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TWildman · 08/20/2010, 09:32 PM

Good to know... I didn't realize that some fish need vitamin enriched food... If I happened to choose a fish that did, would the other's who may eat it be harmed at all or just become more healthy?

wickedfish · 08/20/2010, 09:36 PM

Welcome to the Reef. If you really want to optimize your money get a guy who is on his way out, these are economic hard times and why waste someones hard work, the pluses are you will have a full system and wont have to go through the cycling and all other crap which I dont care for. But if you want to learn from your own experiences research until you have it coming out of your pores. Look at others tanks that you want to emmulate, know all the sea creatures like dislikes lighting filtration requirements diets etc... You might think a long tank is cool but some folks like the depth in width for island looks. A stand that is ugly will quickly make you wish you did it right. It happened to me, new house took over a reefers tank who was going away for a bit and I would look at all the scratches on the glass and the cheapness of the stand quality and hated it, 1500 hundo later and same size tank mahogany stand thats it, and thats only because I only paid for the material labor was free fourty free. This hobby is rewarding/time consuming, be sure you want the commitment and pick your fish wisely, not like me (nippers are the worst). GL (good luck)

Slafav · 08/20/2010, 09:40 PM

I haven't heard of vitamins hurting fish, but someone else may know differently.

Mikilios · 08/21/2010, 02:29 AM

Man, I must be lucky with my LFS's here in western washington. I have not had any bad experiences with the great folks who run them. They dont try to sell me things I dont need, nor sell me things that wont work in my tank (mind you I'm not shopping at Petco for anything living either...lol). I feel sorry for anyone who has a LFS person trying to sell them aiptasia...

Or a large fish in a ten gallon... I just dont know why people would rationalize putting a large fish in a small tank, no matter how much they know/dont know about the hobby.... I can't imagine how anyone could go to a fish store, see a 6-10 inch fish... and ask "would that work in a 10 gallon?"

rayn · 08/21/2010, 04:49 AM

The cute little dory usually starts out around a inch and a half or so. Perfect size for a ten gallon lol

Just kidding tang police

Slafav · 08/21/2010, 08:03 AM

I've been tossed out of Petco a few times for correcting employees when they are giving information to customers. One of the most common pitfalls is the thinking that 2" tang will "only get as big as the tank allows." Again, this falls under lack of research on the customer's part.

If you can TWildman, take some pictures of the 120 if you go to check it out and post them so we can see!

08/21/2010, 02:29 AM	#29
Mikilios Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 127	Man, I must be lucky with my LFS's here in western washington. I have not had any bad experiences with the great folks who run them. They dont try to sell me things I dont need, nor sell me things that wont work in my tank (mind you I'm not shopping at Petco for anything living either...lol). I feel sorry for anyone who has a LFS person trying to sell them aiptasia... Or a large fish in a ten gallon... I just dont know why people would rationalize putting a large fish in a small tank, no matter how much they know/dont know about the hobby.... I can't imagine how anyone could go to a fish store, see a 6-10 inch fish... and ask "would that work in a 10 gallon?" __________________ 50 gallon w/20 gallon sump under construction ~Mikilios~ Current Tank Info: 50 g breeder/20 g sump+refugium Bubble Magus NAC6, 45lbs live rock, 1-1.5" sand bed

08/21/2010, 04:49 AM	#30
rayn Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pekin, Il Posts: 2,864	The cute little dory usually starts out around a inch and a half or so. Perfect size for a ten gallon lol Just kidding tang police __________________ Currently changing, stay tuned for new details...

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08/20/2010, 09:32 PM	#26
TWildman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fort Knox, KY Posts: 11	Good to know... I didn't realize that some fish need vitamin enriched food... If I happened to choose a fish that did, would the other's who may eat it be harmed at all or just become more healthy?

08/20/2010, 09:36 PM	#27
wickedfish Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southbay Posts: 2,167	Welcome to the Reef. If you really want to optimize your money get a guy who is on his way out, these are economic hard times and why waste someones hard work, the pluses are you will have a full system and wont have to go through the cycling and all other crap which I dont care for. But if you want to learn from your own experiences research until you have it coming out of your pores. Look at others tanks that you want to emmulate, know all the sea creatures like dislikes lighting filtration requirements diets etc... You might think a long tank is cool but some folks like the depth in width for island looks. A stand that is ugly will quickly make you wish you did it right. It happened to me, new house took over a reefers tank who was going away for a bit and I would look at all the scratches on the glass and the cheapness of the stand quality and hated it, 1500 hundo later and same size tank mahogany stand thats it, and thats only because I only paid for the material labor was free fourty free. This hobby is rewarding/time consuming, be sure you want the commitment and pick your fish wisely, not like me (nippers are the worst). GL (good luck)

08/20/2010, 09:40 PM	#28
Slafav Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 43	I haven't heard of vitamins hurting fish, but someone else may know differently.

08/21/2010, 08:03 AM	#31
Slafav Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 43	I've been tossed out of Petco a few times for correcting employees when they are giving information to customers. One of the most common pitfalls is the thinking that 2" tang will "only get as big as the tank allows." Again, this falls under lack of research on the customer's part. If you can TWildman, take some pictures of the 120 if you go to check it out and post them so we can see!