Countdown to the end of your fishkeeping days?

[Fat Homer]

Been wondering lately how many (if any) have given up the hobby completely due to moving to different countries etc??? (Although im guessing if they have left the hobby they might not be here???)

The reason i ask is that im planning on leaving my home town (hopefully) within 5 years, which kind of gives me a deadline of how much longer i can keep my tanks and fish and considering i plan on going to Australia, where needless to say they definitely cant come...

Kinda sucks but just wondered if anyone else is in the same boat or been through it maybe???

 

[tlindsey]

Been wondering lately how many (if any) have given up the hobby completely due to moving to different countries etc??? (Although im guessing if they have left the hobby they might not be here???)

The reason i ask is that im planning on leaving my home town (hopefully) within 5 years, which kind of gives me a deadline of how much longer i can keep my tanks and fish and considering i plan on going to Australia, where needless to say they definitely cant come...

Kinda sucks but just wondered if anyone else is in the same boat or been through it maybe???

You will probably setup something with Australian species hopefully.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Been wondering lately how many (if any) have given up the hobby completely due to moving to different countries etc??? (Although im guessing if they have left the hobby they might not be here???)

The reason i ask is that im planning on leaving my home town (hopefully) within 5 years, which kind of gives me a deadline of how much longer i can keep my tanks and fish and considering i plan on going to Australia, where needless to say they definitely cant come...

Kinda sucks but just wondered if anyone else is in the same boat or been through it maybe???

why not just set up new tanks in Australia?
I am moving in a couple weeks, have sold 95% of my fish, pops gonna take care of the 5%, and plan on setting up new tanks in new city.

 

[fisheatfish]

Here's a positive take on the subject, you can get back to the hobby once you settle in. In my case, my wife has a chronic illness and I've shut down and gave away my tanks and livestock. I currently have one tank running and even that, I've neglected due to my priorities have changed. During doctor visits, I surf the forum and share when I can. Not sure when I'll get back to really enjoy the hobby again.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Counting down to the end of my fish keeping days? Let's say I live to be a hundred, I'll stop keeping fish a few years before that... more then 70 years left of fish keeping for me can't give away my age now can I?

 

[Dee eng]

The good news is you have a good idea when you need to shut down, that gives you time to figure things out and rehome your monsters and tanks. It sucks when anyone have to quite on a dime, that’s prob the way I’m gonna have to end my fishing keeping days, if I die. Til then MFK all Day! Some situations will set you back like move to another country understand but in your heart this (fishing keeping) will always nag. Haha you be back in action, like fisheatfish says, once you settle in.

 

[PYRU]

I don't know about end of days, but I'm a shadow of my former monster fish keeping self.

I have 2 tanks up with only 1 monster. I plan on moving in the future and then I'm putting up a 300. That will be my last big tank. Besides a few misc puffer tanks.

I had these elaborate plans for some more huge tanks, but putting some deep thought into it. A nice consolidated 300 is the best balance between enjoying life and hobby for me.

 

[Yoimbrian]

How set are you on moving to Australia?

I mean...are you a high schooler that thinks it would be cool to live in Australia with no actual plan to get there, or are you on some sort of concrete life path that absolutely heads that way?

10 years ago I thought I’d be living somewhere awesome with a 5,000 gallon aquarium by now...maybe in 10 more years...

A lot can change in 5 years. My best advice would be to keep easily sellable fish. A 5 year old clown loach can be sold in a day for good money, a 5 year old monster cat fish is a different story. That way when you move you know you’ll be able to sell your fish. Same deal with tanks, don’t buy something custom fancy and expensive, get something standard off Craigslist that you can sell for as much as you paid for it (or more!).

Edit: looking at who actually posted this I realize you aren’t a high schooler, but the general idea still stands....

 

[fishhead0103666]

Haha yeah Brian, I was about to say he is nowhere near being highschool aged

 

[duanes]

I moved to a tiny island off the coast of Panama about 3 years ago, and haven't been able to set up tanks yet.
Took me 2 years to find places on the mainland that sell tanks (there are none on my island) large enough for my needs, and with just the newness of settling in, time and logistics haven't allowed for anything but the necessities of learning to live in a rather more primitive place, with a new language.
Beside buying a tank, just getting it to the island is a major logistical, and relatively expensive process and project.
Add to that we often are without running water for weeks, and take showers under the eaves during monsoon rains, and using rain or sea water to flush toilets.
My plan will be to set up a few tanks, using rain water of the roof into a catch basin for water changes, and going to the mainland to catch native cichlids. This will also be an interesting project, just to get them back alive. It will not take hours, but probably a matter of days, or a week or more.
Until that occurs if and when I get a tank, salt water fish would be much easier to get, although that doesn't really spark all that much interest in me.