Getting out of the hobby.

[Skimmerking]

ya I know what you mean, I thought about shutting it down, just to move but then set back up again
NOT this guy is going to die REEFING.
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My Dream is to go to everyones house to see their tanks. But there will somepeople that won't let me see their tank now that could be looked at as a STALKER.....

A CREEPER that loves SALT

[Leah]

P.M. who it is so I don't ever let them in, just in case. Creeper's scare me!

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

A CREEPER that loves SALT

Perhaps a Salt Creep (get the reference?) would be a better term?

[Skimmerking]

ya i get it man good one

[Leah]

I sometimes wonder what I would do without all the work and effort I put into my tanks!
Oh and the freedom!

[lorenz0]

Personally once you get by the start up costs its golden and worth keeping. I tried to get a nano thinking i could budget it in with school. yep that didn't work out lol. But i have thought about shutting down the 60gal and than i relapse about how its not worth shutting down. For the money you get back, its more a "why did i do that" than anything

I know of people who have followed me into certain hobbies and it really comes down to the love of it. It keeps me sain.

[Dez]

I agree with Lorenzo in terms of start up costs. When we had about 600 gallons of water in our condo the only real cost after the tanks were stocked was electricity. The frag sales pretty much covered the running cost of the tank as corals grew.

I did find myself missing the hobby for the 4 1/2 years that I got out. I didn't plan on getting out but kids happened.

I'm glad to be back in now. I've spent a few thousand getting my new tank up and running (even using a lot of equipment that I had from before). But now I'm sitting back and watching everything grow and enjoying it. The major cost was the cabinetry and livestock, so those costs aren't recurring.

Using cheap china bulbs helps too for the halides. I am fine with the colours and growth that I'm getting so for now I'll stick with those bulbs.

[mark]

Dez, guess I could flip over to your build thread, but wondering what you're using for bulbs?