Sad and depressed. =(

[yikai]

Research more before starting. This hobby requires effort.

If not, pls change a hobby.

i have researched alot. I have had some experience in this hobby for a few years, where my family have kept numerous tanks. Only restrain is budget.... Dont worry, i always do alot of research before purchasing something. Today's incident was probably a mistake.... Probably something i have overlooked. But no amount of research in the world will 100% guarantee ur live stock from surviving forever. They have to die some day and people make mistakes. I am learning from my mistakes....

[Firestarter]

So did you learn or find out why your zoos died?

Its important to learn from this so it won't happen again.

I would recommend that you save up your $ for something else. How about keeping a FOWLR tank first? You can then use the cash as a reserve, cause no point saving and buying corals only to experience them dying on you again.

[TayHongSiang]

So did you learn or find out why your zoos died?

Its important to learn from this so it won't happen again.

I would recommend that you save up your $ for something else. How about keeping a FOWLR tank first? You can then use the cash as a reserve, cause no point saving and buying corals only to experience them dying on you again.

I have followed yr previous thread.

I noticed yr tank have hammer, frogsprawn, blah blah blah...

You need to be patient, introduce your corals slowly. And observe to make sure they are doing ok, before you cheong to the LPS again to stock up.

Start with the hardy corals.

All the best! Hope to see your thread again soon.

[yikai]

I have followed yr previous thread.

I noticed yr tank have hammer, frogsprawn, blah blah blah...

You need to be patient, introduce your corals slowly. And observe to make sure they are doing ok, before you cheong to the LPS again to stock up.

Start with the hardy corals.

All the best! Hope to see your thread again soon.

Huh? i dun have hammer/frogspawn leh. i never had any recently.. i had them like, 3 years ago, but currently dont have. O.o maybe u read wrong? or i think i mistyped? because i keep hammer/frogspawn before. but not recently

[mitlancer]

Bro, i believe lots of bro here had given you their advise. Well, just do what is within your means. Even me, working adult with kids sometimes also find budgeting a bit hard. Need to buy milk powder some more.

But take it easy and at a comfortable pace.... I only start to read out more after 3 years and experienced numerous crashes. But it takes time to learn from mistakes (unfortunately).

So take care, and I can see you can even advise some bros on the ID of some species which I too learn from you.

[Thexder]

Hi Lemon^2,

Sorry to hear about your tank. This hobby is really frustrating at times... LS die for no reason

Anyway, I'm doing some housekeeping on my tank and have some LR to give away, also some common mushies and zoas. Let me know if you want them. PM me.

Thanks!

[curahee]

I find this hobby rather expensive even for working adults (well... to be more specific, people who receive pay checks instead of giving out pay checks ) and I think its already an accomplishment to be a reefer as a student. Since you're restarting, do look more into keeping good water perimeters and how to maintain them in the long run, while you let your tank go through the ANN cycle.

Reefing is meant to be enjoyable, but if you get to a point when you're no longer enjoying it, time to quit.

Haha agree on this, i start out reefing few mths ago, thinking that if i venture into nano reefing should not be any problem and will not hurt my wallet much but i'm wrong, even for a nano, i also feel the pinch. Have to decrease my mthly saving in order to sustain. But i enjoy nano reefing very much

[jythong]

The anxiety of getting your O Level results and the superimposed event of a tank crash will easily make you view things in a negative and pessimistic light. But like all other unfortunate events, the pain will slowly (or quickly) go away, and I hope that you have a great restart in this hobby.

I am also now in the orchid growing hobby (an equally expensive hobby) , and I find that keeping marine fish and corals is more stressful because : 1) Fish and corals and other inverts are animals- we grow attached to them and when they die, we naturally will feel sad 2) unlike plants, they die quickly 3) they need constant care, feeding, monitoring, unlike orchids, which can go without water for weeks.

But of course, we hobbyists hope that the pleasure outweighs the stress.

[iskay]

Go for FOWLR. simpler, cheaper, and easier to maintain.