Homemade Fish Tips Book???
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Topic: Homemade Fish Tips Book???
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Subject: Homemade Fish Tips Book???
Date Posted: September 22 2008 at 9:44am
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Has anyone seen this???
http://www.tropicalfishsecrets.com/?hop=alex1054 - http://www.tropicalfishsecrets.com/?hop=alex1054
I think I'm going to order it, just to see what it is like.
Who is this guy???
Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 8:55am
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That book was $15 when I first saw it!
How about this?:
Cycling the tank. Unlike a freshwater tank, it takes time for a saltwater tank to be ready for a new fish or other creature. Once your tank has been set up, you’ve added your sand, filled it with saltwater, turned on the heater, started the filters, now you can add your live rock. What your tank needs is bacteria, and you need to breed it before your new pets are added. A very easy way to do this is to buy one or two uncooked cocktail shrimp from the deli at the supermarket. Just throw them in the tank and let them rot. As they do, bacteria will grow as a result. Ammonia levels will rise in the tank over the period of a week or 10 days, then it will suddenly drop (you’ll observe this with your Ammonia test kit), and Nitrites will rise quickly over a period of another few days. Finally, the Nitrites will drop off completely (reading 0 with your Nitrites test), and Nitrates will begin to register on your Nitrates test kit. As soon as your Ammonia and Nitrites tests both read 0 on the matching test kits, it is safe to add the new fish.
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 9:32am
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Oh my!
Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: September 23 2008 at 10:19am
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I never bought the book but when I looked into it before, some of the comments told me there was little in it that I wasn't already familiar with and some of the selling points listed on the website told me that it was actually less advanced than what it purports to be.
Anyway, that quote is actually from Marc Levinson's wbsite under the beginners section. I agree with most of what he writes, but if I could attand the meeting, I would be asking him why he doesn't write a beginners setup procedure that keeps up with the times and technology.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: September 24 2008 at 9:43pm
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I found this interesting:
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=4321891&cat=371&lpid=3 - http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=4321891&cat=371&lpid=3
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=4336356&cat=371&lpid=2 - http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=4336356&cat=371&lpid=2
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: September 24 2008 at 9:47pm
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Interesting for sure.
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Posted By: dustponds10
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 5:19pm
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thats very interesting ------------- 120 ASM G-3 T-5 lighting 130 frag system T-5 lighting asm G-1x |
Posted By: cl2ysta1
Date Posted: September 26 2008 at 7:40pm
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i think i'll write a book. It will be called... all the wrong things i've done in reefkeeping :) ------------- I <3 Boxers Achilles tang lover |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 29 2008 at 9:22am
| If your writing one called "All the wrong things I've done in reefkeeping" I will write one called "What not to do because I done it already and it doesn't work". We can make millions by putting them on sale on the internet. |