I hate this hobby.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Flatlander

Although my tank is not having any problems at the moment, I still feel that way. As I have said before, the couple years of fighting flatworms and such, has just taken the wind from my sails. Seems hard to get it back, despite what direction I go.

I'm with you on this one Doug. Most of this year has been spent battling dinoflagellates which have yet again cropped up in my tank. In the wake of victory, comes a wave of yet another algae (somewhat like Brads, the type that the astreas ate) followed by a massive caulerpa bloom. The cycle just keeps on going. Prune back the caulerpa, tank looks good for a couple of weeks and I think I'm in the clear, add something, then the dinos are back, sps and snails die, kill the dinos, algae pops up, get astreas which eat the algae, caulerpa blooms, prune caulerpa, dinos arrive etc etc. I just can't win and I'm really tired of it.

I've tried everything in the books, spent alot of time on the tank, spent little time on the tank, spent no time on the tank, more skimming, water changes (yes I've checked my RODI), etc etc. Even when the tank does look good for that little time, I am still at a loss because I can't do anything with it without some sort of other algae problem popping up.

Lately I've been starting to calculate how much money I could get if I sold the whole thing. But then I'd probably be bored because I'd have nothing to fiddle with and feel lost without my constant depression and frustratedness about my tank

Christy