2nd job, freelance web devving, trading and flipping all sorts of little side hustles work money pays the bills and family fun and extra loot goes into the tank lol
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The entry to a tank is the pricey part.. (if you choose.) The upkeep is cheap, the corals are cheap (If you're not looking for WWC PSYCHORAINBOWFUSCHIABREAKER Torch). Plenty of 5-30 dollars corals that look great. So you spend a bit for the initial setup.. then it's no more than skipping a ordering out one week to buy supplies/corals, again.. if you choose. I was in no rush and spent a year collecting my setup. It's pricey even for a small tank but rushing is a terrible thing to do in this hobby.Ok, I get it. Be a doctor/lawyer/engineer/software engineer, and make the big bucks to be able to send your kids to Ivy Leagues, have a nice car, AND get an awesome fish tank or 10 out of it.
But for the all of the 5 figure and under people (let's say the cutoff is 85K), how are you doing it? Do you just like...not have kids or something? Is there a trick to all the splurging you're able to do? Are there a bunch of low cost of living areas that I'm just not aware of/don't want to move to?
I keep seeing "I just bought this 200/300/1600 gallon [RedSea/Waterbox/expensive brand] aquarium and what do I do with it" posts, and I'm just...confused...do you just have this money lying around??
I guess I'm mostly just asking because my estimated yearly earnings is currently somewhere at around 40K in a high cost of living area once the job hiring starts again. Which means very little disposable income (bye bye avocado toast, I'll miss you, but aquariums gotta aquarium).
Im 15 and I got a part time job just to pay for more corals lol. But im on the track to being a doctor so imma buy a hugee tank one day, only mandarinfish and coralsOk, I get it. Be a doctor/lawyer/engineer/software engineer, and make the big bucks to be able to send your kids to Ivy Leagues, have a nice car, AND get an awesome fish tank or 10 out of it.
But for the all of the 5 figure and under people (let's say the cutoff is 85K), how are you doing it? Do you just like...not have kids or something? Is there a trick to all the splurging you're able to do? Are there a bunch of low cost of living areas that I'm just not aware of/don't want to move to?
I keep seeing "I just bought this 200/300/1600 gallon [RedSea/Waterbox/expensive brand] aquarium and what do I do with it" posts, and I'm just...confused...do you just have this money lying around??
I guess I'm mostly just asking because my estimated yearly earnings is currently somewhere at around 40K in a high cost of living area once the job hiring starts again. Which means very little disposable income (bye bye avocado toast, I'll miss you, but aquariums gotta aquarium).
Where and how to you sell your MTG?I don't make much money.
I did, however, buy a good amount of Magic: The Gathering cards back when I was younger (1998) and that has been my main hobby since. Quite a collection.
Got into reefing 6 months ago. Sold a few cards and got a 29g set up.
Loved it. Sold a few more. Bought my new Red Sea XL300 tank.
Sold a few more. Now I have AI lights, Red Sea Skimmer, MP40, etc.
I would be struggling a lot more to get in the hobby without my cardboard stocks. I am sure I would still get there, just much slower and maybe lower quality stuff. I do work 3 jobs, not if that matters here.
Side note, kinda: Now I am thinking of moving a large portion of my collection of cards to purchase a new car since Pandemic is preventing me from playing and enjoying that hobby.
Uh, I am in this weird Facebook group that "raffles" cards away kinda. You want to sell a $200 card? Put it up for 20 spots $10 each. People buy spots. A dude randomizes the numbers. You send it out to the winner. Sounds sketch, but works.Where and how to you sell your MTG?
I've got a **** ton and I know I've got gold sitting in sleeves. I'm just to lazy to search the best bang for my buck options.