NEWBIE

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

IM NEW TO THE SW WORLD I HAVE DONE MORE RESERCH THEN ANYONE COULD IMAGIN IV SPENT HOURS AT DIFFERENT FISH STORE ASKING Q'S AND READING EVERYTHING POSSABLE EVERYONE SAYS A SMALL TANK IS ALMOST IMPOSSABLE FOR A NEWBIE WELL I HAVE DONE IT A 1 GAL. TANK I HAVE LIVE ROCK SAND AND A LITTLE PLANT A LITTLE CRAB AND 2 SNAILS AND A YELLOW TAIL DAMSIL. EVERY THING IS GOING GREAT IM VERY ORGANIZED I TEST EVERY DAY AND DO A 25% WATER CHANGE 2 TIMES A WEEK AND FEED ON MON-WED-FRI ONLY! AND I HAVE LOTS OF TIME TO WORK WITH IT. BEING THAT ITS ON MY CUBICLE AT WORK. IM VERY PROUD OF MY LITTLE TANK BUT IM ALWAYS GAME OF ADVISE I KNOW BIGGER IS BETTER BUT I DONT HAVE THE ROOM. IM MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE NEXT MONTH AND THEN ITS ON I HOPE TO GET A NICE 55 GAL. TANK AND GO CRAZY.

 

[420Loach]

welcome to the tank ryan! ive never done a SW tank(even though im surrounded by salt water)

any chance you could post a pic?

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

I WILL TRY. THANX FOR THE HIT.

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

IM GOING TO GET A CLOWNFISH AND AN ANNEME SOON. MAYBE SOME CORAL FRAGS. ANY SUGESTIONS.

 

[jaws2]

well we know that someones CAPS LOCK is stuck in the "on" postiton

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

TOO JAWS2

SOO SORRY IM AT WORK SO I USE CAPES...BUT HAY THANX FOR THE GREAT ADVISE.

 

[ecotank]

Congrats on the success of your micro sw tank.

Caps isn't considered yelling at work?

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

NO ITS JUST THE WAY I DO IT AND THANX FOR THE CONGRATS. IM VERY PLEASED WITH THE MINI TANK.

 

[Ausie Fish]

RYANRODRIGUEZ I have never heardof anything as cruel as what you have done with salt water. A 1 gallon tank with all that livestock in it. With a tank that size it will only take a matter of hours for anything to go wrong.

If as you said you have done some research and asked a LFS you would have been asvised or read that the only thing you can keep in a tank that size is Salt Water and a pound of live rock, that is it, nothing else.

The recommended stocking for a SW tank is 1" per 5 Gallons, you have excedded this by 10 fold.

Please empty the tank out and fill with FW and put a beta in it

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

WELL THANX FOR THE ADVISE BUT ITS WORKING GREAT FOR ME, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A SW EXPERT AT THE LFS. HE KNOW THIS CAN BE DONE IF UR CARFUL. AND I AM. I UNDERSTAND UR COMMENT, BUT I MUST DISAGREE TO AN EXTENT I HAVE DONE MUCH RESERCH ON THIS AND ITS WORKING OUT GREAT. NO I DONT SUGEST THIS FOR EVERYONE. ITS NOT CRUEL IM NOT KILLING FISH AND IM DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. IM NOT SOME FINDING NEMO CRAZED GUY WHO JUST HAS TO HAVE A TANK AND NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

 

[Ausie Fish]

RYANRODRIGUEZ I also work in an Aquarium (SW specialist) and as I said, I have never heard of anything so cruel.

I have read some comments you have made in other threads on this board and the advice that you giving out is not sound, if you are not sure of the advice do not give it.

please turn of your Caps lock, it doesn't look very nice

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

I ONLY GIVE ADVICE I FEEL IS TRUE FROM THE THINGS I HAVE READ AND NEVER BASE MY ADVISE AS FACT. ALL ADVISE IS, IS AN OPINON. IM NOT SAYING UR WRONG, BUT A SMALL SW TANK CAN BE DONE RIGHT (IM DOING IT). YES I WOULD LOVE TO GET A HUGE TANK BUT THAT WILL COME IN TIME.

 

[Igor The Cat]

thank you ausie

-Java

 

[Ausie Fish]

RYANRODRIGUEZ All I can say is do a bit more reading and goto another LFS where they have some real experts and not so called experts.

I have just noticed that you only feed your Damsel 3 times a week, if your so called expert told you this he needs tobe shot, they need feeding everyday if not twice a day.

Please goto another LFS and get some real advice, preferably a SW only LFS.

This will be my last comment on this thread as I have given all the advice, and some ppl are not willing to listen*thumbsdow

Igor The Cat NP, some ppl will not listen to sound advice, and are willing to watch their fish slowly die

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

SO UR SAYING THE FISH WILL DIE IF I ONLY FEED IT 3 TIMES A WEEK? I DO NOT WANT THAT. I JUST FEED HIM. I READ FISH CAN LIVE PAST A WEEK WITHOUT FOOD ON A WEB SITE. SO I THOUGHT 3 TIMES A WEEK WOULD BE GREAT SO THE LEVELS DONT GO UP. THANK YOU FOR THE ADVISE. I WANT TO LEARN MORE.

 

[Igor The Cat]

they can but its not good for there health

-Java

 

[wayne]

There's more to life than keeping the levels right and not crashing the tank. That fish has been caught from the wild put in a 1 gallon tank and is now starved 4 days a week. Technical success - yes, but what's the point?

 

[Ausie Fish]

wayne Thats what I am trying to find out

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

well it doesnt matter now. my fish is dead. his head got stuck in the filter. i gues he was just to small. thanx for the advice. but its over.

 

[420Loach]

exactly how much research did you do?? the fish could have easialy died BEFORE it got stuck in the filter. ive been doing some reading, and the list of FRESHWATER fish that can go in a 1 gal is extermely limited,so i now know that NO SW fish could be housed happily in a one gallon. and wayne is right, you should try to worry about the happiness of the fish, not the convinence of having a tank on your desk.