Beginner and looking for any kind of help to be successful

[coralitos]

Hi everyone. Looking for any help and recommendations about everything that I Should Know about a nano reef. I bought a plug and play tank so let see if they previous owner told me right about the ready to play part. I just bought some corals ant plug them in the sand for a couple of days like somebody suggested. Also waiting a couple of days to buy at least 2 small fish for the ammonia needs. Somebody recommended to me wait at least 1 month to add anemones. I got a 30 gallons bio cube... Thank you in advace for any help

[Astinus]

WOW!

Glad U found us! Welcome to NR

1st...The Marine Water will need to cycle to get beneficial Bacteria. The Bacteria will break down Ammonia. Ammonia is a Killer! This can take from 2 weeks to maybe 3 weeks. Depends on Method U use.

The Tank It's self may be plug and play, but the Water that ur Live stock is not.

In my Sig is a Link to my Build Thread.

RESEARCH! RESEARCH!

[ReefWeeds]

Welcome to nano reef! I suggest doing a search on cycling. It sounds as if you put corals in before the tank cycled. You shouldn't use fish to cycle a tank. You can dose ammonia or put some food in there rather than having fish dying or at least going through the pain of the ammonia cycle. There's to a of information here, I suggest definitely reading up and you might want to return the corals or have a friend with a tank hold them until the tank is cycled.

[fishfreak0114]

Hello you've got some good advice from astinus and Stella. Here's some links o help start your research

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/articles/_/beginners/cycling-your-tank-r8

 

http://www.reefaquarium.com/2013/10-most-common-beginner-mistakes/

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/74703-lgreens-ultimate-guide-to-nano-fish/

 

http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/blog/establishing-up-a-clean-up-crew-in-your-saltwater-aquarium

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/articles/_/livestock/clean-up-crews-r16

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/articles/_/beginners/

 

My advice to you is to research! And then research some more...and just a bit more.

Look around this forum, ask questions when your research yields no answers, and definitely check out some of the "tank of the month" winners! There's some incredible tanks on here to daw inspiration from. This hobby really is great, you just need to make sure to research everything before doing. I must have spent a few hundred hours reading before I even got a tank!

[Clown79]

The best advice - reasearch, keep reasearching, go slow.

 

There is no such thing as plug n play aquariums- thats just scientifically possible.

 

1. Aquariums need to go through a cycle. This can take 2-6 weeks.

The easiest method to cycle is with liverock.

 

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/cycling-a-saltwater-aquarium/

 

Heres an article on cycling.

 

There should be no livestock in a new aquarium until its cycled.

 

Anemones shouldn't be added to a new system at all. They need a stable environment with pretty pristine conditions.