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Around the 10th of May I added corals and Cuc directly to the DT, corals dipped, snails acclimated only and in they went (probably that was the mistake since I saw the snails was in Display with fish).Okay, I would like to hear this story! I had asked a few weeks back on if people QT a CUC. I don't hear much about QT except with fish. Care to elaborate?
ive never QT'd snails or crabs. i suppose in a perfect world its ideal....but nahhhhhOkay, I would like to hear this story! I had asked a few weeks back on if people QT a CUC. I don't hear much about QT except with fish. Care to elaborate?
Not me frantically calibrating my refractometer and rechecking my salinity after reading your comment.If you use a refractometer for checking salinity, make sure it's calibrated with the proper solution. 3 weeks of wrong calibration set me back 3 months. 1.025 was actually 1.017. Oops.
I want to hear about how you acquired this revelation. By the tone of your response, it sounds like it would be interesting.![]()
As an add-on to this:
You CAN become a carpenter. But - make sure you win the lottery twice, because wood and tools are just as expensive as tanks and corals.
In other words: If you think you're going to save money by making your own stand, you might. If you build 9 more stands to break even first.
I would tell myself to get the biggest tank I could possibly fit in the space that I want to keep it. I would also get a list of all the equipment I would need to run it in the long term and start piecing it together. Take it slow and don't take any short cuts. This is a long term hobby! No half measures.A piece of advice, or a lesson along the way... If you had the opportunity to go back in time with the reefing knowledge that you have today, what would you tell your newbie (or noob-y..) self?
I'm curious to hear your experiences!
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What @Biokabe said
I sold enterprise software for awhile, one of my at the ready jokes especially when discussing my DIYing was "I only recently discovered you don't use a hammer with screws." In all honesty it's not THAT hard to FRAME up a stand for a 40br, and this software-selling-idiot has done it, but the devil is in the details and Home Depot 2x4s don't look very good. So instead of staring at a nice FOWLR you get a daily dose of scathing humility with half-stands everywhere and nothing skinned or stained, and eventually you admit defeat far later than was necessary and consolidate tanks with a professionally made stand.