Looking for a mentor, so I dont fail again!

[whammack]

Hello, I'm trying to find someone to help me along in this journey. I have tried before 3 years ago and failed miserably!
I have a 75 gallon tank with sump. I plan on having a softy/LPS tank. I have been through the cycle and currently have 4 clowns in the tank. I plan on buying coral starting late November. I hope this gives a good starting point to where I'm at. I will happily listen to advice and give all my tank info if someone is willing to help me out with current and future questions. I'm trying to find one person to listen to since everyone has their own way of doing things, and that makes it hard to combine advice given.
Thank you!

 

[alfieohalfie]

Hello, I'm trying to find someone to help me along in this journey. I have tried before 3 years ago and failed miserably!
I have a 75 gallon tank with sump. I plan on having a softy/LPS tank. I have been through the cycle and currently have 4 clowns in the tank. I plan on buying coral starting late November. I hope this gives a good starting point to where I'm at. I will happily listen to advice and give all my tank info if someone is willing to help me out with current and future questions. I'm trying to find one person to listen to since everyone has their own way of doing things, and that makes it hard to combine advice given.
Thank you!

I’m new as well and I have found several mentors and we all do things differently. I will not give you my personal advice since I’m also new. I will however translate SIMPLE things they have guided me to do.
We know to be patient… that’s a given.

1. DONT FREAK OUT.
Ugly phase, regardless of how many you have. Be proactive and assist the tank and its biology.
2. All those quick fix bottles. Trash them.
3. Live rock. Want a cool rock scape. Cool. Do it in your display. Throw all you live stuff in the sump.
4. Keep it simple. I don’t need a controller but I work a lot so the automation is purely convenience. One of the guys I take advice from has a tank that runs off 4 outlets. Light, heater, pump, ATO. Done
5. Testing. Believe me when I say I felt into the chasing numbers trap. But one of my mentors does aquarium maintenance for my bosses tank. He HAS to test. It’s his business. What he told me? Let the tank settle and mature. He doesn’t test unless there’s a problem. He only keeps and eye on ph and alk. And he has a GORGEOUS tank. Other guys I know don’t test. There for I don’t. And I’m not expert but I think my tanks doing good.

If you made it this far. Good luck.

 

[Reef Wizard]

Hello, I'm trying to find someone to help me along in this journey. I have tried before 3 years ago and failed miserably!
I have a 75 gallon tank with sump. I plan on having a softy/LPS tank. I have been through the cycle and currently have 4 clowns in the tank. I plan on buying coral starting late November. I hope this gives a good starting point to where I'm at. I will happily listen to advice and give all my tank info if someone is willing to help me out with current and future questions. I'm trying to find one person to listen to since everyone has their own way of doing things, and that makes it hard to combine advice given.
Thank you!

You can message me anytime and of course you can post on here lots of great people.

 

[whammack]

You can message me anytime and of course you can post on here lots of great people.

Thank you very much for replying!

 

[VintageReefer]

Feel free to message me with questions

I keep a 75g lps/sps tank

 

[whammack]

Feel free to message me with questions

I keep a 75g lps/sps tank

That is a dream tank!

 

[VintageReefer]

That is a dream tank!

Thank you! My tank thread documents it’s setup and journey

 

[Glowurm]

I’m new as well and I have found several mentors and we all do things differently. I will not give you my personal advice since I’m also new. I will however translate SIMPLE things they have guided me to do.
We know to be patient… that’s a given.

1. DONT FREAK OUT.
Ugly phase, regardless of how many you have. Be proactive and assist the tank and its biology.
2. All those quick fix bottles. Trash them.
3. Live rock. Want a cool rock scape. Cool. Do it in your display. Throw all you live stuff in the sump.
4. Keep it simple. I don’t need a controller but I work a lot so the automation is purely convenience. One of the guys I take advice from has a tank that runs off 4 outlets. Light, heater, pump, ATO. Done
5. Testing. Believe me when I say I felt into the chasing numbers trap. But one of my mentors does aquarium maintenance for my bosses tank. He HAS to test. It’s his business. What he told me? Let the tank settle and mature. He doesn’t test unless there’s a problem. He only keeps and eye on ph and alk. And he has a GORGEOUS tank. Other guys I know don’t test. There for I don’t. And I’m not expert but I think my tanks doing good.

If you made it this far. Good luck.

Strongly agree with point 2, everyone wants to dose something, or add something to get rid of something, probably caused by something else they added at an earlier date.