Info on your reef aquarium needed - Please Help

[Joey French]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons Eclipse 12
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? 0
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) 0
4. How many are soft corals are in it? 0
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 0
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) hopefully all will be
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 3 weeks
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? yes,55 gallon
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? had to move,can't have a larger tank at my new place.
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? lots
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? constantly
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? all
14. Do you visit public aquariums? every one 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? 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

 

[ecoman001]

1.300g
2.48
3.5
4.32
5.11
6.22
7.13 months
8.yes 2 55 gallons
9.tank1 7years tank2 3 years
10. moved all corals, fish and other inverts to new 300g (wanted bigger tank
11. a few
12.constantly
13.some
14.yes, and i also work at one
15. yes
16. a.yes and b. Hell yes

 

[squeezix]

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

12x20x36= 38 gallons, with sump and refugium, 58

2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?


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

none

4. How many are soft corals are in it?

4, Ricordea, brown zoos and green zoos, anthelia

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

3, Caulastrea, Green Open Brain, Red Open brain (trachyphyllia Radiata)

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

3, or 47%

All the Buttons, and the anthelia,

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

10 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?

90 days

10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?

Nano reef-too much fluctuation in water quality

11. How many people see your aquarium every year?

10


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

yes, often

13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?

10-20%

14. Do you visit public aquariums?

Yes

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?

Absolutely

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?

Absolutely

b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs?

More than willing, I'd pay $5.00


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

 

[newkie]

1. 110
2. over 40
3. over 30
4. 3
5. 5
6. ?
7. 5+yrs
8. no
9. n/a
10. n/a
11. a few dozen? i dunno
12. mostly not
13. none
14. yes
15. maybe
16. Would you be willing to purchace a Coral Farm certificate with the coral if it:
a) why not!
b) i guess

 

[reeferism]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons
72 by 32 by 32 = approx 310??
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? about a 95
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc)
about 88
4. How many are soft corals are in it?
5
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)
50 %
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present)
6 years if you concider progression. If not 1 year
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?
1-3 years
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
upgrade
11. How many people see your aquarium every year?
hundreds
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs?
all the time
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?
80 %
14. Do you visit public aquariums?
yes
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?
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs?
for sure

 

[liquid]

FYI, we thought that we would help Mike out with his survey to make entering the data a little easier for everyone. Please see Mike's survey on the following page:

http://www.reefs.org/survey/mike_survey.html

Hitting the Submit button will automatically email Mike your data. Keep the responses coming!

Shane

 

[Anonymous]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons

48x13x20 = 55 US gallons

2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?

20

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

1

4. How many are soft corals are in it?

16

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)

4



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

4 years

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

yes, 1

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

1 year

10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?

Tank upgrade

11. How many people see your aquarium every year?

between 15-20


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

yes

13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?

one or two

14. Do you visit public aquariums?

Yes

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?

Absolutely

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?

Absolutely

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,as long as there is a way to track it so I know it is being done.


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

 

[SPC]

1. 180
2. 25
3. 8
4. 2 ricordia + 13 Gorgs
5. 2
6. 3
7. 1.5 years
8. yes
9. 1 year
10. Upgrade to larger tank
11. 10
12. yes
13. 0
14. no
15. yes
16.
a) yes
b) yes
Steve

 

[jeddy]

1. 90 gallon, 48x18x24
2. 25
3. 3
4. 5
5. 17
6. ?
7. 2 years
8. no
9. n/a
10. n/a
11. 10-12
12. yes
13. 1-2
14. infrequently
15. yes
16a. yes
16b. yes (would like to see more info about how beneficial this would be)
16.

 

[Anonymous]

Who is collecting this data and how will it be used? To what purpose?

 

[Alf3482]

I filled out the form and thought I would post it here for others.

email: [email protected]
1: 48"x12"x20" =55 gal, 72"x18"x22" =125gal, 48"x24"x24"=120gal
2: 15, 40, 50
3: 0, 6, 35,
4: 2, 2, 2
5: 13, 28, 3
6: 3, 7, 40
7: 2.5 years, 2 years, 1 year
8: Yes
9: 1.5 years and 1 year I had a 20 gal Prop tank and a 40 gal SH ranch
10: To much up keep with that many tanks. and not enough time to care for them.
11: 50
12: Yes
13: I am a Moderator at a reef bb so that would be in the hundreads. But out of the people who actually view it about 20
14: Yes
14-comments: Every whaere we find one.
15: Yes
15-comments: I already have some of Walt Smiths aquacultured frags.
16a: Yes
16b: Yes

 

[rikacarl]

1. 120 gallon (48x24x24)
2. 23 different types
3. 11
4. 7
5. 5
6. Not sure amount, but some are
7. This aquarium is 3 months, but all corals were moved from 2yr old tank.

