Thank you for all the kind words from everyone, some I have meet in person, some I have only PM'ed with and a few whom I have never interacted with before. It is greatly appreciated.
But as I sit here in my living room on a chilly night in January of this new yr. with the dim glow of my moon light setting of my tank. Yet again not being able to sleep due to yet another stress headache. Not knowing how I am going to get my wife & I through the next couple months, I have to make a few tough decisions. One being the future of our tank.
With all the loss we have dealt with since returning from a once in a lifetime dream trip to Africa, it has really put a scar deep within me & a dark shadow over the memories of what was indeed a most glorious adventure.
At this point we are not financially able to restore our tank to what it was one yr ago. I have lost the drive and passion that one really needs for such a system that I spent over a yr planning.....building.......creating and that saddens me.
So with all of that said I think I have made the decision that it is time to shut it down. I have invested a lot of money and time into this beast to which I know I will never get back but that is what life is.
I don't really have a lot of coral or livestock left so I hope I can find good homes for it all especially my 4 very large clams. Then there is all the hardware that I have collected over the yrs. a lot of highend equipment to boot. It is very doubtful I will be able to sell the tank, stand and sump so it will probably end up at the dump in pieces.
So here is a warning to the people that like to browse the FS threads, a mass dump of goodies will be coming up soon.
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