When asking for help.....

[MUCHO REEF]

Often time can be of the greatest essence when there's a tank or coral related issues. To help expedite a swift answer to a question posted here, it's really important to list all of your levels, readings, parameters including...

1. Temp of tank

2. All parameters including , Alk, PH, Mag, Cal etc.

3. Salinity, even these levels or the type of salt and the make up water can be an issue.

4. Is it a frag, colony, new addition, wild caught or not, shipped or pick up?

5. Have you made any changes just prior to or during the issue, livestock or hardware etc?

6. List the current/flow type and levels, even lighting when applicable.

7. Additives, listing them is also vital and often the answer is relative to excess or deficient.

8. Hardware, sometimes the answer is within the type of hardware used on your system,
so when applicable, listing those are vital as well.

9. Acclimation, how, what, where and when is important when applicable.

10. Livestock, you'd be surprise just how many times livestock has been the root cause in coral issues.

11 Listing what you have and when you purchase it relative to the problem you are having.

12. Test Kits, type, age, and how often or if you even test at all.

13. How long have you had this issue?

As much information as possible including a possible picture could make the difference with one of the helpful reefers here assisting you with expeditious help. Not being mean at all, but it can really make a difference. The people here really like to help. This holds true and I think applies to every forum on this board.

Mucho Reef

[jimsflies]

Mucho if it's okay, I'd like to move this to the Emergency Help forum and make it a sticky?

[MUCHO REEF]

You dah man. But my concern would be for someone just asking for basic help in the discussion forums, yet it's not an emergency. Sometimes it take a day or two of back and forth Q & A before all the info is exchanged. On another reef board, a reefer had a basic issue which progressed to a serious issue because it took 2 days to received all the the answers from him, by that time, he had lost several corals which could have been saved. But it's your call my friend.

Mooch

PS, you might want to delete this as it is only taking up space on the above topic. Thanks

[jimsflies]

Its moved with a permanent redirect and stuck at the top of both forums.

[chort55]

Mucho... a good one that goes along with #4 IMO is.... how long have you had the "problem" coral/fish