Tip of the Day

[Sooner7]

Not sure if this has been done before or not but thought I would start a thread where if you could give one piece of information/advice you have learned thru trial and error(most of mine), or over time being in the hobby that you think could help someone what would it be????

I'll start"¦.

You can cut corners on a lot of things to save money but always spend as much as you can on lighting, power heads and protein skimmers"¦ One more that I've mentioned before"¦ Research, Research, Research, ask your LFS, then Research some more before buying equipment. I know this would have saved me a lot of money and headaches.:headwally::headwally::headwally:

 

[jjmcat]

12 fish in a 58 equals lots of death and try to not take in much advice from the people at large chain retail stores.

 

[AquaSump]

If I know now what not to do in the begining, then I wouldn't have done it

 

[jc8745]

I've learned that there is a lot of people with advice and opinions, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Think thorugh it, and take the time to research whatever advice that you lean towards, and try a small control excercise first. Never dry run any system modification or change.

 

[AquaSump]

ooo. I have one more. Give lots of hugs and you will get lots of hugs in return

 

[SoonerReefer]

Water Changes

Water Changes

My famous quote to anyone that asks me or is a newbee to the hobby about successfully keeping a reef tank. Quote: "Do your water changes regularly and you will do fine." Chemicals/equiptment/snake oil will never take the place of regular water changes in my small opinion.

James Carter

Thanks for the New Thread

Happy Reefing

Lori :fish1::beer:

 

[Sooner7]

Good stuff…

Add small easy fish first, then move towards your more difficult(tangs) or potential aggressive fish last ( I plan on adding 3 yellow and 2 purple tangs last). I know every fish is different, so far this has worked well for me. Also try to add fish from the same family at the same time. So far I’m 2 for 2 with the same time and 0 for 1 with adding at different times in my current setup…

Also agree with the water changes, but also can’t stress enough how important it is to have a protein skimmer equal to or greater than your fish load. Most people go by the water volume rating of the skimmer and don’t consider their fish load. I personally run two skimmers that equal 50% more than my total water volume. This can be a bad thing for your corals(color) when you have a low fish load but when you plan on having a crap load of fish its needed……

 

[R_Hudson]

Be patient...nothing happens fast in this hobby. Even us who have been in it a while still try and rush things.

 

[mutateddogbone]

heres a good one....

if it aint broke, dont fix it (if your tank is looking good and corals growing, dont change anything and keep your hands out of the tank)

 

[mskohl]

Be patient...nothing happens fast in this hobby. Even us who have been in it a while still try and rush things.

have always loved this one.

Here are a couple more:
The solution to pollution is dilution.

when in doubt, pull it out. though we have better access to identification databases these days.