What is the hardest thing to get use to?

[Stopdrewling]

In the beginning there's always mistakes, what were some of ur's

 

[ARVERLY]

Plumbing and aquascaping! And less money in your pocket

 

[Stopdrewling]

I've been reading a lot up on it too I can see how u can make that mistake, a lots involved especially for someone w/ no experience like myself, kinda nervous about it

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Being consistent.
There are thousands of ways to keep a tank. It is hard to stay constant with what you are already doing, when you see other ways of doing things that are successful.

 

[Wags]

Being patient has been tough for me. Especially starting out I have tried to intervene too much instead of being patient and letting my tank reach an equilibrium point. Patients when buying fish/corals you're not ready for. Patients in buying equiptemnt for your tank. I had a little hair algae outbreak after the first month and someone told me to spend $70 of GFO reactor. Got 2 turbos for $5 and now have none.

 

[Stopdrewling]

So ur saying that the turbos worked for u? And what made u come to that conclusion?

 

[Stopdrewling]

Yea I can see consistency and patience being hard especially wanting to see that ecosystem grow but as u see w/ time it becomes beautiful God didn't make the everything in one day

 

[Wags]

Well my tank was pretty covered in HA. Now a month after the snails I have almost none. I also changed the light in my refugium which seemed to help my cheato grow better.

 

[Wags]

Yea I can see consistency and patience being hard especially wanting to see that ecosystem grow but as u see w/ time it becomes beautiful God didn't make the everything in one day

I think this is exactly right just trying to get to a balance point where you are stable with the bio-load, CUC, filtration, ect. This is why a lot of reefers suggest a 6mo- 1 year old tank is "mature" and to wait till then to add more delicate species like mandarins and anemones.

 

[gemini9]

Hardest thing to do? Choosing a new fish! They are all so pretty! :xd:

 

[Waters]

For me it was accepting that all of my favorite fish grow too big, are too aggressive, are too hard to keep, etc......etc........etc.

 

[Wiz]

Water changes

 

[TheClark]

Used live rock and sand leaching phosphate, it was a pain and still is...

 

[hart24601]

Hard to get used to my credit card bill...

 

[choff]

That 5 minutes isn't considered enough time after making the first change to decide if it worked or not.

 

[ARVERLY]

Yea I can see consistency and patience being hard especially wanting to see that ecosystem grow but as u see w/ time it becomes beautiful God didn't make the everything in one day

Amen to that my friend!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

In the beginning there's always mistakes, what were some of ur's

Leaving the RO/DI water running.

 

[Wags]

Left my MP10 ciculation pump running when adding some very small chromis. One got blended.

 

[kevantheman35]

Hardest thing to get used to for me was spending an hour water testing on my day off

 

[Reef Junky150]

Leaving the RO/DI water running.

Done that two times to many, now my wc brute has a float valve so it cannot happen again.