result of a move
11. hmm, around 50 (hard to keep track)?
12. yes!
13. maybe 5?
14. yes
15. yes!
16. yes!

 

[Anonymous]

1. 75g
2. 10
3. 1
4. 7
5. 1
6. 0
7. 2 yrs
8. no
9. n/a
10. n/a
11. about 30
12. Mostly answering, "What is that?" questions.
13. No serious inquiries.
14. No. But there's not one nearby
15. Absolutely.
16. Yes and Yes

 

[esmithiii]

1. 180G
2. 50+
3. 26
4. 20
5. 2
6. 30+
7. 13 months
8. Yes
9. 24 months
10. Upgraded tank
11. 50+
12. yes
13. 2
14. Yes
15. If the price was reasonable
16. a) Yes
16. b) Yes

 

[monkeyboy]

1. 120
2. Approx. 50 but if i count the xenia approx 457294729037
3. Approx. 30
4. Approx. 15
5. 5
6. Most, i'd say 35 or so
7. 10 months
8. y
9. 2 years
10. To set up this one (move)
11. 50+
12. always
13. 1
14. Rarely
15. Depends, if it's exceptionally expensive or if it's ugly (I'd rather just donate than suffer though a big brown acro) i wouldn't. Otherwise i would absolutely pick the captive raised coral if given a choice, and it was as nice or nicer than similar wild avaible corals.
16. Absolutely, I don't think you can be that cheap to not fork over less than 2 bucks.

 

[K77]

1. size of aquarium? ( 96 x 30 x 26 ) / 231 = 324 Gallons
2. pieces of coral? More than 40.
3. Small Polyp Stonies ? ~35 or more.
4. Soft corals: 2 (polyps, shrooms)
5. Large Polyp Stonies? 4
6. maricultured corals? more than 35
7. age of your reef tank. 12 months
8. other reef aquariums? yes.
9. length of their life start up to end? 3 to 4 yrs.
10. reason for taking the tank down? Failed tanks, sandbeds too thin for tanks (they were mostly FOWLR).
11. people see your aquarium every year? > 100
12. Do you ever talk to them about reefs? YES! All the time.
13. ask you about starting a reef aquarium? < 5%
14. visit public aquariums? yes.
15. buy a coral help in coral reef restoration projects? Yes.
16. certificate with the coral if it: I would be interested in paying the extra money just to certify that the coral was fragged or farmed(and specify which), not collected. Re-seeding damaged reefs seems to be an ineffective way of protecting these resources and I think this would be a wasted effort for the most part. I would be discouraged from contributing to placing "frags" on the reef. Seems too mickey-mouse to me. Most studies show that reefs rebuild themselves faster than they can be reseeded, FWIW, so seeding is mostly useless.
(a) Yes
(b) No!!

 

[Reefguide]

1- 29g 30x12x18
2- under 20
3- 2
4- 4
5- 5
6- a few shrooms. I do give away leather frags or trade at lfs...
7- 2 years
8- no
9- n/a
10- n/a
11- 30 - 40??
12- I try
13- some ask, most have heard horror stories or BS from other people.
14- sometimes
15- yes
16 - a) yes b) yes

 

[Anonymous]

1. gallons? 15, 7+1 gal fuge
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? 8, 1
3. SPS? 0,0
4. soft corals 2,1
5. LPS? 3,0
6. How many are maricultured corals? 2,1
7. What is the age of your reef tank 10 months, 2 months
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? No
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end?
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? 20ish
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? Yes
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? None
14. Do you visit public aquariums? Yes
15. You Bet
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) gave information on the coral, where the coral was from, along with info about the village coral reef restoration project? Yes
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs? Yes


Brett