Recipe for disaster, in the making!!!

somebody i know has had a 60 gallon 5ft long tank set up now for 4 weeks, 2 weeks in pops a sea cucumber in there, then week 3 a bubble anemone, puts caleurpa across back of tank along rock work, buys 2 x clown fish, week 4 in goes another anemone, t8 lighting + bought 4 54watt t5 kits, besides water flow from return from cannister filter, no powerheads? put stuff in from the beach, did use ro/di water from friend, no test kits, lets see how it goes, so far insists all is well

 

you should tell him to log on.

 

Told him to join the forum, he's got it in his favourites...I think he know's he has to wait, but some reason does not the beauty is overtaking him...

 

He will probably be one of he lucky ones and never have a problem!

 

i think not only does waiting increase your tanks survival rate, but its kinda the reason i switched from fresh to salty. ive had fresh water my whole life,from newborn till im now 24, multiple tanks of every species imaginable, all the way up to bass and blue gills. and they all followed the same trend, pour in water wait a week or 2 and then dump your fish in. after a couple months its boring because you havent been involved in it, all your live stock is in, and nothing else to do. in salty taking it slow helps it stablize, and gives you something to look forward too, for a long time. ive had my tank a year and i still got a ways to go, im finally just getting everything sorted out.

 

He will be spending some more money here soon to replace livestock.

 

What a shame... not everyone has the patience for this.