So i recently had some guy text me wanting some corals, he goes to tell me he just set the tank up and when can he come by, i then tell him he should weight for the cycle and all that stuff and get more info from him. So hes doing a 10gl with hang on back filter and so on, so i explained to him that 10gl will be a little harder because small things can cause big change. He then decided to get a 45gl and i oferd up some of my established tanks water to help with the cycle or even maybe skip a cycle. since i change out 20gl on sundays i told him to come by and pick it up and i also sold him some freshly made saltwater at 1$ a gl. he got 20gl. So i then imformed him to try and get some live rock thats also establishd and its provably that he will skip a cycle. told him not to get any livestock or anything but to wait a week and we will test. So 3 days later he text me and says he got 2 damsels. UGH !!!! first mistake, then he said he had the fish store test and he just had a bit high nitrates, so i figured he provably did skip the cycle by using my water and live rock. So i went on friday to test his water and he also had coral frags along with 3 clowns. LOL i keep telling him to slow down, His ammonia is at 0 and nitirite is 0 but his nitrates are of the scale and phos also. So i tolf him to do 10gl water change. and he did told him to wait for nitrates to come down before any more fish also recomended getting rid of damsels. Today i go pick up some mangroves he gave to me and he has a yellow tang. OMG !!!!
He is an older Gent and loves the fish but tham he has no patience. Good guy all around but tham. I dont know if i should keep offering up advice if he keeps doing what he wants or just say screw it you do what you want.
What would you guys do.
He is an older Gent and loves the fish but tham he has no patience. Good guy all around but tham. I dont know if i should keep offering up advice if he keeps doing what he wants or just say screw it you do what you want.
What would you guys do.
