[unclejed]

I thought the time had come to write this in the hope it will aid all members of the forum. I will suggest that when you post and are asking for help or for ideas, please include all basic information. Basic information should include; all water
parameters(Calcium,Magnes ium,Alkalinity,Ph and Nitrate and Phosphate levels) along with Temp. of your tank an Sg(specific gravity.Size of tank and complete set up meaning, filter type (sump, canister etc.),if you use a skimmer,lighting (what type and total output)plus what is your lighting schedule (how long a period are your actinic and daylights on) and if you have fish only with live rock and if you keep corals. Also how long the tank has been up. I know some of this is in your bio but many bios don't contain this info. How many times has
someone posted and then there is this list of postings addressing the above. If you give the most info you can to give us a good profile, it will cut down on response time and mis-diagnosis or answers that don't fit and we will all benefit. Happy aquarium keeping to one and all.

[spanko]

+1 to all unclejed said. Would also add how much rock and sand and how deep is the sand to aid in determining how much bio-filtration in the tank. I think most people are not going to give this information with their question only because I have seen these types of requests before. However as Leon said it would cut down on the amount of time to get a good answer to your question.

[WILLIAM1]

+2 on that peolpe need a full description of there parameters.

[jimw369]

Date of birth might be useful also

[Adam J]

Originally Posted by jimw369

Date of birth might be useful also

+1 date of birth