Is lossing your tank Coral or fish an inevitability

[untamed]

I'm losing track of how many years I've run SW tanks...but it is like 15 years and I have not had what I would describe as a tank crash/disaster. Most all that time was with a small tank...one that I would expect to be a lot more susceptible to sudden problems.

I don't do glass tanks. I live with the trade offs of acrylic, but silicone and glass scare me.

I think that the real danger with this hobby is that it is a hobby. By my definition, a hobby is something that one tinkers with. It is very difficult to just do the same thing all the time, even if it is working. Eventually, you want to tinker with it, even though things are working fine.

Why did I add a Kalk reactor? Because I wanted to see if I could smooth out my pH cycles...Did I need a Kalk reactor...no.

Things going too well?...let's try Zeovit to see if we can get better coral colour...

It's tough to weigh my urge to tinker against sticking to a routine.

[justinl]

Originally Posted by untamed

I'm losing track of how many years I've run SW tanks...but it is like 15 years and I have not had what I would describe as a tank crash/disaster. Most all that time was with a small tank...one that I would expect to be a lot more susceptible to sudden problems.

I don't do glass tanks. I live with the trade offs of acrylic, but silicone and glass scare me.

I think that the real danger with this hobby is that it is a hobby. By my definition, a hobby is something that one tinkers with. It is very difficult to just do the same thing all the time, even if it is working. Eventually, you want to tinker with it, even though things are working fine.

Why did I add a Kalk reactor? Because I wanted to see if I could smooth out my pH cycles...Did I need a Kalk reactor...no.

Things going too well?...let's try Zeovit to see if we can get better coral colour...

It's tough to weigh my urge to tinker against sticking to a routine.

i agree completely. there's also the fact that our hobby deals directly with a "system" (that word used very loosely indeed) filled with living creatures, micro and macroscopic. And life is, by nature, unpredictable.