Being Forced to Downgrade Is the Worst

[dbcb314]

finally got what I consider a "monster" tank (180) including some of my favorite fish. Had it up for 1.5 years, until it cracked just recently. Had to give away all my fish (to a fellow MFK'er) and drain it in less than 20 hours.

Now, I don't have the money to replace it as the budget is tight anyway and I have my first kid on the way. So now I am looking at getting a 55 or 75 gallon...

and it sucks. It is like having a Benz and then selling it to drive a Honda. I am having a horrible time getting excited about it at all. Only thing kind of exciting me is doing a 180 and switching to Africans or doing a small saltwater. But the the level of excitement doesn't compare to getting my 180. Almost makes me want to just walk away from the hobby altogether. Not like I have had much luck recently anyway (I have had 2-180's break on me. One got chipped in a move and this one just cracked for no reason).

Anyone else have to go through something similar? What did you do?

 

[greenbud]

my wife right now is prego with our secound and im trying to beat hell to get A mini monster tank up and running then a 2000 plus. I dont want to give up my shovel nose and redtail but push comes to shove and the baby comes first. check my sig maybe my progress will bring you hope

signed fellow father

 

[ChiPerf]

I got out of the hobby a couple of decades ago, and am back now. If you have true interest in it there will be a time to come back to it later. Enjoy your kid while you can, they grow up fast. Once they are in their mid teens and hate you, fish will keep you sane. lol

 

[Jimmy16]

I would be more worried about the kid on the way than anything else. Fish keeping is just a hobby, you can live without it.

 

[dbcb314]

The kid is secondary to the problem (it obviously comes first, hell my dog comes before the fish lol), I Just mentioned it to show I can't go drop $700 on a new tank

 

[greenbud]

700 no but A pltwood tank made over a few months well see

 

[krichardson]

Where is the crack,maybe there is a way to repair it?

 

[Sweety]

Just been through the same thing but for me it was due to health problems, I was finding it to hard looking after my 5ft tank & was going to just sell up but my friends went nuts telling me I couldn't so I down size to a 3ft tank & am now glad I didn't sell up. The maintance now takes hardly any time so I have more time to sit back & enjoy my fish & it has restarted my passion again for the hobby. The hardest thing is when I go to one of my friends I see my old tank in her dinning room which does tug at the old heart strings