Susan Edwards
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I am considering--seriously--having to get rid of my dream tank. It is a RS 3XL 900 (3 yrs almost) with all top RS equipment and Apex etc. In March I took on a full time position at work and I just can't keep up, esp. as I work in retail and usually do not get 2 days off in a row. On top of that, my hands are cr**. Arthritus and multiple trigger fingers both hands. Even scraping the glass is difficult and I won't talk about trying to do sump maintenance. I can't close my hands more of the time and have lost strength. I'm doing some stuff to try to fix/heal, but in the meantime, I just can't deal with this tank and there are no services close to Tracy to call upon.
It saddens me, as this was my dream tank--went from a 60g to 125 and then this one (220) but I need to look into selling this monster tank. With no strength to speak of in my hands right now, I won't be able to do much even in a tear down. At 68 I may have more health issues down thte line so maybe this is the universe saying it's time to move on.
If anyone has suggestions or knows someone who wants to upgrade please let me know.
On the good news front, being totally neglected, my corals are thriving lol's. Dead corals are thriving once again. Salinity is high, they don't care. Don't test often. They don't care. Dosing when I remember to fill the containers or splash some in the sump. Even my chaeto is growing. I need to remove 3/4 of it again.
Bad news is there is aptasia but it's not getting worse.... And I don't do water changes and my NO3 is normally good to low. Po4 sometimes a bit higher but this tank has always been so dialed in it runs itself
Here is a link (if allowed to my build thread) on R2R https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/susans-rs-reefer-3xl-900-fantasy-dream-build.837955/
anyway, any help or advice appreciated.
Susan--Overwhelmed.... Pic is a year ago
It saddens me, as this was my dream tank--went from a 60g to 125 and then this one (220) but I need to look into selling this monster tank. With no strength to speak of in my hands right now, I won't be able to do much even in a tear down. At 68 I may have more health issues down thte line so maybe this is the universe saying it's time to move on.
If anyone has suggestions or knows someone who wants to upgrade please let me know.
On the good news front, being totally neglected, my corals are thriving lol's. Dead corals are thriving once again. Salinity is high, they don't care. Don't test often. They don't care. Dosing when I remember to fill the containers or splash some in the sump. Even my chaeto is growing. I need to remove 3/4 of it again.
Bad news is there is aptasia but it's not getting worse.... And I don't do water changes and my NO3 is normally good to low. Po4 sometimes a bit higher but this tank has always been so dialed in it runs itself
Here is a link (if allowed to my build thread) on R2R https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/susans-rs-reefer-3xl-900-fantasy-dream-build.837955/
anyway, any help or advice appreciated.
Susan--Overwhelmed.... Pic is a year ago