mardeebo
Aquarium Advice Regular
Some of you may have read my first post here a couple weeks ago asking if I should start with a new tank from scratch or go with an established tank. Well I chose the established tank (how could I resist such a good deal?). Now I'm feeling so overwhelmed and uneducated I think I might have to take a step back and either quit, start over, or sell the darn thing.
I also feel like I'm trying to learn about so many things in a big hurry because I have to stay on top of what's going on in my tank. Yep....I'm now regretting taking on so much, so fast.
Here's the latest.
I have all this brownish thick stuff that covers my sand & glass. I"m trying to figure out if it's cyano or diatoms, much less how to get rid of it.
My fish have ich. Well I thought they did, then next day no spots. Now today spots again. Have a QT tank set up but am holding off until I know what it is.
The prefilter box came off my powerhead on the CPR Bak Pak (guess I ddin't have it on right to begin with) and my bubble tip got sucked up in it. So I take it out and start floating it in the QT tank & change my mind when I see that it seems to look pretty good except for the area where the chuncks came off it's foot. It looked good today too...but then again, how do I even know what "good" is!! LOL. Can this thing actually survive such damage and how do I know if it isnt?
I have an order of live rock coming in today. I hope I don't mess that up too.
I feel like I have to go out and spend $250 on a new skimmer because I can't get the adjustments right on my bak-paks.
I could go on & on.
I feel like I'm spinning my wheels trying to keep up with this thing and in the process make a ton of mistakes.
Am seriously thinking about converting to a simple ol' freshwater.
Heck, I don't even know if I'm feeding my fish too much, too little, right kind, etc.
Sorry about the self-pity here.
I also feel like I'm trying to learn about so many things in a big hurry because I have to stay on top of what's going on in my tank. Yep....I'm now regretting taking on so much, so fast.
Here's the latest.
I have all this brownish thick stuff that covers my sand & glass. I"m trying to figure out if it's cyano or diatoms, much less how to get rid of it.
My fish have ich. Well I thought they did, then next day no spots. Now today spots again. Have a QT tank set up but am holding off until I know what it is.
The prefilter box came off my powerhead on the CPR Bak Pak (guess I ddin't have it on right to begin with) and my bubble tip got sucked up in it. So I take it out and start floating it in the QT tank & change my mind when I see that it seems to look pretty good except for the area where the chuncks came off it's foot. It looked good today too...but then again, how do I even know what "good" is!! LOL. Can this thing actually survive such damage and how do I know if it isnt?
I have an order of live rock coming in today. I hope I don't mess that up too.
I feel like I have to go out and spend $250 on a new skimmer because I can't get the adjustments right on my bak-paks.
I could go on & on.
I feel like I'm spinning my wheels trying to keep up with this thing and in the process make a ton of mistakes.
Am seriously thinking about converting to a simple ol' freshwater.
Heck, I don't even know if I'm feeding my fish too much, too little, right kind, etc.
Sorry about the self-pity here.