factors that might make the hobby too hard

[Hendre]

I'm in serious drought right now.. my solution? Go planted! I run all my tanks with plants and it really helps along with reduced feeding. My tank isn't as clean as I like it to be, but it works. View attachment 1318207

Cost is a big factor for me as a young person, but I've been slowly building up over time. The big thing to kick me out will probably be university

I'd have to move since water restrictions might make it impossible for me to do all that I want. Getting older as well, so there's that, too.

There are however still some ultra nice tanks and fish one can have in the under 75 gallon range, so that's an obvious alternative.

I might have to keep less water intensive pets like lizards, snakes, etc.

Polypterus, knifefish, ropefish, synodontis and gouramis in a 70. Definitely cool stuff

 

[blackwolf911]

During my run arounds throughout the city I often see a homeless woman with a pit bull in a shopping cart and I wonder how hard it must be for her to find enough food for the both of them every day.

It sounds bad but people feel worse for the dog because the dog is stuck with this person.. the dog can't go.out and make money and has no choice but to be with this person. Also.the dog isn't spending money on drugs.. for that reason people will give the dog food before the person.. I work.in Manhattan and see it all the time ..I've brought dog food for homeless dogs

 

[pescado209]

I plan to move to another state in the next 4 years.. Idaho most likely. with the money I make off selling my home here (unless the market crashes) I can put a nice down payment on a few acres with with a well outside of cour de laine. already have a friend out there buried in work that he can't keep up with the demand.
no plans to downsize my hobby till I get to old to work and maintain my tanks . I work 60hr a week to pay my bills. the tanks help maintain my sanity.

 

[skjl47]

I've brought dog food for homeless dogs

Hello; do you think the food gets shared with the human?

 

[Deadliestviper7]

I plan to move to another state in the next 4 years.. Idaho most likely. with the money I make off selling my home here (unless the market crashes) I can put a nice down payment on a few acres with with a well outside of cour de laine. already have a friend out there buried in work that he can't keep up with the demand.
no plans to downsize my hobby till I get to old to work and maintain my tanks . I work 60hr a week to pay my bills. the tanks help maintain my sanity.

Sell within the next 2, market should crash soon, thus lowering the market value, which is currently overinflated.

 

[celebrist]

As I get older the lack of a secondary market here locally is beginning to impact my hobby. I do t want a bunch of dosh to outlive me

 

[nzafi]

I think water costs are mostly a US problem. Here we pay for access to water, not always for water. While in many countries abroad you have to pay for water. Reason several folks I know abroad don’t run drip systems.

 

[pacu mom]

Cascadia Subduction Zone. I never heard of it until a year and a half ago. Forty years ago, nobody knew of it. WHEN it goes off, my fish keeping will come to an end, since my house will be destroyed. If I should survive the earthquake and resulting tsunami, I can plan on not going any where as all the bridges will be down. There will be no electricity or water to my area for six months or more. I had heard about the San Andreas Fault for most of my life--it is nothing compared to Cascadia which those in the know say is associated with the ring of fire--just what we need is volcanos on the west coast to become active...

The author of this article won a Pulitzer Prize for this:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one


Our little local water community services district needs to shore up a hillside and upgrade to a bigger tank. To get grants and funding for this project, the community neighbor hoods are being organized and trained for emergency/disasters. There are all kinds of disaster plans, including FEMA plans. When Cascadia goes off, the plan is to drop emergency food and supplies to an air strip located over 20 miles inland. I thought that was sort of weird, since our town has an airport.....then I remembered that the town will be wiped out by the tsunami....a poor town that sustained major destruction from tidal waves in 1964 following the Alaska earthquake.

There are many documentaries on Cascadia Subduction Zone. Here's one the BBC did:

Time to become a serious doomsday prepper.

 

[PYRU]

Cascadia Subduction Zone. I never heard of it until a year and a half ago. Forty years ago, nobody knew of it. WHEN it goes off, my fish keeping will come to an end, since my house will be destroyed. If I should survive the earthquake and resulting tsunami, I can plan on not going any where as all the bridges will be down. There will be no electricity or water to my area for six months or more. I had heard about the San Andreas Fault for most of my life--it is nothing compared to Cascadia which those in the know say is associated with the ring of fire--just what we need is volcanos on the west coast to become active...

The author of this article won a Pulitzer Prize for this:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one


Our little local water community services district needs to shore up a hillside and upgrade to a bigger tank. To get grants and funding for this project, the community neighbor hoods are being organized and trained for emergency/disasters. There are all kinds of disaster plans, including FEMA plans. When Cascadia goes off, the plan is to drop emergency food and supplies to an air strip located over 20 miles inland. I thought that was sort of weird, since our town has an airport.....then I remembered that the town will be wiped out by the tsunami....a poor town that sustained major destruction from tidal waves in 1964 following the Alaska earthquake.

There are many documentaries on Cascadia Subduction Zone. Here's one the BBC did:

Time to become a serious doomsday prepper.

Long read but worth it. I had no idea.

I don't even know if you can prep for that and it could happen anyday.

 

[pacu mom]

Certainly something for me to think about. We do have a well down the hill but it needs a pump. Our 20kw generator will probably be useless. I'm thinking portable solar generator. If I get a 500 gallon water tank, we would be able to pump water up to the tank. 6 month food supply tents camping gear.. wow we're going completely backwards on this... All the creature comforts to just trying to survive. There are so many what-ifs... Several years ago there were bad fires that came within 3 miles of us. Last year a very bad fire that burned for weeks came within 7 miles... So in theory I could have everything to survive an earthquake and have it all destroyed by fire... But that's not a a valid reason not to plan to survive Cascadia. The only way my fish will survive is if the house slides down the hill and the fish somehow survive and make it into the river