Tons of times I’ve came close to giving up. Never have because consistency = Success. But the amount of effort I’ve given changes, and thus what I’m willing to put into it. This hobby has high’s and lows for sure.
the couple big times it was:
1) after a 10 day power outage
2) losing all my fish due to heater malfunction the day after they finished a 90 day QT for ich and letting my reef go fallow.
The last time disaster struck, I threaten my tank that if a disaster occurs again, I’m done with corals and just doing a Fowler tank. Anyways I ended up suddenly becoming very good at growing sticks and now I’m hooked again. So I guess I learned never get too high on your supply, or too low either. It’s okay for your interest to come and go cuz that’s life.