i own 4 fish tanks. 1 goldfish and the other 3 tropicals. i wor in a maidenhead aquatics and my old boss has been keeping marines for 10 years so i have a support network around me!

why have you assumed i havent got fish?

and yes thank you! i am female! not obvious enough from my pics?

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Wow, way to jump to conclusions and throw in a bit of sexist stereotyping whilst you're at it.

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first of all there was no sexism meant i did not look at your signature pic so sorry about that.Maybe next time you might let people know what you mean by never done marine keeping!! when you work in a freshwater/marine shop but then maybe it is true you have never done marine ? i have been to the maiden head down my way and they do not have a clue?All i was trying to do was reply to the thread that was started with out being told the whole story! so before we jump on the bandwagon of male chauvinist
then I'm afraid I'm not your man i have two 5x2x2 full reef tanks and have plenty off help along the way at the end of the day all i was doing was stopping another person starting up and wasting money on something i thought they did not know enough about.And as for being picked up on my grammar and punctuations maybe you should give people proper advice insted of pulling it out your arse

[QUOTE=Chillinator;2288107]Live rock doesn't start to 'die off' after an hour provided it's kept moist and suitably aerated. How do think it's shipped to the UK? Disturbing the substrate won't cause toxin levels to increase by any number, all that will happen is a temporary discoloration of the water due to suspended substrate particles.

I never said that marine fish aren't affected by ammonia, I quite clearly stated that they're no more affected by ammonia than their freshwater counterparts and that the reason for acclimatization is not related to levels of ammonia, nitrite or nitrate.

Also, how do you manage come to the conclusion that the OP has never even kept a goldfish?

so being aerated is not another term for co2 :confused
also sorry about you not being on u/r you must join so you can learn some fax about the hobby that is if you do have a marine set up

Well as a fish hobbyist for over 17yrs i`m very confused also, why did you not state these facts at the start of this thread? and what i find even more puzzling is why are you asking these questions if you work for Maidenhead Aquatics and your "old boss has been keeping them for 10yrs"? Also as one of the main aquatic shops in the south surely you should have this knowledge at your finger tips?

I didnt realise this was a forum to harrass other member who were only trying to help with a question, specially commenting on punctuality and spelling it is extremely childish and petty tbh for a grown adult!

For a supposdely experienced fishkeeper, you're missing one or two rather important things...

1) Although the OP may have worked in Maidenhead aquatics, it doesn't necessarily mean that the OP has any experience in marine fishkeeping. Not every aquatic store sells marine fish.

2) The OP didn't start this thread looking for a marine fishkeeping 101, she's asking a simple question as to whether she should invest the £250 in a marine system.

We're not harassing other members, we're trying to make sure that incorrect and potentially dangerous advice isn't given out. If we can't read the advice being given out due to shoddy english, grammatical and punctuation errors, how can its validity be considered?

CO2 is Carbon dioxide, quite the opposite of Oxygen, O2!

If bacteria on the rock had a lack of O2, they'd be respiring anaerobically, not a good thing! I don't also know where you get the idea that I'm not a UR member, I was a member for two years until last June and I have kept marines on and off, going so far as to propagate my own SPS corals. I don't need to 'learn some fax' as you put it, I have enough knowledge on the subject to be able to give out valid advice.

I think it's you that's been pulling advice out of your ass, about 98% of it doesn't make sense.

If you're so experienced in marine fishkeeping, surely you'd know that aeration does not involve Carbon dioxide!

If you owned an aquatic store selling marine fish, would you honestly let an employee with no prior marine fishkeeping experience maintain marine fish and inverts on a daily basis?

Another thread going nowhere

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