A hard goodbye
 

To my saltwater friends:

After defining my identity around the keeping of things aquatic for the past... 8 years? The time has come to take a pause. Not say goodbye, just... take a pause.

For the better part of a decade this forum was the first and last thing I looked at every day. It was also the place I'd come to talk, think, and argue for hours at a time when I really should have been doing just about anything else. The conversation, debates, knowledge, and shared passion I found here made me feel like less of a weirdo for being such an incredible nerd. It showed me that you really could paint with life, and that art isn't just boring pictures you hang on a wall.

However, as I'm sure (hope?) some of you have noticed, I fell of the digital cliff 5 months ago, precisely when we sold the house we built around my 275 gallon SPS baby and moved in to a place with *gasp* no tank. While I'm never going to stop reading fish tank blogs, or exhaling in cathartic relief whenever I catch a whiff of the briny deep, the time has come once again to make a major life change. Instead of getting another tank, we'll be getting a "real" baby, and moving our family to a much smaller, less aquatic friendly home in the sky in downtown Toronto.

Yes, I'll buy season's passes to the Ripley aquarium and yes I'll tell myself that I could have picked better lights, coral, and fish combinations every time we go. No, I'll never stop being a reefer, or stop appreciating what this community has given me the past few years.

Till we meet again, my fishy friends!

Adam

Thanks for all the years of joining in, you'll be missed. Good luck with the future!

Good luck on your journey! Gonna miss those pics!

Lots of reef shops in the gta. Lots of smaller tanks available if you want to start up again it won't be hard in your new location.

Wow! Congrats on escaping, ahem, I mean the new baby, lol. Sorry to see you go, you've been a fixture around here for awhile. Don't forget to check in and say hi every once in awhile so we can attempt to suck you back in :wink:

You know, nothing says soothing nursery better than a nano tank, just sayin...:lol:

+1 on that. Do a simple LPS and softy nano :)

Welcome to the center of the universe - I'm kidding. Drop me a line if you'd like a comprehensive tour of the various LFS in the Greater Toronto Area. Best wishes and safe travels.

We'll miss you but its good to take a break sometimes, recharge, do something different and when you come back, you'll have new ideas and a fresh perspective.

BTW, both my kids LOVE the saltwater (and fw) fish tanks:wink: Just saying.:twised:

Anthony

You'll be missed Adam. But you'll be back! Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorra. But some day.