IF YOU ARE NEW---read the sticky posts...
- Thread starter Sk8r
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Look at the top of the list of posts: you'll see some topmost, with the word 'sticky' beside them. Unlike regular comments, which constantly scroll off visibility, as new ones are made, sticky posts---and this is true across the web---are those intended to stay put and NOT move, so that people have them for reference. In every forum on Reef Central, there are different sticky posts, appropriate for the skill level and interests of users of that particular section.
It is a good idea for novices to read all the NTTH (aka newbies) stickies, then the Fish Disease stickies, and the Reef Discussion stickies. You can get some good information out of them. If you are thinking about fish, there is a section called Reef Fishes, which shares info on behavior and ease of keeping. There is a section for each type of corals, with their particular information. Don't be shy about visiting these various forums: they're open to everybody, and reading the stickies for each will give you a LOT of information. There is a DIY section for those who want to build. There are sections on various equipment.
It is a good idea for novices to read all the NTTH (aka newbies) stickies, then the Fish Disease stickies, and the Reef Discussion stickies. You can get some good information out of them. If you are thinking about fish, there is a section called Reef Fishes, which shares info on behavior and ease of keeping. There is a section for each type of corals, with their particular information. Don't be shy about visiting these various forums: they're open to everybody, and reading the stickies for each will give you a LOT of information. There is a DIY section for those who want to build. There are sections on various equipment.
hkgar
Active member
I don't mind responding to questions from Newbies, but generally only if they have done some research.
Research, research research and then do some more. You will learn sooooo much more than just getting answers to your questions. But...sometimes questions DO need to be asked. Do NOT do something (experiment) without researching and asking questions.
Research, research research and then do some more. You will learn sooooo much more than just getting answers to your questions. But...sometimes questions DO need to be asked. Do NOT do something (experiment) without researching and asking questions.
Many of us who frequent this forum have been at this for decades---and hang out here to help new people do it right; but what you can do for us is read those posts and avoid the really basic problems. We want you to have that tank of your dreams, and we're happy to help you achieve something you can have success with. Tanks have a way of mutating as you build them---I've rarely had one succeed at what I intended, but I've had beautiful success at just going where its nature was willing to go...serendipity rules, in tanks, and if you go with the flow (pardon a terrible pun) and just look at the things the system you put together is willing to do---you can be surprised in a very nice way. I didn't know the three heads of hammer I put into my 50 gallon were going to bloom into what I joked looked like the Rose Parade, but such is serendipity. Different tanks are good at different things, and if it does something well, let it. 
