Quick Words of Advice - RTAW Reefpedia

[Humuhumunukunukuapua'a]

Great info, thanks.

Am new to the hobby & have received different advice from every aquarium shop worker I have spoken to so far. Everything from "set up a natural live rock, no biological filtration system" to "chemical aditives in your aquarium are your best friend & the way to go".

After the inconsistant advice, my take on it is (perhaps unfortunately) a case suck it & see.

[Tone]

Great info, thanks.

Am new to the hobby & have received different advice from every aquarium shop worker I have spoken to so far. Everything from "set up a natural live rock, no biological filtration system" to "chemical aditives in your aquarium are your best friend & the way to go".

After the inconsistant advice, my take on it is (perhaps unfortunately) a case suck it & see.

That's one of the benefits of joining your local MASx ... the advice you get from your 'hommies' is invariably good ... and you know then that sucking an orange is a lot better than a lemon (pun ... )

Tone

[vman]

HERE HERE JOLLY GOOD SHOW WATSON oops sorry for yelling..........now i give you full credit for all that.
thanx a bunch.

[shannonpayne86]

Good post Scoob, not enough people actually dive in to the whole array of info on reefpedia!!

[fishlover]

Have to agree totally with you here Scooby my tank would have never got where it was with out this forum.Just a little thing that did bug me was the way some members would answer questions by just saying do a search.The search engine is great but sometimes you can come up with hundreds of responses,personally i thing if you dont have time to give a constructive answer dont bother answering at all.Just my two cents worth.Kean

[shannonpayne86]

Got to agree with that Kean, no point giving a half a$$ answer that you have no facts to back it up with, it may quickly send you on the wrong path. Kinda like your talking to an owner of a fish shop. You need the full story/full answer or at least a link to somewhere that gives you the full answer like Dr DBW quite often does.
Thanks
Shannon

[Danni&Brookey]

Thanks so much for the words of wisdom. My 9 year old daughter and I currently have one 3fter going well, minimal livestock (a pair of Occelaris clowns, 1 dotty back, a very small blue tang and a flame wrasse) with a few corals.

Initially we recieved so much BAD advice that it was incomprehensible. Everything from "you dont need to cycle more than two weeks before you can add fish" to "an undergravel filter, pump and rock are all you need in that size tank" .... That had me concerned to be honest! We did some research and cycled 8 weeks before introducing our first fish (Flame Wrasse) to our tank.. 6 months on, we have a small happy community and a few thriving softies and acros.

I have just purchased a 6 x 2 x 2.5 tank pre-plumbed with sump etc, pump and powerheads (4 times the capacity of the tank is what was recommended), a 6ft MH and fluoro/actinic combo light (better to get it now than NOT upgrade properly later, right?) and am in the process of purchasing a good quality (Reef Octopus) protein skimmer... I must admit that I still do not understand all the techie side, but I have learnt alot by reading the tank journals and the Seven Habits post you turned into a stickie! There are still some questions I have, but I'm sure that they will be answered in the forums and our tank will not see water until we are fully equipped and prepared!

Thank you for providing a newbie with such invaluable help and advice... Rest assured, someone IS reading...

Danni and Brookey.

[lockie]

hay scoopy
thank for take the time to post that. i have just started and you scared the #$%@ out of me lol. ill will do my best to follow your guide.

[MrJamison]

Excellent advice scooby and will definitely be taken on board.