I'm thinking about quitting....

[Xtasia]

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..

[Xtasia]

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

[muck]

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

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by muck

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.

[trilinearmipmap]

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

[AJ_77]

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

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!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

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

[Invigor]

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.

[Dez]

my reefing community here won't let me quit 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

[kuatto]

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 I understand all to well about the finances(bills,child support,loans.... )but if you think about it you could keep a tank fairly cheaply if kept basic.Don't give up