How do you guys take failures

[billyocean]

It's only failure if you quit.

 

[Herbie's Reef]

I haven't been in the hobby that long and have been through so many failures. I have lost fish due to poor QT, I lost my prized regal angel to unknown causes, I lost most of my zoas to a fire worm infestation, I broke my rock apart to get rid of the fire worms. And just recently I had dinos blow up in my tank, a bacterial infection take out my euphyllia, and a tank crash that killed almost all my acros. All I have to say is don't quit, keep trying, I have learned so many things from these failures. I am still trying to dig my way out of a tank crash while I stilly have dinos. It's a pain, but if you love the hobby then stick with it. The good achievements in this hobby always seem to outweigh your failures.

 

[Rpaulin]

I’m currently in the middle of a complete tear down/rebuild after just starting my first tank in April 2023. I lost all of my fish to Marine Ich in September even with quarantining everything. Sometimes you can do everything right and still lose. I cried and cursed and was so close to quitting but decided to use this as an opportunity to take what I’ve learned and re-scape with new rock, make changes to my filtration, add the black background, etc. Now I think my tank is better than before and I am so excited to start stocking. Just 8 months ago when I started this journey I knew nothing about marine/reef tanks, it blows my mind when I think how much I’ve learned in less than a year. There’s no way I was going to give up, I’m hooked!

 

[jvbear]

Use them for improvement and a learning experience

 

[rnb]

I'm sorry to hear that, but I agree with the other guy, I approach this hobby with the mindset that one day it may all go away, and that's ok. Enjoy it while it lasts. Thats why I can never bring myself to justify spending too much on coral/inverts. Shop local, buy from other hobbyists :) You'll find way better deals, healthier coral, and won't be as sad if you someday end up losing them.

 

[Mikeltee]

When you guys have a near wipe how do you guys take it ? Lost half my fish this morning

I lost all my fish. Now I have a quarantine protocol. Thousands in fish lost because I was too lazy to purchase 2x $15 tanks and a bottle of copper power.

 

[Timfish]

It kinda depends on the circumstances. Sometimes I want to lock myself in my room for a week (like the winter storms we had in 2021 & this last winter), sometimes I utter a few choice words and get to work minimizing collateral damage and getting ready for the swings a system is going to see in the comming months

 

[Udest]

Well an update on the situation is due now I guess most the corals that have survived seem just utterly ticked off but alive . Even some that melted pretty bad still left some fragments behind so I will wait and see what I can do there. Went ahead and got some supplies while I was at it and now working on the water chemistry.

 

[Udest]

Update !! Kept on going a couple months latter I'm back on track , though a little dirty atm.

major changes are few but I did replace the heater that caused the incident and found a light that works okay , funny I think it's working pretty well it's a 5000k clear led and has some nice shimmer to it.

Corals that weren't opening are now opening up quite a bit waiting to add some more softies.

Only non coral live stock in the tank is the firefish a pincushion urchin and the codylactis nem.