Is there a goal here

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the big kahuna

the big kahuna

Aimara
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By any means am I bored or leaving our beloved hobby, but like most other hobbies there's a common goal. I was sitting talking with my wife the other night and she commented that the 180 tank in our livingroom looks fantastic. This comment stuck with me because she has a generic interest in the hobby because I'm into it. Anyway looking at my tank and studying it I believe I have achieved or I'm very close to having the "look" I've been striving for. My stock, scape and tank are 100% enough to keep me happy and interested for quite a long time. I don't want a fish room or the biggest tank, the meanest cichlids or the rarest stock or biggest fish (no offense to anyone). I just feel I'm content with the hobby where I stand right now. I have a spare 55 and 20 gallon with no interest in setting them up. I actually just broke down the 55 with no interest in multiple tanks. Other than items to maintain and feed my fish I don't think I will be buying or selling anything for a long long time. Anyone else ever feel this way?
 
not reached totally happy thing yet, but even if i did, there is still water changes to do, vacuuming to do, tweeking here and there, the unkowns that happen like filter or heater failures. i don,nt think there is a ever done goal. there is always something. even with one tank.
 
strollo22 said:
No lol. Then again, I've only been in the hobby less than 2 years.


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Wow when I saw your tanks I would've guessed you've been in the hobby at least 10yrs

pops said:
not reached totally happy thing yet, but even if i did, there is still water changes to do, vacuuming to do, tweeking here and there, the unkowns that happen like filter or heater failures. i don,nt think there is a ever done goal. there is always something. even with one tank.
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I'm not talking about maintenance but more about stock, aquascape and tank size.
 
the big kahuna said:
Wow when I saw your tanks I would've guessed you've been in the hobby at least 10yrs


I'm not talking about maintenance but more about stock, aquascape and tank size.
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I appreciate that. I just don't feel like I've found my Niche yet. I haven't had all the fish I can to know which ones I truly love.


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i got 5 tanks, I am happy with 3, Jag tank, Glo tank and JD tank, the other JD tank needs an upgrade as they juvies in a 30g, and the 180 needs some landscape and filtration reconfiguration. hopefully get that done this weekend, need to reverse flow the UG system and put sponges on the intake pipes and Finnish off the landscape. when that is all done I will be done with the tanks but no where near or ever done with the hobby.
 
I have so many things to do for each of my tanks it will keep me busy for a long time. Convert to LED lighting and sumps, paint backgrounds and trim black, change substrate to tile, build 2 new stands/canopies, reseal 2 tanks, remove scratches and water stains, add drip system and live plants, find more driftwood and rocks... and after all that is done I still want to get a bigger tank lol. The only way I could see myself being perfectly content is if I had enough money to build or buy a new 1k+ gallon high-tech setup with all top of the line equipment, but after a few years I would still probably want to change things up or go bigger. That's just the way I am though, I'm sure there's plenty of people who love their 55s and wouldn't even consider putting anything bigger in their homes
 
Is there a "goal" with any hobby? Hunter want the biggest deer or meat but once you get you keep going. Or you like to ride dirt bikes, there is never a goal. A hobby is something you do in your free because you want to send you have a choice what to do with that time.

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I was at that point of contentment or satisfaction with my main big tank a while ago and now I am working on getting back there.In fact most of my tanks that are running are grow out systems and those fish will eventually be housed together.
 
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