If you could go back to cycle day 1...

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

If you could go back to cycle day one with your first tank, the very beginning of your reefing journey, what piece of advice would you give yourself based on what you've learned so far?

 

[ajhudson15]

dont put your hands in or try to "fix" (ugly stage) anything for at least the first 30 days

 

[Bear22]

Go back to planted tanks, lol.

Love my reef tank, however...

 

[Bartanto]

Be much more selective of coral placement and do a coral QT program. No Monti’s anywhere near valuable real estate!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Live rock instead of dry rock

 

[exnisstech]

I wish I would have started with a larger tank.

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

and do a coral QT program

Guilty here...It hasn't come back to bite me yet, but I will certainly be doing this in the future!

 

[EnterName]

• Pre-saturate your substrate and rocks with phosphate so it doesn't take forever to dial in your parameters
• Get a QT tank right away. Coral dips don't work against most pest eggs.
• Use two-component epoxy instead of liquid superglue for coral frags.