Life after reefing

[Animal-Chin]

lol ya not gonna lie, I have had thoughts like "maybe a nano would be ok"...lol

Ugh.

[Skimmer Juice]

well on the bright side you can start a new system anytime you want . But I dont think I could go without a system , not to mention I cant get rid of any of my sea pets so as long as they are living I will have a system . the power bill is quit crazy drop though

[gregzz4]

Hey Gord, I understand.
Many times I have thought of shutting it down, but my wife wants me to keep it running.
I'd like to miss all the maintenance and other required times I could be doing something else.
I'd like to forego the costs but the wife still says keep it running.
If I didn't have it I'd have some free time, but there are many nights as you mentioned that I'd be looking for something else to do.
I'm still on the fence, as I have been for nearly a year now.
Do I keep it running, or sell everything and move on ...
For me, if I shut it down and sell off everything, I'd never come back due to the costs of new hardware.

I don't spend the time staring at the tank that I used to because I don't have enough free time.
This is why I'm debating why do I keep it if I don't actually spend time looking at it?

[mark]

What really got me was how quiet the house got. Turning off the Barracuda and Dart, plus fans, skimmer, HRV place went silent.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

If push comes to shove, I'd shut down all my fw tanks but keep at least one sw tank. Right now I'm at 3 sw & 3 fw plus 3 fw at the school plus the school sw reef tank. So in total, 4 sw & 6 fw.

Cold turkey, I don't think that's going to happen unless I can't financially or physically take care of my aquatic pets anymore.

Anthony

[Dearth]

If push came to shove I’m not sure what I would do if I had to choose

I still enjoy this hobby but like every reefer before me we have all had our ups and downs and joys and frustrations it would at this point in my 7 year career into the SW hobby take something very drastic to leave it and then even then I’d still probably be wondering what if I did this....

[Animal-Chin]

greg, I hear that, now that I have nothing starting again is just not happening. Just this weekend I thought a 20g with all zoa's and a cool clown pair would be awesome. Factor in tank, lights, filtration, salt, test kits, rock,ect ect its just crazy what a little start up would cost me. I made my bed I guess I'll lie in it...lol

mark, NO KIDDING. Its creapy how quiet the house is. My huge return pump was quiet but not silent, my 6 led light fans, quiet but made noise. When that system got unplugged it took us forever to get used to how quiet it was. The dogs barked every time a pin dropped they were so freaked out....lol