Need some advice...

[Reef Wizard]

Hello its been awhile since Ive been active on here

So I have my waterbox 190.5 its 60x24x24 135 Gallons and It will be three years old in november.

I scrape the glass and feed the fish. Fish are fat and happy and getting coral growth Parameters are all in order besides phosphates are around .8ppm but I have my GFO reactor going. Maintence has just been so rough to WANT to do it and take care of the tank. Basically I do the maintence but not as frequent and consitent as I used to.

I have had mysterious coral loses its just been STN some reason I have lost a dinner plate size indo a wellso i lost two torches and I have lost my convict tang and my coral beauty to unknown causes but likely agressiion for the CB and I think my Convict ran into a rock as he had a gash on his nose and he died within a day of his incident. its hard to get someone to tank sit while on vacation. I downsized my tanks from 4 to 2 and soon to be just the aformentioned as my only tank left.

But man ive been so burnt out with it this past year.

I am debating on selling the whole thing and getting out of the hobby but I do still LIKE the tank and we are going to be moving soon and the stress of tearing the tank down is something i dont want to do. I thought about selling most of livestock and getting some new fish and keeping SOME coral but not sure. I thought about doing a predator tank but that seems like it could be more work with finicky eaters not sure though. I thought about selling the tank and getting something smaller and going a different route but im not sure.


Just need some advice/guidance.

1 Sell and get out?
2 Sell livestock and get new fish?
3 Sell all livestock go FOWLR/Predator tank?
4 Sell all and go smaller?
5 Keep all and maybe ride the burnout wave because I still enjoy it in the wider scheme of things.

 

[keagan]

It's an incredibly personal choice and depends on how much passion you still feel for the hobby. I got out of the hobby for a few years after a bad storm led to an extended power outage and I lost everything. But in the long run it's a chance to start fresh in a new place (I've moved since) with a new system. So a break might be best until your settled in if you can afford to buy some new stuff or hold onto equipment. It depends how attached you are to what you have now though. Best of luck no matter what you decide :).

 

[kevgib67]

This is hard to answer! I kinda feel starting over with a smaller tank with much less maintenance is what is in your future. Best of luck with whatever you decide.