Growing Pains with growing out a fish a chore or a hobby?

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How many of you feel it's tedious work to QT a new fish, grow it out in a tank by itself, check up on it daily, and running around town to get guppies feeders? Do you feel this is more of a chore or a hobby? Lately, I've noticed my # of small tanks multiplying and it's mainly due to the chore of acclimating a couple new fish and it's making this hobby feel like a chore. Is this how people get burn out and end up quitting the hobby?:confused::nilly:
 
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You need to slow down and take a deep breath. All of those things are supposed to be fun to do IMO. I've felt that way before when I kept too many tanks, it became too time consuming so I cut down on my number of tanks (just kept the bigger ones and sold the rest ehehehehe, nothing under 50G!) and now I'm loving it!
 
I feel that way cause of school and how much time it takes, I'd come back home usually exhausted so like Fry said, take a deep breath and do what you gotta do :D
A good meal might also help.

You need to find what you're comfortable with (how many tanks, gallons, fish... etc)
 
Take a break if you want.


This hobby is a hobby, not a chore. Once it becomes a chore, don't do it.
 
To me it's all part of the hobby. I enjoy growing out baby fish into monsters. I like watching them grow and develop.

If you find it to be more work than fun, I would start buying larger fish.
 
Thanks guys, I was just wondering if anyone out there go thru this phase of the hobby.

I've decided I will take down the 12 gal and 5 gal tanks. I'm going to use dividers and turn my 20gal long into a 3 compartment tank to grow out the 3 fish. Sometimes buy fish bigger is not an option especially when it's a fish that's not available through the store. This way there is no excessive equipments to maintain and only 3 tanks to do. 125, 75, and 20.
 
I like the way you're thinking now. If you still like maintaining your main tank then it sounds more like a question of efficiency. Downsize the supporting operations & make some reasonable choices about the work you're willing to do.

For instance, I tend to not buy expensive fish so I don't have a grow out / qt tank. New fish go directly into the main tank consequences be damned. If I lose a few because of it, then that's just the way it goes. I sleep fine at night with that.
 
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