Blackie died today...

So I have been deployed for half a year now and my wife has been taking care of my tanks. Let me just say she loves my fish but the hobby part of taking care of them shes not fond of and I have always done this. So she messages me on facebook today and says please dont me mad I'm already crying, so I'm thinking of so much worse but then she tells me that my female leo died. Also about 3 months ago one of my 8 in ITs died.

So now I'm halfway through this and I'm worried about the rest making it through, I've already lost a grand in fish and I'm wondering how much more will be lost. The mantillas are cheaper but seem to be harder to find for sale than leos, and my motoro has some crazy spotting that I dont ever see, especially in the for sale section.

So question is would you sell off the fish? wife doesnt want too have people come over or try to ship so shes not really up for selling but the thought has crossed my mind.

See thats what I'm thinking, I'd have to restock and start over when I get back home but might make things better till then. At least downgrade to maybe just 1 motoro and 1 mantilla with the pbass and dats and other mantilla sold and gone.

None that I know of but someone just brought something to my attention and thats paying someone to come in and set up an autodrip system for my tank. I would rather fork out the money all day then get rid of my rays.

I'm definitely going to now, talked to the wife and of course she loves the idea. Just need to get someone in central my to build and set one up properly for me. I have no problems paying someone and don't necessarily want just a regular plumber doing it but a fish guy who's done what I need before

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T1KARMANN said:

whehn i lost both of my legs i had to pay a shop guy to do weekly water changes and basic care it cost lots of money but i knew it wasnt for long

i think you need to think how long it will be until you can take care of them again then make up your mind

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Long term for the health of the rays an autodrip just makes sense anyways.

Can anyone give me a ballpark figure of what something like this would cost for a 300gallon tank

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