How long should i wait to add fish or coral or inverts??

[mnoll406]

Namscam,
In my opinion tear down your tank, and sell the stuff before it dies. Sorry to be harsh, but reefkeeping is a hobby of patience and dedication. You must not have done any research otherwise it would have been blatantly obvious not to add anything untill the tank properly cycled. The fish and inverts you hastily added to your tank will now suffer the consequences. Start doing as much research as possible, monitor ammonia, and nitrite daily and keep doing water changes daily until those levels start to drop. Do not add anymore livestock until your tank is cycled. By the way to properly mix saltwater aerate water for a day, add salt mix, and mix with power head, make sure water parameters are the same, then do water change. Reefkeeping is a privilege and a responsibility, please treat it as such.

Mike

[Namscam]

Originally Posted by mnoll406

Namscam,
In my opinion tear down your tank, and sell the stuff before it dies. Sorry to be harsh, but reefkeeping is a hobby of patience and dedication. You must not have done any research otherwise it would have been blatantly obvious not to add anything untill the tank properly cycled. The fish and inverts you hastily added to your tank will now suffer the consequences. Start doing as much research as possible, monitor ammonia, and nitrite daily and keep doing water changes daily until those levels start to drop. Do not add anymore livestock until your tank is cycled. By the way to properly mix saltwater aerate water for a day, add salt mix, and mix with power head, make sure water parameters are the same, then do water change. Reefkeeping is a privilege and a responsibility, please treat it as such.

Mike

damn bud i know how to take care of stuff....just got to excited in getting the inverts and shit...and hey if it dies then it dies....i m not goin to sell it just cuz i got excited...and plus if they dies they ll help me cycle my tank for better inverts

[Bob I]

You asked questions, and people offered you advice freely, and out of the goodness of their hearts. IMO if you don't want to take that freely given advice, you should go away.

[Namscam]

Originally Posted by Bob_I

You asked questions, and people offered you advice freely, and out of the goodness of their hearts. IMO if you don't want to take that freely given advice, you should go away.

shit that ain't advice hes telling me i should just quit...now wut kind of advice is that

[Dorkel Marine 1]

Namscam. Take it easy. The people on this board are very generous and very dedicated to what they do. This hobby to most of them is more than a hobby. Your aproach so far seems to indicate a lack of research and generally a lack of respect for what ever advice was given.
Your last comment, well you didn't make any friends lets say. You could use hamburger to cycle your tank not living creatures. You will get opinions and ideas on this board and some opinions vary. With what you have said so far the opinions will be strong. Because like i said the people on this board treat this hobby like religion and are very sincere in what they do. Remember that in further posts. I hope your not too offended. Take it as a lesson and everyone has an opinion. Take what you need and do RESEARCH.

George

[Namscam]

hey if its good advice then i ll respect wut you have to say but if its just poop that puts people down then of course i m not gonna take n e crap.....

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by Namscam

hey if its good advice then i ll respect wut you have to say but if its just shit that puts people down then of course i m not gonna take n e crap.....

English as a second language

[Namscam]

as a matter of fact yes, but i only write this way on the computer....of course i m not goin to write or talk like this formally...shit its not like i m a ref or n e thing.....i can probably speak and write just as good if not better than most people

[kuatto]

How big is the tank,and how much established sand,liverock did you put in?Is there anyway you could get more live rock from a friend's tank to really help the cycle and the fish?

Jim

[Son Of Skyline]

Hey Namscam. I think the point that people are trying to get across is not to quit altogether, but to take a step back while you're still only a couple of steps in. A new tank without livestock is much easier to control than a new tank full of animals. Removing your animals may just make it easier for you and avoid frustration in the future.

I was one who was guilty of adding too much too soon, and I have to say it cost me more animals than I'm comfortable with. It also caused big headaches with water quality and algae problems. Stuff that can easily frustrate someone into quiting altogether.

Doing your own research is very important in this hobby as well. Most experienced reefers have answered the same basic questions a hundred times, mostly on the net. This means that this info is there if you do a quick search. Often times you'll find that you can get answers faster if you look them up, rather than posting a question which may have been answered several times already.

Check out these links which may help you out...

http://reefcentral.com/modules.php?s...showpage&pid=1

http://www.reefs.org/library/newbieguide.htm

http://www.nano-reef.com/articles/


Good luck!

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