Salt water vanished

[sde1500]

Originally Posted by BlackTip

I am sorry to tell you that you jumped into this hobby without the proper education and knowledge. Please buy a book or two and educate yourself, before you buy any more livestock.

Gosh however did I manage to start a tank without buying a book?! Oh, I know, the internet, specifically this site. Shocking I know..

The stickies on the top here are great for helping start a tank right. And I'd put up a post and look through the disease forum. They would know best about black ich.

[Marchillo]

Originally Posted by BlackTip

I am sorry to tell you that you jumped into this hobby without the proper education and knowledge. Please buy a book or two and educate yourself, before you buy any more livestock.

Yeah this is a bit unfair. I took advice from my fish store when starting. Orbit marine light, canister filter etc. I told them I wanted to do everything right. So the op asked "the experts" and followed their advice, the people at the fish store. Makes sense for someone starting out to do that. Not like he went and bought a bunch of fish without asking questions. He just asked the wrong people. He could buy a book and the book not be good either. Or get advice on the Internet and it be crap too.

To the OP this site is full of good people with good advice. But everyone can post and people have differing opinions. The stickies are excellent and if you read through enough threads you will figure out which people good very sound advice.

Good luck the above advice is very good in my opinion.