I'm thinking about quitting....
 

Seriously...

My tanks are doing, ok. but I am seriously thinking about quitting because this hobby is seriously addicting and expensive to boot.

I think about all the money I could have to spend on clothes and entertainment if I didn't keep fish... The space in my living room I'd have, if I got rid of the tanks, and how nicely I could decorate my living room...

Instead, I live with a cramped up living room, icky clothes, and yucky food (in an effort to save money.. my fish get filtered water, and special frozen high quality foods, while I eat KD.. something is wrong here).

I don't think I can afford to come back into the hobby if I quit... and also I think about all the wonderful people who have helped me get my tanks where it is today... I never expected the hobby to change for me the way it has in 1 year. I have so many 'Fish friends' now... and I know that if I ever needed help (with my tank) they would be right there with me....

I dunno... I'll keep people posted if I decide to sell my stuff off..

And my fish have ick and I'm a loss at how to treat them... I'm not sure the Q tank, garlic, UV sterilizer and hyposalinty is working.. I don't want to use copper :(

Instead of "quitting" why not just down-size to one tank.

Exactly what I was thinking. You could still have a tie to the reef community, but you wouldn't be spending near as much money by keeping one tank. And, you'd have more time, space and money for yourself.

Go to one tank, and start propagating frags so you will earn cash or trade so your hobby will be partially self-sustaining.

Yup, DOWN-size! heck of a plan... :biggrin:

I know how you feel, and you need to be OK with adjusting some priorities. I mean, they're fish, right?

Go buy yourself some new clothes! :mrgreen:

Ivy,

Hope you don't quit completely. After all, it was your tank that inspired Irene to want one of her own to set up. I may be a little bit (just a tiny weensy bit) bias but I think if you sold off your fw tanks & just kept your sw tank, it would free up a lot of room & time.

Anthony

I thought about quitting, but then I realized I would have nothing to do without my fish tank. There is no way I could live without it now. It takes a while to get over the cold feet thing, but it's easy once you accept that nothing will make you want to quit. :)

my reefing community here won't let me quit :eek: I've thought about it too. I sold off all my tanks and now I'm down to one in the basement and I lost a couple of huge colonies of sps during the move and it'd be so easy just to sell the rest off. I don't even look at the tank too much since it's temporarily in the basement...

Hmmmm..

des

I agree with the rest,just downsize to one tank.I too thought about selling everything off,but realised I'd go crazy without a reef tank :eek: I understand all to well about the finances(bills,child support,loans.... :frown: )but if you think about it you could keep a tank fairly cheaply if kept basic.Don't give up :biggrin: