I have spent over a thousand pounds setting this up, im not going to put things in when its not ready!

What would you have done if I said I have ammonia, nitrite and nitrite present in my water?

why do people find it neccisary to get peoples back up for no reason? why cant they say nice job or looking good instead of picking holes in their work?

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0.1 Pastel £350 o.n.o
0.1 Normal (need to get feeding better first, enquire if interested) £75 o.n.o
1.0 Normal £50 o.n.o

WEB: www.alpharoyals.co.uk
EMAIL: chris@alpharoyals.co.uk
MSN: alpha_royals@hotmail.co.uk (where I talk Royals, not Balls! if you want to join me?)

Mine were £14 I think... £9 is a bargain

Also, as for certain people moaning for no reason, (and I know I cant talk! lol)... thats fishy folk for ya haha

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fishy folk always moan

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No we dont
In fairness i can see where Mike is coming from, it's been a very quick cycle and Marine tanks can throw you a curve ball, trouble is it ends up being an expensive curve ball.

Chill, he's only trying to help.

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ok seeing as you have your back up, less than a month is not normally a cycled tank, unless you have within a couple of hours moved from a well established system to another tank, in your original posting you set it up on the 20-03 according to your post, it is now the 14-04, now you seem to be stocking it at a fast speed, nothing happens fast with marines except a disaster, you already have problems in that you have hair grass growing it seems, that is usually down to one of or both things, nitrate and or phosphate, phospahte in itself wont do a lot of damage other than make the tank look bloody awfull however nitrate will, you dont mention your readings either in any of your postings, s.g, ammonia, nitite, nitrate, phosphate, ph, calc, mag etc etc, to go blindly forwards without those at nsw levels or close to is inviting danger

as to you have spent many thousands of pounds setting it up actually means nothing, mine to date is many many thousands of pounds, the live rock alone at over 100k would cost that, however money is nothing if you dont apply some simple rules and that will then be thousands of pounds you have flushed down the toilet if it fails, your money, your choice, no skin off my nose if you fail, all i will then see is another fast tracker failing and moaning that marines are shite and expensive, take it slowly and you will have something that will give you pleasure for many years, possibly even adictive enough to make you want to go bigger

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Sorry I didnt get your permission to put something in MY tank, My levels are fine, I didnt see the need to post them as its not what people wanted to read. the nitrite, ammonia are zero and nitrate is about 5mg/l. Everywhere else said its fine to put inverts in when the levelshave dropped so I have and also they have no bioload as they eat as much waste as they produce.

I will PM you too see if I can buy some fish soon if thats ok with you?

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"CB08" Royals, bred by me, PM me if interested.
0.1 Pastel £350 o.n.o
0.1 Normal (need to get feeding better first, enquire if interested) £75 o.n.o
1.0 Normal £50 o.n.o

WEB: www.alpharoyals.co.uk
EMAIL: chris@alpharoyals.co.uk
MSN: alpha_royals@hotmail.co.uk (where I talk Royals, not Balls! if you want to join me?)

tell ya what mate, you wanna be a total prat then go for it, your money , i really dont give one what you put in your tank or when, you cant take serious concern then thats your problem, obviously you are a total expert on the matter and you dont need advice or anything else, hope your right, not for your sake but the sake of the tank

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to lie to others is one thing, to lie to yourself however is the downward slide

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I dont think I am an expert one single bit, just dont need people asking me stupid basic questions. I'm not stupid and like to think I am doing right, more for the welfare of the animals than mine.

I was doing this thread for everyone to look at, either if they cant afford one or wanted to see my start up process for them to see before they part with their cash.

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"CB08" Royals, bred by me, PM me if interested.
0.1 Pastel £350 o.n.o
0.1 Normal (need to get feeding better first, enquire if interested) £75 o.n.o
1.0 Normal £50 o.n.o

WEB: www.alpharoyals.co.uk
EMAIL: chris@alpharoyals.co.uk
MSN: alpha_royals@hotmail.co.uk (where I talk Royals, not Balls! if you want to join me?)

Just as a time scale for comparison my Nano took around 2 months to cycle for the clean up crew and a further month (3 in total) before it was fish ready, around 5 before coral ready.
I really can understand Mikes concerns he's only looking out for your best interests, and trying to protect you from a fall, but if thats not whats wanted from you then im sure he has better stuff to do with his time.
I wish you well with it and hope your good luck continues.

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