Bad advice only please!!!

[Jedi Knghit]

Let your reef take in the fresh air! Put it outside with direct sunlight.

Plus you don't need an ATO, Let nature top the tank off for you.

 

[LRT]

Somebody actually told me this .... You can significantly reduce heater wattage by putting it into a small inline cannister. Heater only has to heat that small amount of water. Told to me by a LFS trying to sell me a lifeguard module system. Apparently he slept through high school science class ... all of them

Trust me you will not end up getting electrocuted especially if your grounded!

 

[Crustaceon]

Your significant other will be JUST as into this hobby as you and won’t spend hours watching project runway and really depressing murder stories while you do nasa-esque dosing math and figure out why your overflow is making a slight noise.

 

[LRT]

Awesome advice:
Involve your significant other with setting budgets lol.

Worst advice ever award.

 

[Gernader]

You absolutely do not need a budget. Just buy top of the line products and you will make all of your money back from selling them!

 

[Sebastian the Lionfish]

To save money on salt water forget the salt mix and just use table salt!

 

[Mastiffsrule]

This is my speciality

Do NOT TRY aNy of thEsE. tHEY dONt work.

1. Clean your filter socks in the washer with 2 tide packs and skip the rinse cycle. Hang them to dry and ready to go.
2. Don‘t worry about the drip from the bulkhead. Grab a jar of plumbers putty and pack as much as you can around the bulkhead. If the leak continues put as much caulk as you can on it
3. There is no reason to spend $30 for a bag of sand. Walk outside, you have sand for free you can use right there. Same for rocks.
4. Don’t buy those expensive lighting units. Go to a big box store and pick up a $12 clamp on utility lamp and some led light bulbs to clip on the tank. That should grow anything
5. Don’t waste time or money building or buying a stand. A little research to find out what time the local grocery store places the empty milk crates out back for pick up and a large pick up truck is all you need to collect enough crates to stack together a stand big enough for a 300 gallon.
6. Dosing supplements does not just need to be individual parts. Example..Calcium and magnesium bought individualy can be expensive. If you can measure your consumption for each than Randy has a calculator to detedmine theor combined amount of usage and then turn that into a formula for dosing milk. Dosing milk not only gives the coral calcium and mag build helps builds the fish strong teeth and bones
7. Once you start growing coraline the glass may get hard to keep clean. Buy a glass scraper. It should scrape the deposits right off the glass. If that does not work, or you Don’t have one, or to lazy to order one than 80 grit sand paper can be used to scrub the deposit off from the inside of the glass.

 

[sfin52]

Cheeto and cheato are the same thing. If the water turns a little orange just add carbon.

 

[Charles4400]

The best method to start fishless tank cycling is by peeing in the tank.

 

[KrisReef]

You can buy the expensive silicone or you can save your money and use any old tube of bathtub caulk to seal that crack in the bottom of your terrarium. Just let it dry for a couple of hours before you try to fill it.

 

[Cstar_BC]

The best advice I can give you is to make sure the stand only touches about 30% of the tank - just think of all that weight on the stand. You want some of it displaced off the stand .

also -and I can not stress this enough. Follow all of the advice online. These are seasoned pros who will never steer you wrong.

ps : compatibility charts are a sham , just like dogs , you are the alpha and you set the tone for your aquarium as well

 

[Crustaceon]

Seahorses and clown triggers are a great mix.

 

[sg88]

Kissing zoanthids gives you immortality.


(Please don’t do it,I don’t want to kill anyone.)

Just don't go past first base or it will be an immoral immortality!

 

[JJ Ligs]

The key is to try and pack your tank as much as you can! Make sure to mix your Different corals as close together as possible to get variety. Don’t worry they all get along.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Go ahead and set up that 40 gallon AIO and it will pay for itself. You are definitely going to get rich selling corals. We are all millionaires here.

 

[Spare time]

Everyone on forums is 100% correct

 

[LRT]

Everyone on forums is 100% correct

You should believe everything you read in this thread no matter what.

 

[Charles4400]

Livestock prices are based on how hearty the specimen is. The more expensive it is, the easier it is to keep alive and healthy.

 

[Crustaceon]

Those radion g5 xr30 pros will be the last lights you’ll ever buy for your tank.

 

[Crustaceon]

Master reefers never lose coral. You should always copy their tank parameters.