What is your favorite part of the hobby?

[ajkochev]

Just wondering what everyone's favorite aspect of the hobby is.  Setting up a new tank, getting a challenging coral to grow, just watching the tank, ETC.

 

For me it is DIY.  I love building things out of raw materials for my tanks.

[A Little Blue]

Keeping healthy tank and everything n it. 

[Sailingeric]

Watching the fish. 

[1967type1]

Growing large sps corals from tiny little frags. And the progression of your tank from day one to now.

[Draco]

I like researching. whether I want to purchase an item or livestock or not.. I can spend hours researching.

 

For the tank itself, I like setting it up. I'm always itching to redo my pico, lol

[ReefGoat]

Staring into the tank!

[ffoott]

For me personally is contemplating the diversity of life that just seems to pop up on its own and their relationship with the reef as a whole...all in one small glass box. 

[NanoTrav]

Picking out equipment, aquascaping, and planning.

[Nocturnal]

New builds for sure.

[tdannhauser30]

Going to fragfest

[1891Bro]

Mine has to be failing. I do it so often that I gotta love it. 

[jambon]

I like the diversity of the ocean life and the challenge of raising it all in a little glass box.

[Ranjib]

Definite diy and several other aspects ( complex interactions between different inhabitants etc) about reef keeping that I find very rewarding. But perhaps the most enjoyable part is to just look at it with my two year old son. Or watching him folding his little sleeves for feeding the fishes 🙂 

[Red_Blenny]

+1 to raising corals in a tiny box. I also like looking at the variety of corals and watching the colors of the corals morph.

[Reefaddiction]

Doing what others said I couldn’t do... successfully keep a mandarin in a nano!