Getting tired... Considering shut down

[toxic111]

What are you paying for the DA-20 Wet?

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by toxic111

What are you paying for the DA-20 Wet?

Not sure what you mean by wet, but I pay $152/hr + $60/hr for the
Instructor.

If by wet, you mean fuel, yes, included in rental rate.

[toxic111]

Yet, wet means with fuel.. lol

Not too cheap on the DA-20... but then again I haven't rented in a couple yrs.. the C182 was $179+fuel surcharge Wet then..

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by toxic111

Yet, wet means with fuel.. lol

Not too cheap on the DA-20... but then again I haven't rented in a couple yrs.. the C182 was $179+fuel surcharge Wet then..

Yea. The 152s are about $125.

The 172 is about $170

Link to rates

http://edmontonflyingclub.com/prospective_rental.php

No other charges.

Price changes with fuel costs.

[Coleus]

Looks like you are having lots of things going on so for me, I would not enjoy much (or even hate it) of SW if there are so many important things that are so important to do.

Priority your stuff and have a SW tank when it actually brings joys instead of hell :-)

My three cent

[lockrookie]

with being a new daddy of two and work and tanks i was over whelmed as well at first but 6 months later i now building a new tank lol. as others have said keep it simple. my daughters get fussy we point thentowards teh tank and they are calm they love it. it has saved my sanity numerous times.

main thing is do what is best for you. no one knows you like you.

[Snappy]

Sounds like it's time to automate your system. Mine is all auto from feeding fish to dosing & top off. Saves time so you can spend more time playing. I just switched over to the Fauna Marin balling set up so evrything including trace elements is all automated - works great.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Sounds like it's time to automate your system. Mine is all auto from feeding fish to dosing & top off. Saves time so you can spend more time playing. I just switched over to the Fauna Marin balling set up so evrything including trace elements is all automated - works great.

Those auto upgrades might interfere with the flying costs.

And as someone said in another thread of mine...

If you go with fancy gadgets, you are better to buy the best and forget the cheaper stuff. Cheaper = lower quality = more issues and more finicky.

ATO I don't trust at all.

Already using auto feeder. Last year. I love it. Controlled feeding.

I hear yah. Just hard to justify the cost if you know what I mean.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Well, some experienced reefer friends with kids told me that before my first girl (Felicia) was born, get the tank all ready to survive on auto-pilot for 6 to 9 months. I did some big water changes and then yeah, it took us about that amount of time after the baby was born to catch up on the maintenance and stuff again. Recently, went for about a year's sabbatical where my tanks were just maintained (even regressed) and I ended up downsizing. Eventually, several months after the 2nd baby, my interest peaked again and I have been back at it hard and heavy.

Based on my work schedule, I do 50-100g (1 or 2 barrels) water changes every 3 months or so. I'm getting out of sps and going mostly LPS which are happier with the water quality I maintain than most sps. Ultimately, I will probably just have a big purple valida/bonzai-type acro and a red cap as my main sps and everything else will be LPS and softies. I try to keep my system reasonable simple and low maintenance. Got a good skimmer (SWC Extreme 200) that pulls out lots of gunk but upgrading to a Deltec Recirc so that will do an even better job IMO.

So, yeah, its hard to balance a very busy life but your kid will love the tank, so maybe sell off your most finicky livestock (particularly sps) and if it gets too busy and you have a good skimmer, its should NOT be too bad to extend the time between water changes. I've gone up to 9 months when my first was born.

Downsizing is an option, but it sounds like you don't have the time or energy to do something major like that.

Congrats on your first. My kids are the best part of my life (Irene feels the same way so I'm not in trouble for posting this). Lots of work, lots of lost sleep, but wouldn't give the chance to be a dad for anything.

Peace,

Anthony

[Nano]

All I have to say is if you shut down you shut down. but make sure you stay active on here, cause we need all the great info a piece of mind that comes from experienced users like you

All the best, hope you find a way to make it work

Ken