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Sk8r · 07/06/2019, 01:19 PM

...are covered in specific forums, eg Fish Disease (I know, ooky, but everyone should familiarize themselves with the look of these, so you don't buy a sick fish.)
There are forums on Reef Fish, a good place to learn about your prospective fish, and what (or whom) it eats.

There are forums on coral types, from shrooms to softies to stonies, and their various subdivisions.

You don't have to be an expert to go there. And they are more apt to be able to tell you what to do about an upset anemone or a fish that's actiing oddly.

The accumulated experience on these forums is in the centuries, so your chances of getting a right and sane answer are high.

hkgar · 07/06/2019, 02:21 PM

+1
Research and learn.

mcgyvr · 07/06/2019, 07:24 PM

Pfft....good luck with that...
Those that can do...then there is the rest of the world...

HumbleFish · 07/06/2019, 08:18 PM

I've been monitoring the RC fish disease forum more lately: https://www.reefcentral.com/forums/f...splay.php?f=87

I'm here to help!

Sk8r · 07/08/2019, 07:10 PM

The more you can learn to buy healthy fish in the first place the MUCH less trouble you will have in your tanks. You also need to learn plumbing---ie, take a look in your fish store to see how the pipes run and what tanks share a common sump. If you aren't buying fish from tank A because you saw ich, or distended gills, but you buy something from tank F, not realizing that A,B,C,D,E,and F all have a common sump---or that the net used in B gets shared across the row with tanks G,H,I, and J, ---you can buy yourself a very expensive problem. Hang around, watch whether store employees follow good practices (don't share nets, etc,) and save some headaches.

Oldreeferman · 07/14/2019, 01:30 PM

Sage advice for sure, all my local stores are just crawling with aptasia, pom pom hydras & every kind of creepy crawly there is, if it wasn't for the fact they dose heavily with copper im sure all the fish would be sick immediatly,................their corals all one can do is look, dip, quarrantine & pray.

07/06/2019, 01:19 PM	#1
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	New here? Many topics... ...are covered in specific forums, eg Fish Disease (I know, ooky, but everyone should familiarize themselves with the look of these, so you don't buy a sick fish.) There are forums on Reef Fish, a good place to learn about your prospective fish, and what (or whom) it eats. There are forums on coral types, from shrooms to softies to stonies, and their various subdivisions. You don't have to be an expert to go there. And they are more apt to be able to tell you what to do about an upset anemone or a fish that's actiing oddly. The accumulated experience on these forums is in the centuries, so your chances of getting a right and sane answer are high. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

07/06/2019, 02:21 PM	#2
hkgar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dewitt MI Posts: 5,051	+1 Research and learn. __________________ Gary 180 gallon, 40 gallon sump, 3 250 W MH + 4 80W ATI T5's, MTC MVX 36 Skimmer, Apex controller Aquamaxx T-3 CaRx Current Tank Info: A 2 Barred Rabbitfish, Red Head Salon, Yellow/Purple, McMaster Fairy, Possum, 2 Leopard Wrasses, Kole, & Atlantic Blue Tangs, 2 Percula Clown, 3 PJ and 1 Banggai Cardinalfish , Swallowtail, Bellus and Coral Beauty Angels

07/06/2019, 07:24 PM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Pfft....good luck with that... Those that can do...then there is the rest of the world... __________________ Who me?

07/08/2019, 07:10 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	The more you can learn to buy healthy fish in the first place the MUCH less trouble you will have in your tanks. You also need to learn plumbing---ie, take a look in your fish store to see how the pipes run and what tanks share a common sump. If you aren't buying fish from tank A because you saw ich, or distended gills, but you buy something from tank F, not realizing that A,B,C,D,E,and F all have a common sump---or that the net used in B gets shared across the row with tanks G,H,I, and J, ---you can buy yourself a very expensive problem. Hang around, watch whether store employees follow good practices (don't share nets, etc,) and save some headaches. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

07/06/2019, 08:18 PM	#4
HumbleFish Moved On Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,757	I've been monitoring the RC fish disease forum more lately: https://www.reefcentral.com/forums/f...splay.php?f=87 I'm here to help!

07/14/2019, 01:30 PM	#6
Oldreeferman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: NW Indiana Valparaiso Posts: 505	Sage advice for sure, all my local stores are just crawling with aptasia, pom pom hydras & every kind of creepy crawly there is, if it wasn't for the fact they dose heavily with copper im sure all the fish would be sick immediatly,................their corals all one can do is look, dip, quarrantine & pray.