At what age you will quit the hobby for good?

[ycnibrc]

HI there
I'm 53 and I wonder how old can we still maintaining a reef tank. My daily task is fairly simple and don't take a lot of physical strength to do it. I wonder any reefer here are pass 80 years old.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Assuming I make it to 90 I plan on going until I cannot go anymore. When I get to the point where I'm no longer physically able to care for the tank anymore whether that be age, or if something unfortunately happens due to unforeseen circumstances. But I'm in it for the long haul.

 

[andrewkw]

Things can change, but my current plan is forever. When I get too old hopefully I will be able to afford to have the tank serviced. Also technology will hopefully improve to the point where aquarium keeping and many other tasks are easier to perform.

 

[mcarroll]

If you can remove all the hard work, then it can sorta be your choice vs being set at an age or other arbitrary limit.

It's possible to do that too....but it might require a certain kind of tank, etc. So while you're young, figure out all the things that get in the way of most tanks A) being successful into the medium and long term, and B) all the things that make taking care of a tank physically hard.

I don't think you'll wind up with a tank that's very typical, and I don't think it will be all that hard. You have lots of time for learning, after all – so the only real mistake would be to rush.

 

[ReeferRoo]

well I am 37, 1st tank is over a year, already thinking about quitting another hobby and thinking about the next tank , bigger and better (still a few years down the road) but it has been a great hobby thus far and something I can see myself doing well into the twilight years even after being able to maintain a vegetable garden and then if money allows, pay someone else to do the heavy lifting maintenance and I can do the lightweight stuff like feeding, coral propagation, etc. But only time will tell.

 

[Tautog]

Start now while your young to make it easy. Making things easy, makes the hobby more enjoyable, your life much simpler, and think of all the extra time you can spend starring at your DT. And that’s just another reason to go big, tank size. Me personally, I’ll try my best for as long as I can, when I can’t I’ll just look and watch everything overgrow!

 

[dylana407]

I don't foresee myself quitting due to age. Finance would be the only factor.

 

[jolt]

I'm almost 60 and feel I will be going strong for a while. Realistically, at some point I will pack it in, just so my wife does not have to deal with cleaning up my mess on her own

 

[cracker]

I'll go as long as I can. I'm 57 now. I most likely won't have a big tank like my 180,, but wouldn't have problem with my 75.

 

[ycnibrc]

I don't foresee myself quitting due to age. Finance would be the only factor.

Are you still be able to do WC at age 80? Or service the return pump, power head, skimmer pump , clean the protein skimmer, clean the tank, change cal reactor media n co2 lol financially I don't have a problem but physically I don't think I can do it. If I have to hire someone to do it then it's time for me to quit

 

[AlexStinson]

I have a feeling big brother will outlaw my hobby before I get too old for it.

 

[pelphrey]

Hopefully I am retired before the age of 70 (long way away).... If so I doubt I have a tank as I would prefer to sit on a boat or the waters edge!

 

[Greybeard]

"What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."

If I manage to keep breathing long enough to be unable to do tank maintenance, I suppose I can always pay someone else to do it

 

[Greybeard]

I have a feeling big brother will outlaw my hobby before I get too old for it.

My _other_ hobby, perhaps... though I'll fight to defend my freedom as long as there is breath in me to do so.

I'm a competitive and recreational shooter.

 

[OriginalUserName]

By the time I'm 90 I'm sure my helper robot will do anything I can't manage. I also imagine it will be able to shoot lasers out of it's eyes to kill pests and aiptasia.

I have a feeling big brother will outlaw my hobby before I get too old for it.

I guess that depends which type of reefer you are.

 

[Johniejumbo]

I plan on leaving a dilapidated old tank full of cranky old fish and wrinkled up colorless corals for some poor soul to have to deal with when I croak.

 

[ycnibrc]

When I quit the hobby I will donate all of my corals to a reef rescue program and hopefully they can use it to regrow the reef then I can join them later when the time is come.

 

[kz4q66]

Will quit when water bucket becomes too heavy during water change
Will quit when not be able to get on my step ladder to reach the bottom of the tank
Will quit when I can no longer tell the difference between the Frogspawn and Hammer head corals

 

[Adele]

I may not maintain a large system, when I am older, since carrying around, lifting and dumping heavy jugs/buckets could be a challenge, but if I can lift a milk jug, I will always have a reef!

 

[sde1500]

They say the first person to live to 150 is alive right now, I've decided it is me. So, I'll quit at 151 when I die.