nicely said Caper
also, if you need to take a bit of time out, your more than welcome to pop round for a coffee and a chat
i went through a period of fish losses. i was losing 1 fish every day for about 2 months. they were only guppies, but at the time, they were pretty much the only fish i had, so it was truly gut wrenching to be losing my babies. i nearly gave up then myself. even got to the point where i wrote up a post to get rid of all of my left over fish and equipment. i decided not to submit it, and i'm glad i didn't