Giving up my fish.... This is hard....

[Iona Skye]

I am so sad!

My husband is joining the military.... And in preparation to move across the country and then overseas, I have to give up my beautiful fish.

How do I handle this? Everything time I think about it I just want to barf. I love my animals!

 

[Kudos]

I did the military life for a while and I understand completely. If you want to still do fish I honestly think something like a Fluval Evo 13.5 would be perfect for this lifestyle.

 

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new husband. i picked several things before my wife. now i’m divorced. it’s the circle of life. :)

 

[Iona Skye]

I did the military life for a while and I understand completely. If you want to still do fish I honestly think something like a Fluval Evo 13.5 would be perfect for this lifestyle.

Yeah, I was thinking about a biocube.... Hmm maybe I could at least keep a bta and clowns and my puffer.

Frank, my tux urchin, is probably 3" in diameter, maybe more... would he be too big for such a little tank?

 

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Yeah, I was thinking about a biocube.... Hmm maybe I could at least keep a bta and clowns and my puffer.

Frank, my tux urchin, is probably 3" in diameter, maybe more... would he be too big for such a little tank?

not too big at all.

 

[Iona Skye]

new husband. i picked several things before my wife. now i’m divorced. it’s the circle of life. :)

Haha Now I've got the Lion King music stuck in my head xD

 

[pdisner]

Interested in your fish. What do I i from here?

 

[Iona Skye]

Interested in your fish. What do I i from here?

Are you located in Los Angeles?

 

[ScooterV]

It's hard to tear down :( But, I was in the Navy for 13 years. Depending on where you go you should be able to at least maintain your addiction. There are many in the hobby, so as they rotate there is often plenty available for you to get for cheap, or free, then pass it along again when you rotate. I even kept a 30L in the barracks, but once either in base housing or off-base a 55. Room mates added another 55 and a 30.

Just drive around base housing, or an off-base area known to be almost all military renters, and look for that familiar actinic glow and knock on the door :)

 

[Iona Skye]

It's hard to tear down :( But, I was in the Navy for 13 years. Depending on where you go you should be able to at least maintain your addiction. There are many in the hobby, so as they rotate there is often plenty available for you to get for cheap, or free, then pass it along again when you rotate. I even kept a 30L in the barracks, but once either in base housing or off-base a 55. Room mates added another 55 and a 30.

Just drive around base housing, or an off-base area known to be almost all military renters, and look for that familiar actinic glow and knock on the door :)

Thanks so much for the advice!! I didn't realize that and I feel so much better. Maybe I can even make fish-loving friends in the military. :D

 

[davocean]

Redondo is my hometown, bummer to leave it.
Check local clubs at new locations before moving, we have people around here that help w/ this stuff

 

[Iona Skye]

Update: I get to keep most of them! And while he's gone at OCS, I'M GETTING A HAMMER CORAL

 

[pdisner]

Are you located in Los Angeles?

I’m in Tucson. I would have them shipped. But idk if you’re willing to pack them up

 

[Captain Quint]

Keep your chin up Iona Skye. 2o years in the Navy never stopped me from the hobby. In fact, I kept extending one tour of duty and ended up spending 4 years on Okinawa Japan living off base down by the sea wall right at the ocean where I collected and kept a local tank. When it was time to move on, I'd pass the critters off to someone else and kept the chain going.

Duty stations after that I'd keep different tanks for different things. Even on the Island of Adak Alaska. I said all this to say that they are just obstacles which can be overcome. Y'all can do this.

I know several Army, Navy Airforce, Marines who kept tanks in barracks as well. It can be done.

Thank your husband for me for serving our country. I salute his endeavor and yours.

 

[Iona Skye]

Keep your chin up Iona Skye. 2o years in the Navy never stopped me from the hobby. In fact, I kept extending one tour of duty and ended up spending 4 years on Okinawa Japan living off base down by the sea wall right at the ocean where I collected and kept a local tank. When it was time to move on, I'd pass the critters off to someone else and kept the chain going.

Duty stations after that I'd keep different tanks for different things. Even on the Island of Adak Alaska. I said all this to say that they are just obstacles which can be overcome. Y'all can do this.

I know several Army, Navy Airforce, Marines who kept tanks in barracks as well. It can be done.

Thank your husband for me for serving our country. I salute his endeavor and yours.

Thank you... This means a lot to me.

 

[LBReefer]

Let me know if you need somewhere local to re-home the ones you can't take. I'm in Long Beach.

Thank you for your service. Many people take for granted thr fact that the entire family sacrifices to support our troops.

 

[Iona Skye]

Let me know if you need somewhere local to re-home the ones you can't take. I'm in Long Beach.

Thank you for your service. Many people take for granted thr fact that the entire family sacrifices to support our troops.

Oh thank you so much! I'm moving to Long Beach in a few weeks. I'll message you.