I'm thinking about quitting....

[christyf5]

Nice, Ryan

Xtasia,

I totally hear you. Practically all the spare money I have goes into my tank, whether it be for normal maintenance (ie. salt, reactor media, food) or big ticket items ( I just got an Euroreef and it was worth every penny ). The inside of a mall?? Haven't seen it in months! My shoe collection has taken a hit over the past few years and I've been buying alot of my clothes at costco, hey if I get that $20 pair of jeans I'll have more money to spend on fish right??


I don't know how long you've been in the hobby but having the best equipment etc isn't necessarily the answer. Its just having equipment that does its job well. I didn't *need* a Euroreef skimmer, but the skimmer I had previously just wasn't cutting it. My tank is faring much better since I made the switch. Eventually you will come to a point where you'll have all the equipment and then you won't *need* to buy it (well unless you're like me and buy it anyway ). I know I've been at the point you are for the better part of a year, waffling on whether to just sell everything and go to Mexico. I've had horrible algae problems and huge livestock losses (corals) but I stuck it out. And, well into my third hour of pulling caulerpa out of my tank, I'm still shaking my head and wondering why I didn't get out while I had the chance


Ok as for your ick situation. I don't know what kind of fish you have but if you aren't already feeding garlic (kent garlic extreme stinks up the place but it works). You may want to get yourself down to J&L and buy a couple of those neon gobies they have on sale there (I think they're $14.95 each). They're darn cute and they do a pretty good job of picking all the ick off your fish. I had a couple and they were simply amazing! For the longest time I couldn't figure out why they were the only ones that had ick until I saw them eating it off all of the other fish. So make sure you keep feeding the garlic. This is just an idea I had off the top of my head, you may not want to introduce any more fish to your tank, especially in an ick situation

Remember, hobbies are supposed to be fun, at least thats what it says in the books so it must be true right?

Christy