Question of the week: July 9th, 2012
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Brandon78
Active Member
Does lack of actual advice count. When I was new to the hobby the pet store forgot to mention that a certain fish needed a certain food. I know now to research before you buy fish. Obviously it was my fault too, but if I worked at a store and someone new was buying a fish that didnt eat flakes I would think I need to mention that. I also was asking about sumps before I built mine and they told me they have no idea what a sump is.....
That's a tough one....I've gotten some wrong advice, (even from an expert) but it was wrong enough that I knew it didn't make sense and ignored it.
Probably I was sold a Trachy as a Scolly...I still have the trachy and like it just the same...A rose by any other name...
Probably I was sold a Trachy as a Scolly...I still have the trachy and like it just the same...A rose by any other name...
lbiminiblue
Well-Known Member
A LFS telling me a dragon wrasse is reef safe and compatible....
:bluemad: those money-seeking lowlifes.....
:bluemad: those money-seeking lowlifes.....
There's got to be at least a little more "wrong advice" floating around out there 
coralmadness
Member
I was told to buy these piece of crap for a 55 gallon tank. These ran by creating a siphon and the problem was that this ran into a 5 gallon sump (some more bad advice) I flooded my living room more times than I can count.
Also some more bad advice I got was to purchase PC lighting for a reef tank. I even asked about MH lighting and I was told that was a bad idea. All the bad advice came all at once and from the same person. It was when I was first starting
a reef tank and was ordering the stuff to convert my freshwater tank into a reef tank. It didnt take me long to find out I recieved some pretty bad advice, the power went out so my return pumped stopped working and you know what happend there.
I then had to spend more money to get the right stuff.
Aquarium Water Movement: Lifegard Aquatics Customflo Water System
Also some more bad advice I got was to purchase PC lighting for a reef tank. I even asked about MH lighting and I was told that was a bad idea. All the bad advice came all at once and from the same person. It was when I was first starting
a reef tank and was ordering the stuff to convert my freshwater tank into a reef tank. It didnt take me long to find out I recieved some pretty bad advice, the power went out so my return pumped stopped working and you know what happend there.
I then had to spend more money to get the right stuff.
Aquarium Water Movement: Lifegard Aquatics Customflo Water System
seafansar
Well-Known Member
+1 Oh the money I could have saved! lol.
just look around lol, you'll feel like a miser