Would you pay someone to...

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

...no, not that

Maintain your reef tank? I was talking to my dad last night about his tank and he really doesn't know much about it, equipment wise. I mean he knows he has his Vortechs, Bubble King, ect. but not how the thing is put together, ie. Plumbing. I haven't seen this tank yet (its an upgrade from a 210 to a 400) so I was asking him all kinds of details but he can't answer much

The reason is, he paid a company there in Singapore to build the tank on site, plumb it, get all the equipment and when he chooses livestock, they go get it too. He pays something like $500 a week to have the tank maintained. They come 5 days a week to care for everything. This cost includes twice monthly water changes (or if needed), QT if needed, glass cleaning, skimmer emptying, everything you can think of. Even equipment replacement if/when needed.

He literally just enjoys the tank and picks out livestock. He does have to go through them for livestock though as part of the deal because they do not want to deal with fish fighting.

Anyways...just thought it would be interesting to see how many of the hard core reefers here would do this if you could (had the money to spend $2000 a month on a tank)? For him, its all about enjoying the tank and the maintenance is not fun for him. They have a massive Koi pond that the same guy takes care of and I would hate to think of how much that costs

Just curious because a few years ago, I would have said no way. But after years of dealing with the maintenance and whatnot, I would gladly pay someone else to do it if I had the money.