Hi Guys, newbie here. I started reading the board this last couple of days and I appreciate all the information. Very educating!
Un nga lng sumablay ako.. went to cartimar last saturday to buy a freshwater setup but when I saw saltwater setups, I fell in love with it the first time i saw it. So what I did was to canvass around the area. I never had any experience with SW aquarium so mali ko na sales talk ako ng wala sa oras... I should have researched first... so ang ending, napabili ako ng setup worth 5K package daw un.
What I got was 10 live corals, 10 live rocks, white sand and shells, 20 fishes of my choice and ang kicker dun, 20G lang ung aquarium so at first i was really happy for such a bargain and the 20G is just enough for me kasi ilalagay ko lng sa study table ko. Ung aquarium ko nga pla is ung may cover na sa ibabaw na may kasamang filter and lighting(white and blue). Sabi nung nagtinda sa akin paguwi ko, ilagay ko lng ang tubig then ilagay ko na rin ung isda ng sabay. bnigyan ako ng 2 malaking plastic ng tubig na ginagamit na nila sa mga aquarium nila, hydrometer, fish food, calcium and reef something (nagiging blue ung reaction ng tubig pag pinatak). wala akong kaalam alam na iba pla ang setup ng FOWLR sa reef. iba pla ang needs nun... so for experts, alam nyo na ang ending hahaha..
sa ngaun, 1 na lang ang nabubuhay kong LS, 1/20!!! corals ko inalis ko na ung iba I only have 6/10 and 5 live rocks. after nun nagresearch na ko and I found this site. I guess it's better late than never... good thing sa binilan ko is may "warranty" ung LS. pag may namatay, ibalik ko lng daw sa kanila at papalitan nila. pero tinapon ko na ung mga LS ko at pinicturan ko na lng dahil wala akong time pumunta pag weekdays dahil sa work so wait ako till saturday.
Sa ngaun, im still in the midst of setting up a reef pero sa nangyari sa akin baka I'll settle down with FOWLR first.. so ngaun, I am currently treating my LS with some solution and I hope magsurvive siya... wala akong binago sa setup ko as of today and my LS are looking better kahit naka reef pa rin ang setup ko. Note wala akong skimmer, mamahaling lights or chiller. I think I will conduct an experiment with some of ideas i got from this forum.. BTW, wala akong water test kit... ang meron lng ako hydrometer... d ko alam ang PH ng aquarium ko sa ngaun.. nitrate or nitrite.. spg ko is 1.025
For other newbies katulad ko na walang alam sa ganitong hobby, i hope you find this experience as a lesson. hindi basta basta tong hobby na to. it needs time, effort, patience and money... I will set up a new system maybe next week... Sorry sa mahabang kwento! I hope you guys can help me with SW 101