I have not poked at the bear for along time. Updates PICS :boink:

Well 2015 was not good to me or the family at all!!!

First off we lost all our Koi for the pond the night before we where heading to Africa from a electrical surge ( best I can figure )

Second the day we where traveling home from our Africa trip our 6 yr old male husky Zeus had what the vet figures was an epileptic seizure and passed away one block away from the vet, our son was rushing him in when he passed. Worst homecoming ever!!! Really miss my beautiful boy.

Third my tank was completely over run by asterina stars destroying all my zoas. Ended up removing a lot of my rock as it was covered in them. My whole house RO system membrane fouled due to system failure of my bleaching pump which caused my tank ro system to fail causing very very bad water quality.

Fourth and without a doubt the hardest hit was the passing of our beloved beautiful female husky Roxie, my heart still hurts and almost in tears as I type this. Something unknown destroyed all her platelets in her blood. We had the vet run every test there was to try to determine the cause with no results. We tried a platelet enriched transfusion but still lost her July 11, she let out a couple cries that brought both my wife & I running to her, she crawled into our laps, looked up into our eyes gave both of us a kiss and took her last breath.......OMG that was hard to type!!!!

Then last but not least I had a fish I bought from a tank shutdown that looked really healthy when I got it and was doing great in my tank. Then out of the blue my Scopus tang decided he didn't like him. Picked on him until he was dead. I didn't notice it right away and suspect that the dead fish might have been carrying the velvet virus and with in less then 2 weeks all but one tang and 3 wasses were dead.

I have been thinking long and hard about just shutting it all down for good!!!

WOW greg. Thats absolutely terrible!! Im so sorry to hear about all of your troubles.

My heart goes out to you and your family. I cant even imagine going through that.

Wow man, I'm really sorry to hear all that.

Hope 2016 is nothing but onwards and upwards for you!

Wow, that was a tough year! I only hope that you can see the light at the end of the tunnel and keep your tank going because it's a beauty! Best of luck with whatever you decide.

That was very hard to read Greg, my deepest condolences.

Omg as Warren said, that was hard to read!! Well sheesh Greg I really hope this year goes better for you and the family, I'm really sorry to hear about your troubles and your friends, that's gotta be really difficult :( :( :(

Wow, I have silently followed your thread since the beginning. Having a tank wipe out is awful and something I can relate to. Throw in the loss of other beloved pets and well it sucks the life out of you. It really does, but as much as it hurts you have to remember the good, the triumphs, the satisfaction, and all the peace and contentment it brings.

Loss is always hard, and it's natural to have very mixed feelings about continuing when your hit with utter frustratingly depressing situations.

Pick yourself up and take it slow. You will find the joy in the hobby again, you will realize the happy times with your dogs more than the loss.

Keep your chin up! It will get better.

I'm sorry to hear about all your troubles. Sure hasn't been easy for your family.
Hopefully its all over and you can pick up from here.

Sorry to hear about all these Greg. I hope 2016 and beyond will be much better and cheerful for you and your family :smile: