Do you have any regrets taking up this hobby?

[ReefBliss]

It's a love and hate relationship - this reef keeping hobby. Sometimes when everything goes right (perfect water chemistry, happy corals), it's a very fulfilling odyssey; and other times it can be outright disheartening (eg outbreaks you can't control, coral fighting that leads to expensive losses, etc).

Please share your own personal thoughts on this topic.

 

[Antics]

I really enjoy the hobby but I regret the financial hurdles that lack of planning or patience have caused.

 

[BeejReef]

I love it, but resent it when a tank emergency steals family time.. U know an hour or two of effort will prevent a full weekend tear down and tears, but u are usually the only one that appreciates that fact.

 

[Crabs McJones]

I regret not going bigger right away :D

 

[fishybizzness]

I regret having to go to work every day instead of staying home to look at my aquarium!!

 

[JustAnotherNanoTank]

I regret not going bigger right away :D

I felt that. Same as ^

 

[PYRU]

I really enjoy the hobby but I regret the financial hurdles that lack of planning or patience have caused.

Amen to that.

 

[Sailingeric]

Should have started sooner and gone bigger.

 

[Mr Fishface]

Most of my regrets are not monitoring levels of different things for my corals in the beginning. Now I monitor each day or every other day depending on the test right now and it makes me happy to be able to take care of my corals the right way.

 

[yan2pr]

I regret not researching at all before jumping on this expensive voyage. I went to my LFS saw a tank and showed up at home with it. Wife was "ok" at that point but having to upgrade lights twice in a couple of months and pumps twice definetly killed that "ok" really quick. I could have saved money or just gone bigger which im trying to do now.

 

[Peace River]

I regret not paying more attention to water quality in the beginning. On the other hand, fish keeping has taught me so much about life that it has been an invaluable experience.

 

[Hitman]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Old Fritz]

first tank was a ten gallon that limited me a lot on basically everything. would've started out a lot larger

 

[rodney]

Yes I should have always used rodi water and carbon dosed then I would still have my coral from the 90s! Oh well hear is to looking foreword!

 

[SPR1968]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[PanchoG]

I regret not going bigger right away :D

+1 !!!!!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Biggest regret is not attending enough swaps and shows such as MACNA and RAP.
Other is seeing prices rising every year rather than coming down

 

[ScottR]

It’s such a setback when something bad happens in your tank, whether your fault or not. I recently got a big plate piece of a brain coral. It’s MF stung corals at night and melted some of my favorites.

 

[Ly78]

Jealousy when looking at all u guys with basement sumps/fishrooms and such coz i live in an apartment :(

 

[ScottR]

Jealousy when looking at all u guys with basement sumps/fishrooms and such coz i live in an apartment :(

I live in a tiny apartment as well. Middle of the city. I have no room for a bigger tank that a 40g. I feel your pain.