Over your reefing hobby roughly how much $$$ have you LOST in fish and coral?

[ZoWhat]

Over your reefing hobby roughly how much $$$ have you LOST in fish and coral?

I've been reefing since 2007, so 11yrs.

I would say on avg I've lost $150 to $200 a year in dead fish or coral.

So.... I would say in total I've roughly lost $2,000 maybe more

 

[Flippers4pups]

Over your reefing hobby roughly how much $$$ have you LOST in fish and coral?

I've been reefing since 2007, so 11yrs.

I would say on avg I've lost $150 to $200 a year in dead fish or coral.

So.... I would say in total I've roughly lost $2,000 maybe more

Tough to gage for me, being that I've been in the hobby so long. I would say loosing that much a year would be very high.

 

[rstrann]

When I first began reefing - lots of money burned on coral dying (jumped into sps too soon). Now, I have trouble keeping it trimmed back lol.

 

[DarthSimon]

If I ran my prior tanks as cleanly and meticulously as I do now I would have spent much less... Hard work pays off

 

[Gungo]

I don't have that math yet, but I know I've thrown a lot of cash in death stuff.

 

[WV Reefer]

Maybe $150.00. Not much.

 

[ca1ore]

Not a number I'd care to estimate!

 

[Waters]

Not a number I would even want to post lol

 

[Raege]

So far I'm in for one dollar and 24 cents ( cost of one raw shrimp). Only in for a few months so haven't had. Chance to ruin this record. I figure losses are inevitable more than likely from my own human error.
Before I started my other hobby of RC planes a gentlemen told me you will crash and burn at some point it's part of the hobby and no one escapes it. You can minimize it with caution and care but not avoid.
I think I will just not keep track past the 1.24 easier on my mental health in the end

 

[pugcrush]

I don't want to know!

I think even the most seasoned hobbyists lose their own fair share of corals. It happens.

I'm not much of a fish keeper, but I haven't had many fish losses.

 

[roberthu526]

I am going to guess 5-10K in three years

 

[cracker]

Please don't ask . I don't even want to think about it !

 

[Jlentz]

Lol.

 

[EW_Fish]

Had a sps system crash I estimated it to be around 3k in corals + fish

 

[Zeal]

Been in the hobby for.. 3 months.

Bought a Six Line Wrasse from a LFS -$14. Died the following morning.
Bought 3 Peppermint Shrimp (-$6), ate all my coral I literally bought the same day. Had to sacrifice them.
All that coral that got eaten, id say -$30
Bought a Purple Pseudochromis -$25, was a tank bully (Literal *******). Had to sacrifice it.

So far im -$75, Not bad honestly. The coral and peppermint shrimp issue was my fault, lack of research.

I dont count snails/hermits.

 

[Kirschy17]

6 months in the hobby i lost 2 acans to peppermint attacks.

Also i lost 11/12 fish i bought to brook.

Im at -300 approx.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

It would make me sick to think about it... I could probably fund a new tank build with top of the line equipment in my losses.

 

[EW_Fish]

6 months in the hobby i lost 2 acans to peppermint attacks.

Also i lost 11/12 fish i bought to brook.

Im at -300 approx.

I stopped keeping shrimp because of this I would feed my shrimp the same time I fed my acans and they would always dig the food out the mouths.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

6 months in the hobby i lost 2 acans to peppermint attacks.

I stopped keeping shrimp because of this I would feed my shrimp the same time I fed my acans and they would always dig the food out the mouths.

This is exactly why I will not have shrimp in my tank... except a pistol shrimp. Any type of cleaner shrimp and even a coral banded will cut open your fleshy LPS and steal the food right out of their mouths. Shrimp are evil and belong in the sump to kill bristle worms and take care of left over food.

 

[revhtree]

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