Enigma's 10 Gallon Reef

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by aqure591

That's great to hear!. One thing that I did to cycle my tank when I started was to use raw shrimp/cocktail shrimp method. Through my research I found this way more humane then dumping chromis or other hardy fish into the tank to help cycle the tank.

I'm now using frozen brine shrimp in my other one. It is processing a cube a day.

I was furious when I learned how mislead I had been at the LFS. I worked very diligently to gain control of the situation. I just checked my notes. The highest ammonia became was 0.25, and nitrites never got above 0.25. Nitrates topped out at 2. We all got through it okay.

My plans now are to add a couple of cerith snails, and then add a little frag every two weeks. No more fish will be added until the chromis reduce their numbers.

[aqure591]

Ya Number 1 rule do not trust anything that comes of the mouths of your LFS staff members lol. I'm not saying all LFS have staff that don't know what they are talking about, but majority of them are clueless.

The best advice as a novice in this hobby is to do your own research and stick to 1 forum (can reef) for advice from members that have been in the hobby for a long time, or members who have been through the same situation before to learn from them. Good Luck with your tanks!

[Enigma]

I'm slowly figuring out who I can trust. I listen closely to what other customers are being told, in addition to what I'm being told. Some of what i hear is disturbing. I think I'll mostly stick to Red Coral in the future, but in the event I venture elsewhere I'll be very cautious.

I'm also on one other forum, but that one is nano specific. Most of the users here seem to have much larger systems.

[aqure591]

Yeah!, Red Coral does know their stuff. That's a reason they are a sponsered member on here.