Trod
The indecisive one
Ok, I'm going to add my 2 pennies worth, again.
black molly3, we are trying to help you, I don't believe anybody has been rude, I think we are just telling you what you don't want to hear.
Ski has given you an excellent reply, water chemistry is very complex, I don't understand it fully, I will admit it, but you must understand the basic's to be able to start your little ego system. I would advise you to buy 'The Book', I'm sure you've heard people talking about it, it is called Corals, selection, husbandry, and natural History. its written by Eric H Borneman. It has an excellent section on water chemistry. I also bought a book called 'saltwater aquariums for Dummies' (Similar to the computer books)
You mentioned in one of your replies that people on other forums don't go by rules like 1 tiny fish in a 50 litre tank, why do you think we have told you this, do you think we are all just being vindictive, why would we do that, we don't know you, we are giving you advice that is correct in the marine fishes world.
You say that you have read that a hammerhead coral is a good beginner coral, you are correct it is a good LPS to start with, But in a mature system not one which is only a few weeks old, most new reefers will start with softies then move on to SPS/LPS corals later when the tank is mature enough, we are talking minimum 3 months.
You have done your first water change and you know the mistakes you have made, make sure your next one is done correctly and it hasn't been in vain.
Get a bucket, spare heater and a spare powerhead add your RO water to the bucket and heat with heater, also turn on powerhead, once the right temp. is reached add the correct amount of salt, then wait at least 24 hours, check the SG if its correct then go ahead with water change, if not either add more salt, if SG to low and wait for that to dissolve or add more RO water, if SG to high. I will add make sure salt is dissolved also if not then wait till it is
None of us are perfect and we've all made mistakes I bought a Gonipora very early on and I too got told off, but you must except that this will happen, we all want you to have a lovely, healthly tank and we all want to help you, why do you think we all continue to answer your posts, if we didn't care we wouldn't bother.
You can make excuses or go to differant forums, but in the long run if you continue to go ahead at a million miles an hour the result unfortunately will be the same.
Buy the test kits that you have been advised to, then post your water stats on here, and we can get your water sorted
Just slow down, thats all we ask.
black molly3, we are trying to help you, I don't believe anybody has been rude, I think we are just telling you what you don't want to hear.
Ski has given you an excellent reply, water chemistry is very complex, I don't understand it fully, I will admit it, but you must understand the basic's to be able to start your little ego system. I would advise you to buy 'The Book', I'm sure you've heard people talking about it, it is called Corals, selection, husbandry, and natural History. its written by Eric H Borneman. It has an excellent section on water chemistry. I also bought a book called 'saltwater aquariums for Dummies' (Similar to the computer books)
You mentioned in one of your replies that people on other forums don't go by rules like 1 tiny fish in a 50 litre tank, why do you think we have told you this, do you think we are all just being vindictive, why would we do that, we don't know you, we are giving you advice that is correct in the marine fishes world.
You say that you have read that a hammerhead coral is a good beginner coral, you are correct it is a good LPS to start with, But in a mature system not one which is only a few weeks old, most new reefers will start with softies then move on to SPS/LPS corals later when the tank is mature enough, we are talking minimum 3 months.
You have done your first water change and you know the mistakes you have made, make sure your next one is done correctly and it hasn't been in vain.
Get a bucket, spare heater and a spare powerhead add your RO water to the bucket and heat with heater, also turn on powerhead, once the right temp. is reached add the correct amount of salt, then wait at least 24 hours, check the SG if its correct then go ahead with water change, if not either add more salt, if SG to low and wait for that to dissolve or add more RO water, if SG to high. I will add make sure salt is dissolved also if not then wait till it is
None of us are perfect and we've all made mistakes I bought a Gonipora very early on and I too got told off, but you must except that this will happen, we all want you to have a lovely, healthly tank and we all want to help you, why do you think we all continue to answer your posts, if we didn't care we wouldn't bother.
You can make excuses or go to differant forums, but in the long run if you continue to go ahead at a million miles an hour the result unfortunately will be the same.
Buy the test kits that you have been advised to, then post your water stats on here, and we can get your water sorted
Just slow down, thats all we ask.
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) and they are on about the same level as a hammer care wise. Good light and moderate flow and they should do well provided Mg, Alk and Ca are all right 