8. yes (moved)
9. 2 years or so
10. moved
11. just friends and family 20-30 people ?
12. yes
13. only my good friends, right now helping one set up a tank
14. whenever possible
15. YES
16. Yes to both

 

[Marcosreef]

1. 29
2. 10
3. 3
4. 5
5. 2
6. 0
7. 1 year
8. Yes, 1
9. 6 months
10. Tank Upgrade
11. 30
12. Yes
13. 2
14. Yes
15. Yes
16. a) Yes
b) Yes

 

[reefsRcool]

1. 75
2. 5
3. 0
4. 1
5. 1
6. 3
7. 2 years
8. not exactly new tank same ocupants
9. n/a
10. upgraded
11. 20-30
12. hell yeah!!!
13. 3 so far
14. rarely
15. yes yes 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?
b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs?

yup no doubt

my only question would be one of authenticity and being sure it went to where it was suposed to go. if it went as planned though i would pay more than that.

 

[M.E.Milz]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons
(78"x32"x37.5")/231 = 405g This is, however, outside dimensions. Actual interior volumn is more like 360g

2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?
~30 pieces

3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc)
All but 2 of the 30 are sps, mostly frags.

4. How many are soft corals are in it?
none (other than the polyps here and there on the rock)

5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.)
2 - both heliofungia

6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums)
All (w/ the possible exception of one recently acquired tublinaria) of the sps were frags obtained from mother colonies in other's aquariums. Half of these were bought form LFS's, the other half were generously donated by a fellow reefkeeper (and who has my undying graditude for his generousity).
I suspect the 2 heliofingias were wild caught.

7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present)
Set up in July of this year. The live rock and ive sand came from previous reef tanks as old as 4-5 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?
a) 15g with a few soft corals that I had for about a year;
b) 40g soft and lps reef tank that I had for about a year;
c) 37g sps reef tank that I had for about 1.5 years;
d) 65g soft and lps reef tank that I had for about a year;
e) 200g soft, lps and sps reef tank that I had for 2 years

10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
Each time I moved, I typically moved all the livestock from my existing reef tank into a new, larger tank.

a) was my first "reef" tank, which was transfered to b) when I moved, and was then transfered to d) 6 months later;
c) was set up and maintained at simultaneously with d), and was my first attempt at sps corals;
c) and d) were combined and transfered to e) when I moved again;
e) was going to be transfered to the current reef tank when I recently moved (yes, my third move in last 5 years), but was hit with a complete die-off during the transfer.

11. How many people see your aquarium every year?
The current tank? not too many.

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

13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?
Some

14. Do you visit public aquariums?
Occaisionally

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 - this would be interesting information to have.

b) would you be willing to pay $1.50 for this certificate if it was also to put 4 coral frags onto damaged reefs?
Absolutely

Mike Milz

 

[Anonymous]

Putting coral frags from an aquarium onto a damaged reef is a risky proposition and probably would do more harm than good. If the frags were removed, grown out and replaced all locally that would be a different matter.

 

[4angel]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons
40 BRD 36X18X17
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?
21
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc)
0
4. How many are soft corals are in it?
18
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)
ALL
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present)
approx 2yrs.
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?
5yrs
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
Re-location
11. How many people see your aquarium every year?
alot
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs?
not frequently
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium?
not many
14. Do you visit public aquariums?
yes
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

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[Lazyreefer1]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? ( length (inches) x width (inches) x height (inches) ) / 231 = Gallons 160 and 75
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? 15 and 10
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) 5
4. How many are soft corals are in it? 10
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) 1 Ugly thing from GARF
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?
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down?
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? 10 to 14
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? a tad
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? 6
14. Do you visit public aquariums? yes
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? if price would not be more than 10%
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? don't care one way or another

 

[chriss]

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 48x18x22=90 us gal
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain?Abt. 70 colonies
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? (Acropora, Montipora, etc) 19
4. How many are soft corals are in it?
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 5
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) 57 colonies
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 3 yr
8. Have you had other reef aquariums that are no longer functioning? 1
9. What was the length of their life from start up to end? 2
10. What was the reason for taking the tank down? sold it
11. How many people see your aquarium every year? abt. 50
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? yes
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? abt. 5
14. Do you visit public aquariums? yes
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


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

 

[czarclint]

1. What is the size of your aquarium in US gallons? 75 gallons
2. How many pieces of coral does it contain? ~5
3. How many of the corals are Small Polyp Stonies ? 0
4. How many are soft corals are in it? ~5
5. How many are Large Polyp Stonies? (brain, torch, hammer, elegance, etc.) 1
6. How many are maricultured corals? (corals propagated on island coral farms or in aquariums) all
7. What is the age of your reef tank (from set-up to present) 3 yr
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? ~25
12. Do you ever talk to them about the coral reefs? yes
13. How many ask you about starting a reef aquarium? ~10
14. Do you visit public aquariums? yes
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

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