The WORST advice EVER!!!!

[revhtree]

What's the worst advice you have ever gotten when it comes to saltwater reef aquariums?

 

[brandon429]

my pet peeve regarding advice common in the hobby:

all your early invasions are normal. Leave them in. Its the uglies phase, it goes away on its own
I followed that, seeded my tank with red invasive brush algae, and then had to take it down a few years later.


unacceptable start, totally opposite next round followed.


(every does that initially, its what has been circulated in the hobby. we spend twenty years developing invasion stop methods to undo the advice for the 70%~ it never goes away, do not allow your new easily accessible aquarium to get racked with invasion, simply refuse this condition, lift out your rock, and blast it off creatively. I know seven ways off the top of my head, you search some)

People are told to sit there and watch any manner of invaders totally take over a tank, then work back slowly, hopefully, hesitantly, through the water only while trying to add animals to the setup. Recipe for the reason we have massive, massive invasion and dinos and loss within the hobby from biological means not just hardware/error issues.




Once you hand guide to maturity, meaning like your garden with dandelions that require direct assistance initially then healthy grass chokes them out (corals, same) the work lessens and you can back off. if you start with purposeful invasion, you have a 70% chance of having to reinvest again at one point or become part of a rescue thread. Don't own a system so large or so densely stacked that you can't simply guide it into looking great vs letting it wreck/unwreck


*where possible, you just lift up the rocks out of the water, kill off the algae, nothing is harmed, and you save yourself a thousand bucks



Cycling is for bacteria it has literally nothing to do with letting your tank get overrun with algae or cyano. *we see those invasions and tank -losses- with ANY aged system, any tank can get the uglies at any time, when the tank is new you have the easier time hand guiding it vs when it’s packed in coral

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

 

[MnFish1]

What's the worst advice you have ever gotten when it comes to saltwater reef aquariums?

I needed a large tank - my reef store (former) had a 200 gallon tank with stand that he just got in trade 'it was in 'excellent'shape'... It wasn't. 6 months later - bought a new tank and stand

 

[Tamberav]

Petco employee: Ya that clown has ich but it will go away once you add it to your tank.


When I asked for a discount because the fish was covered in spots and pooping white.

 

[Oshengems]

Temp swings from 77.5 to 78 was WAYYYY too much correct that or your corals will die

 

[S_OS]

everytime you stick your hand into your fish tank, pee in your wet suit to keep yourself warm

 

[Schnizzle]

"How's the tang you got here?" Ich infested "Just throw a cleaner shrimp in there, they eat ich"

 

[dantimdad]

my pet peeve regarding advice common in the hobby:

all your early invasions are normal. Leave them in. Its the uglies phase, it goes away on its own

(then we spend twenty years developing invasion stop methods to undo the advice for the 70%~ it never goes away)

People are told to sit there and watch any manner of invaders totally take over a tank, then work back slowly, hopefully, hesitantly, through the water only while trying to add animals to the setup. Recipe for the reason we have massive, massive invasion and dinos and loss within the hobby from biological means not just hardware/error issues.


The counter option: permit no invasion ever, disallow it from day one if you chose to build a system that lets you access the invaded areas for simple hand guiding. Simply opting out of the uglies phase and never self infecting is a new option we like to replace the old one with.

Once you hand guide to maturity, the work lessens and you can back off. if you start with purposeful invasion, you have a 70% chance of having to reinvest again at one point or become part of a rescue thread. Don't own a system so large or so densely stacked that you can't simply guide it into looking great vs letting it wreck/unwreck

I was going to say the worst advice ever was this insane all out warfare against nature.

But he jumped up and offered it again.

Thanks for stating it for me.

LOL!

 

[JCOLE]

The only bad advice I recieved has been from new inexperienced employees at LFS when I first started out. Although, I haven't really had any "bad" advice it is due to forums like Reef2Reef and others. These forums have helped guide me through reef keeping and one of the only reasons I am able to be successful(somewhat). :-)

 

[ajhudson15]

1 inch of fish per gallon. says the pet store with 15 fish in a 10 gallon tank

 

[Halal Hotdog]

The worst advice I have received is to not QT fish but let nature take its course. Yes nature will take its course and all my fish will be dead by the end of the week.

 

[lagatbezan]

1. cycle using a damsel or clown.
2. you don't need to qt. just dump them in the display.

 

[W1ngz]

Just use tap water and a bottle of Prime then you can have fish right away.

 

[ajhudson15]

that wrasse wont eat snails or crabs just keep them well fed

 

[Garia666]

Use garlic against velvet/ ich

 

[SeaJay]

Use garlic against velvet/ ich

Great advice if your fish also happens to be a vampire.

 

[MnFish1]

1. cycle using a damsel or clown.
2. you don't need to qt. just dump them in the display.

There is nothing wrong with cycling with a clown. (especially if you use fritz or another bacteria - or?)

 

[Johnson556]

"RODI water is a waste and not necessary, tap water will be fine"

 

[madatom]

“Oh this Angel doesn’t eat corals.”