Views on money (fish/tank purchases vs other purchases)

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Maybe if I didn't have kids I'd feel differently but personally I'm finding myself more and more shut out of the hobby as time goes on.

Trust me if I had kids I probably couldn't afford this hobby, at least not to the degree I spend on it now!

[karazy]

you are so right.

just a few weeks ago when i was making a big order from J&L i was like "i could buy an ipod touch, or spend that money on a part of my system" ofcourse i bought the fish stuff

i sorta have a plan for getting into fragging once my tanks are up.
You buy high-end beautiful frags and then they multiply so over time they pay for themselves.

e.g. 100$ 3 polyp zoanthus frag. 1 year later, your looking at bout 20 polyps (depending on the zoa). by then prices would have gone down to about 20$ a polyp. take 15 polyps, sell them, thats 300 dollars.minus maintenance and the original investment, you still made atleast 100 bucks.

its deffinatly hard to do on an allowance though

[Keri]

How bad is it that one of my major holdups on not having a baby yet is that I won't be able to also afford my SW hobby?

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Keri

How bad is it that one of my major holdups on not having a baby yet is that I won't be able to also afford my SW hobby?

Kids help keep you in check, I have two kids and still manage 300 gallons, can't imagine how big I would have gone if the extra cash was there

[Snaz]

Originally Posted by Keri

How bad is it that one of my major holdups on not having a baby yet is that I won't be able to also afford my SW hobby?

Downsize the tank and upsize the family!

I can run my little nano for pennies and I probably get just as much enjoyment as the big reefers. I still fiddle and poke and make everything just right, I still shop around for livestock and add to my collections etc. It's the same hobby other than I am limited to the fish I can keep, but who isn't?
Keith

[superduperwesman]

I haven't spent that much on my tank seeing it's only a 10 gallon and I don't want to go bigger until I have a more permanent place but my problem is that I try to have it all. Most people have their tank, or their cloths, or their car, but I try to have the tank and the nice jeans and the paintings on the wall and the turbo kit and the big tv

[Skimmerking]

Hmmmmmmmmm. lets see with me, Since I have been back from Afghanistan,
new lighting 1400
Corals 300
Cal Reactor 400
Bubble king 1300
Frags 300



and I have not got the misses her gift yet.. and Im looking at a 6100 transformer for my tunze and a multicontroller I can't speak.;

[rocketlily]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Hmmmmmmmmm. lets see with me, Since I have been back from Afghanistan,
new lighting 1400
Corals 300
Cal Reactor 400
Bubble king 1300
Frags 300



and I have not got the misses her gift yet.. and Im looking at a 6100 transformer for my tunze and a multicontroller I can't speak.;

You'd better get out shopping for her and by the look of your list it looks like she deserves a big one.

[Skimmerking]

Hey no one asked you, dont u have a tank to finish off

[Parker]

The Misses doesn't want a 6100 transformer for X-mas? Weird..