I just feel like I'm losing interest. Plus I'm never home. I just feel like I'm spending money I don't have on it and its a shame. Maybe its just that all my fish died to ich not too long ago or the fact that I've been having a bunch of random disasters. Leaks, power outage, bleached coral idk...anyone care to give me advice on whether I should quit or keep at it?
Thinking of leaving the hobby
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Only you truly know if you should quit. If you don't have time or funds but still love the hobby take a time out. Get rid of the live stuff keep the dry stuff and try again when you feel the time is better. I had a 110 tall at one point everyone was good but the tank was ugly, changed to 125 long nicer looking tank, stand was too short for skimmer though..fish got ick, bacteria infections, deaths then to finish me off top corner of the tank leaked. I was hardly ever home at the time, always on the road plus funds were super tight. Got rid of everything except for about 200 lbs of lr. Almost 2 years later i made a comeback.
Agree, go with a small tank. Maybe even go with just 1 fish so the maintenance will be low. I have a 15 in my office that is a pleasure to look at because I do 1 gallon water change every week, so when i look at it I don't see 40 minutes of maintenance. Plus there is no where for the fish to really hide so they are out and about.
You know nobody ever REALLY quits right???
This is a hobby that gets in your blood and never let's go...
Take a breath, regroup. Consider your options.. Make a rational decision on your next course of action. If you sell off everything now, you'll regret it later. As mentioned above, maybe go small, maybe just go fish only.... Just don't go...
Trust me... I'm a doctor
Not really, but still trust me...you'll be happier later...
This is a hobby that gets in your blood and never let's go...
Take a breath, regroup. Consider your options.. Make a rational decision on your next course of action. If you sell off everything now, you'll regret it later. As mentioned above, maybe go small, maybe just go fish only.... Just don't go...
Trust me... I'm a doctor
Not really, but still trust me...you'll be happier later...
i don't think smaller tanks are any easier. The only thing easier about smaller tanks are the water changes. I do 5g on my 150 every week and thats probably less of a water change than most of you with smaller tanks.
you just have to simplify your maintenance. but a dozen chromis and/or smaller, easy to keep fish. feed pellets, get an auto feeder. I tell people all the time that if you do not automate or simplify your maintenance you will constantly be elbows in your tank. i don't run go, i don't run carbon, i don't have filter socks. I simplify my tank. i don't even clean my skimmer cup, i just empty it and put it back. The less you have to do the easier it is to enjoy your tank.
Your maintenance is all determined by your bioload and the type of fish you keep. I have about a 8 fish now and i feed once daily. some days i even skip feeding. I don't necessarily cut corners, I let my filtration do its job. Good skimmer, light feeding, biopellets, small but weekly water changes keep my tank looking clean, algae and cyan free.
you just have to simplify your maintenance. but a dozen chromis and/or smaller, easy to keep fish. feed pellets, get an auto feeder. I tell people all the time that if you do not automate or simplify your maintenance you will constantly be elbows in your tank. i don't run go, i don't run carbon, i don't have filter socks. I simplify my tank. i don't even clean my skimmer cup, i just empty it and put it back. The less you have to do the easier it is to enjoy your tank.
Your maintenance is all determined by your bioload and the type of fish you keep. I have about a 8 fish now and i feed once daily. some days i even skip feeding. I don't necessarily cut corners, I let my filtration do its job. Good skimmer, light feeding, biopellets, small but weekly water changes keep my tank looking clean, algae and cyan free.
