Thinking of quiting the hobby

[Stanzzzz7]

Thanks everyone for the comments.
I'm quite touched by some of the nice things some of you guys said so thank you.

BIG-G, you are quite right about the toxins in dart frogs. In captivity they soon lose it due to diet.Captive bred frogs are never poisonous to begin with.

I will have to put some more thought in to where to go from here.
I will either try to make the set up more full proof or shut it down.

The tank was on the house insurance.
The insurance are paying me a settlement figure to do the work myself.

I take on board everybody's comments and will let you know what I decide to do.

Jaws,

You know I've gotta try and save gotham. C'mon man.Be serious!! )

 

[J. H.]

I have dumped half a tank on the floor once. (10g and in a dorm,. but my roommates wanted to kill me) It sucks. I get flack all the time if I drop water on the floor during WC, the electricity and water I use, etc. The answer is not to leave but scale back to something more manageable. A 10 degree drop and some plants really cut the issues on my rainbow tank. A 10g for guppies rather than n venustus in my 90 also helps. A small tank has less cost, less risk, and less upkeep (whatever anyone says, 50% of 10g is A LOT less than 50% of 90g), without that much less enjoyment, if you plan it well. I hope you manage to ride this one out.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

+1 J.H
Scale down or downsize your tank would be best option and still have the enjoyment

 

[slippery slimecoat]

Sorry to hear of the issues. I'm fairly quiet on MFK, but will say I enjoy what I see you add to the forum. I had a pipe come loose on the plumbing to my 150 a while back while I was sleeping. As soon as I started to walk downstairs I could hear the pump sucking air and knew I had trouble. Luckily (kinda? Lol) for me, I probably only had about 15-20 gallons on the floor. And you're right, it looks like a lot more on the floor than in the tank haha. We had also just put down new flooring. I seriously contemplated quitting as well. But as others have already said, I knew within months I'd have the itch again. And for me, downsizing just isn't an option lol. And another big factor was I have fish that I've raised for 7-8 years now. Kinda grown attached lol.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

House is almost back to normal after the flood and so is my desire to stay in the hobby.
I will be keeping my tanks but will be extra vigilant in checking connections.
As for the safety aspects,we have decided life is full of risks and my little girl loves the fish so we won't be living life in a bubble.
I've not been putting any updates up lately. Once the house is finished I'm back as eager as ever.
I'm hoping to start a few small biotope projects off soon and I'm looking forward to sharing them on the forum.

 

[chanathon]

Funny I just saw this because one month ago the same thing happened to me! output to my fx5 was not secured and pushed out of the tank. Pumped half of the water from my 240 onto my carpet. Needless to say, I replaced my carpet with laminate and the tank is back up and running. You should've seen the gf's face when she came home and saw me ripping out spongy carpet lol

 

[dan518]

House is almost back to normal after the flood and so is my desire to stay in the hobby.
I will be keeping my tanks but will be extra vigilant in checking connections.
As for the safety aspects,we have decided life is full of risks and my little girl loves the fish so we won't be living life in a bubble.
I've not been putting any updates up lately. Once the house is finished I'm back as eager as ever.
I'm hoping to start a few small biotope projects off soon and I'm looking forward to sharing them on the forum.

What biotopes are you thinking of doing?

 

[Steve_C]

I think most of us that are serious in the hobby have had that same feeling about getting out at some point in time. I know I did myself a few years ago. Short story is I bought a 7ft 265g glass tank and spent over a year building it with 3d bg and just all sorts of diy stuff. Unreal amount of work went into it and the room it was in. One month after filling and putting fish in, it leaked all over (I leak tested it before and it was fine). So I tore it all down resealed it and couple months later went through the same thing again. Ended up with over a year's worth of work literally down the drain. I hated that tank so much after that I actually took a sledge hammer to it to get it out of my house.

Needless to say I swore off big tanks forever after than and almost got out of the hobby. Now here I am with another big tank 240g and multiple 75g tanks so you see how well I was able to "get out of it" lol.

Glad you decided to stay with it. Sometimes after a big issue just a slight break is all that is needed.

 

[jaws7777]

I think most of us that are serious in the hobby have had that same feeling about getting out at some point in time. I know I did myself a few years ago. Short story is I bought a 7ft 265g glass tank and spent over a year building it with 3d bg and just all sorts of diy stuff. Unreal amount of work went into it and the room it was in. One month after filling and putting fish in, it leaked all over (I leak tested it before and it was fine). So I tore it all down resealed it and couple months later went through the same thing again. Ended up with over a year's worth of work literally down the drain. I hated that tank so much after that I actually took a sledge hammer to it to get it out of my house.

Needless to say I swore off big tanks forever after than and almost got out of the hobby. Now here I am with another big tank 240g and multiple 75g tanks so you see how well I was able to "get out of it" lol.

Glad you decided to stay with it. Sometimes after a big issue just a slight break is all that is needed.

it suck that you went through that good lord but what determination man

 

[Tahn]

Just a few questions cuz as an apartment renter and renter's insurance not covering aquarium leaks, my 55 breaking/leaking would be an absolute nightmare.

1. How does an aquarium even break in the first place, I have a 55G aqueon tank with 0 decorations. I have seen some videos on youtube, just randomly cracking in the middle, what causes that? My tank is on a plywood/cinderblock stand, and sits flush across the whole surface.

2. Idk how plumbing/filtration works in larger tanks but I assume that's the part that malfunctioned and sprung the leak, not the tank itself right?

3. Should a 55G or a 29G (tanks I have) break, how much of a damage can that do to wood floors? I'm on 2nd floor of an old apartment. Would it actually leak through to the neighbor below me? And complete guesstimate/approximate cost of getting floors like that fixed? If I was home during the leak, what's the best way to suck up the water from the floor and dry it to minimize the damage?

4. Also sometimes I like to find fish for cheap on craigslist and try to resell them. I do that with other small animals too like chinchillas and ferrets, etc. (so many impulse buyers of small animals that want to get rid of them for almost nothing). If I were to buy a big fish, ex. giant gourami or something similar and temporarily put them in a 29G (literally for like a week, before reselling) could that fish potentially break the small tank if it were to get startled?