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Originally Posted by christyf5
Definitely not just you. I find I go through cycles of interest and disinterest. I seem to be most interested after coming home from a frag swap, running the gauntlet of vancouver stores or researching some neato piece of equipment that is going to make my tank super awesome. Other times when the tank is having issues with algae or death or whathaveyou I get really disheartened and leave the tank to do its thing for awhile, sometimes it gets worse and other times it gets better on its own.
I also find now, with the tank being so automated that there really isn't much to do for it. Which I suppose is a good thing as the tank does better when I keep my grubby hands out of it, but sometimes it does get a bit boring just sitting there looking at everything. I want to be doing something!!  |
I just bought $350 worth of frags a week and a half ago and I really wasn't that excited. I went through the monotonous chore of dipping them, acclimating, mounting them and then now they just sit in my tank. I used to take pictures of them immediately after getting them and I haven't yet. And yet I ask myself why I spend so much money on a 1/2" piece of coral just cause it's "rare" or "desired". Do I really like that piece that much to justify spending $50 on a little plug with a bit of encrustation? Ah, the things we go through with this hobby. Yet I know deep down inside I'd miss it if it weren't the centerpiece in my living room. I'll also know that when winter comes around I'll be "excited" again. At least we have Canreef to "vent".