Need Some Advice

[Skinner]

Wow 44 viewers and not one reply. Thanks

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Skinner

Wow 44 viewers and not one reply. Thanks

New here, huh? Well, I viewed it earlier, but I'm at work and can't go into a big reply until after I get home, and now I'm not going to do that. With that kind of patience, you may not be in the right hobby.....

[ensquire]

Only a couple of fish at a time and maybe a few shrimp, cleanup crew

Here is J&L's acclimation guide for you to reference, good reading .

http://www.jlaquatics.com/static/acc...tm#acclimation

[Zoaelite]

Patience is unfathomably important in this hobby, especially when you are dealing with people who give out free helpful advice .

I would suggest having a look at the Reef keeping blog hosted by Reef Central
http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/in...efkeeping-blog. There is some great beginner information and once you start understanding the basics the more advanced articles start making sense.

My first recommendation is to retest your parameters if at all possible, hobby test kits are highly inaccurate and can cause some problems (Including your salinity measurement if you are not using a refractometer). Don't worry about pH, Ca, Alk or Mg until you decide to start adding coral.

Are you using liverock?
If so how long has it been cured for?
If so how many lbs of it?
How much sand are you using?
Any other nitrate/ phosphate sinks?

What are you running for a skimmer?
What are you running for lighting?
What are you running for water flow?
What is the tanks temperature?

What are your water changes scheduled at?

Have you researched any fish you would like to purchase?

Just a few starter questions to get you pointed in the right direction, once we get these answered and your fish selection picked then we can worry about getting them home.

[George]

Originally Posted by Skinner

Wow 44 viewers and not one reply. Thanks

I think no one replied because the same questions have been answered a million times in here and some other boards. A search will turn up the answer for you.