How do you guys take failures
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Herbie's Reef
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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
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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!
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rnb
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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.
You'll find way better deals, healthier coral, and won't be as sad if you someday end up losing them.
Mikeltee
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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