Just letting you know!

[RealFinJamie]

there are a few CAUTIONS but NO NOT COMPATIBLES! I am taking caution!

[RealFinJamie]

The REGAL is doing fine... 80% cleared up now. Copper is doing its job... i shall keep the levels right and make sure it doesn't return!

[Scuba Kid]

realfinjamie:

are you in denial, or just plain stupid? Maybe you just don't care about the lives of the animals you so ignorantly threw into that little tank?

Here's a little thing someone sent to www.wetwebmedia.com regarding a blue ribbon eel they bought:
To our surprise the pet store in which we purchased this Eel understands its difficulty to keep and is allowing us to return it. We have tried live foods, but all it was interested in was in our "Disappeared" juvenile Damsel. Quite an expensive meal for a fish that probably wouldn't last
another week in our tank. We didn't do our research and just bought on impulse; something that saltwater fish tend to do as their vibrant colors and exotic looks entrap onlookers.

This is what you did, IMPULSE BUY. This is one of the worst things a fish keeper can do ESPECIALLY in saltwater. Did you research before purchasing any of your fish? NO! Show me one reasonable resource that says keeping a blue ribbon eel FOR LIFE OR LONG TERM is easy or can be done by a beginner in an over crowded, 5ft tank. Then maybe people will get off your back. You really disgust me. I cannot believe that someone would just brush off the advice given to them by many experienced aquarists so that they can 'EXPERIMENT' with their fishkeeping and learn from their mistakes. In the conditions they are in now, you will have fish either die or become extremely unhealthy, and you will be sorry you did not take our advice. I also noticed from past posts that you bought the tank in february? So you have two months of experience and you think you will be able to go against what aquarists who have been in this hobby from the start say? Then you have a real problem. I hope you enjoy your tank while it lasts, because it wont last long.

[redpaulhus]

I like liveaquaria no less than any other online livestock merchant - but I would never recommend that anybody ever trust the advice of somebody who is trying to sell you something. ever.
For anything.
Liveaquaria pays the bills by selling fish. Of course they're not going to point out that sailfin tangs will beat up other tangs in the same tank, or that angels tend to bully regal tangs until they stop feeding. Or that domino damsels turn into blah grey (ugly) 5" monsters that make tiger barbs look cuddly.

I like to trust authors (and others) who are willing to give me advice without depending on my purchase to pay the rent.
(or stores that are willing to say "don't buy this fish" but thats more rare).

Scott Micheal's Pocket Guide to 500 Marine Reef Fishes as an awesome book and a great investment. He talks about minimum tank sizes, adult fish sizes, and fish interactions (ie triggers nipping at puffers ) as well as ranking each fish on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being bulletproof and 1 being "Jacque Cousteau couldn't keep it alive"

[redpaulhus]

copper in the main system is bad bad bad - hopefully you have a hospital tank !

[Fishfirst]

http://www.fishforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2483
This is fishforums.com official stance on this subject. I am closing this thread with this final word to prevent any insult and injury on this thread. If this discussion continues else where, that thread will also be closed.

[RealFinJamie]

I said this thread is closed.

fishfirst

[Lydia]

Fishfirst has the power to say this thread is closed and it will be shortly.

-A moderator

[Georgia Peach]

ok you guys, they are her fish, its her problem, and she said she can handle it..

LET IT GO!


Please??