Tank anxiety

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by mrsavage84, Aug 23, 2012.

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  1. mrsavage84

    mrsavage84 Feather Duster

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    Placement of corals, coral health, circulation in the tank. Right amount of Filtration, why is algae going. Do I have a good cuc. Man I wish I knew some one that i could trust who lived close to me that has been doing this for a long time. Someone to check out my set up and I could check out their tank. Anyone in the phx area want to make a new friend?
     
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  3. mrsavage84

    mrsavage84 Feather Duster

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    Anyone else ever feel this way so their tank? Haha. Im still kinda new to reef keeping so I want to know if this is normal?
     
  4. rc_mcwaters3

    rc_mcwaters3 Clown Trigger

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    ALL THE TIME!!!!! LOL

    but it does pass after time and I see everything grow and feel better ;D
     
  5. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    It's completely normal ;)
     
  6. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    definately normal..........will get better!

    post pics here.........you can get a lot of great advice
     
  7. jeremya

    jeremya Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I hear ya. Even with no livestock I was still worried about it like it was a child.
    Now that I got a fish.... *Shakes head* You would think I would be putting it through college or something with how much I worry.
     
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  9. Lady J

    Lady J Peppermint Shrimp

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    I've called in sick to work, bought fish food before our groceries, considered throwing in some milk from the fridge when the calcium level mysteriously dropped, made my son start the water boiling for spaghetti cuz I was too busy looking for my, well, whatever I was looking for that disappeared in the tank, and cancelled Friday night plans cuz my blennie was acting weird.

    It's gets a little better over time, well, maybe, kinda, probably not though. :D
     
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  10. Reef Madness

    Reef Madness Flamingo Tongue

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    ^ Lol true for all of the above.
     
  11. reef713

    reef713 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have gotten up at 3 am because I could not sleep and checked my water parameters.
     
  12. Caspian

    Caspian Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I've woken up at 3am because one of my pumps changed pitch, come to find out a snail nudged the power chord enough to cause it to rattle against the edge of the tank lol

    Woke up several times in a night because I could hear water splashing jumped out of bed thinking my wrasse or firefish decided to carpet surf... it was just the water lapping from the force of one of my power heads lol

    Anexiety is a common thing when it comes to live creatures right now I find my self questioning if I should go out and get some of that putty so I can move my frogspawn to a new location. It likes the sand but I think it's stretching a little more than I'd like.