R2R LIVE SALE 3/5/22 SAT - Aqua SD 15th Year Anniversary LIVE SALE - Discounts, Games, Freebies, Fun!

[Jeeperz]

Set your lights and quit constantly adjusting them

 

[TeamAquaSD]

Buy your fish and coral from AquaSD (did I win?).

 

[tbrown]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
The winner will be selected at random! As long as it is useful advice!
Closes in 20 minutes!​

Flucanazole! I had a nasty out break of hair algae and even after I corrected the problem I couldn't get rid of it. Flucanazole does it slowly enough not to kill the fish and my tank has never looked so great!

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

I cycle my new tanks by peeing in them.

 

[87reefhead]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
The winner will be selected at random! As long as it is useful advice!
Closes in 20 minutes!​

Don’t be afraid to constantly test your water and dosing your elements accordingly

 

[bondsgot73]

Weekly water changes prevent and fix many common problems.

 

[TeamAquaSD]

Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine.

triggered

 

[Nikorad]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
The winner will be selected at random! As long as it is useful advice!
Closes in 20 minutes!​

Don’t put your hands in the tank, just don’t. Say it with me, “I will not put my hands in the tank today” Stability is the most crucial part of reef tanks, putting your hands in full of bacteria and germs is bad, very bad.

 

[kass03]

make water changes as auto as you can. I've had a reef for over 40 years and carried a lot of buckets of water up and down steps in that time. Finally found out a pump in a garbage can will do wonders lol

 

[Tamberav]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
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QT corals can save your butt from aiptasia, bryopsis and so on. Dips don't kill everything.

 

[Synna]

Cycle Patience. Let the tank "establish" with your live rock and sand. Slowly implement corals and not just bombard the system thinking you are good to go after a couple weeks.

 

[Freakmachine01]

Water changes water changes water changes. When I am asked for advice I make sure I tell people to constantly do your water changes. I do a big water change every weekend and in the middle of the week I do an extra 15 gallons as well

 

[otzhorse]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
The winner will be selected at random! As long as it is useful advice!
Closes in 20 minutes!​

PATIENCE!

 

[tbrown]

Take your time! You spend too much money to kill everything by doing it too fast. Slow down, patience is your friend (even if he acts like your mom).

 

[steveschuerger]

Get good water parameter checking equipment and a hydrometer/refractometer

 

[ADAM]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
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Closes in 20 minutes!​

The obvious answer:
TEST your water parameters!!!! *logging results is very helpful to go along with this point also

 

[Fishfreak2009]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
The winner will be selected at random! As long as it is useful advice!
Closes in 20 minutes!​

Always have a quarantine tank running and ready. I've saved countless fish and corals from illness or fighting, and it's nice to have a place to put that impulse purchase before you decide what tank it is going into.

 

[nsteinca]

GIVEAWAY QUESTION
Give us some advice that potentially saved your tank or something you found extremely helpful when caring for your tank!
Let's help each other out! I know we have a big community here in the forums, from people who are beginners who just started their tank not too long ago to experts who have been doing this for years and years, let's pass on the knowledge!
The winner will be selected at random! As long as it is useful advice!
Closes in 20 minutes!​

NEVER listen to extremely vocal people who don't show what their tank looks like - they usually have the worst looking tanks and are setting you up for similar failures.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Remembering that 90% of advice is 50% BS

 

[flashsmith]

Anybody have a Hawkins? SPS either thrives or dies for me. Easy or hard?